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1. Coal attracting overseas buzz
Overseas metal and mining companies are eyeing a number of U.S. coal companies as strong demand for steel around the world has resulted in higher prices and short supply for the coal used in steelmaking.
14 Aug 2008
2. Oil majors' Q2 profits to soar on record crude
The world's five largest fully publicly traded oil companies are expected to, yet again, report record profits next week, thanks to high oil prices, even as investors fret over the recent pullback in crude.
28 Jul 2008
3. Draughty British companies waste billions
British businesses are wasting 2.5 billion pounds a year in energy bills swollen by inefficiencies such as draughty windows or leaving lights and computers on, the Carbon Trust said on Tuesday.
23 Jul 2008
4. Building firms may have rigged bids
The Office of Fair Trading said on Thursday it suspected 112 companies offering to build schools and hospitals had rigged bids so the tendering authority, for example a local council, paid too high a price.
17 Apr 2008
5. CBI expects finance firms to see lose jobs and profits
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said that it expects the financial crisis to get worse in the coming months and could cost profits and jobs for financial companies.
31 Mar 2008
6. Drugmaker confidence dives
Pharmaceutical companies have lost confidence in investing in Britain following a decision by the government to scrap a 50-year-old drug pricing mechanism, according to a survey released on Thursday.
17 Mar 2008
7. UK Plc picks dividends over buybacks in tough times
Faced with tighter credit conditions and slowing economies, UK companies will be forced to rein in bumper share buybacks in favour of dividend payouts.
10 Mar 2008
8. Defence pays dividends for private investors
Private investors are buying into stock market volatility, increasing their share of listed companies to its highest level in 18 months, figures show.
27 Feb 2008
9. Companies talk takeovers, but will they get done?
Last week, as speculation mounted about a bid for France's Societe Generale, a Chinese fund and an industry interloper gatecrashed BHP Billiton's $147 billion (76 billion pound) takeover offer for Rio Tinto. Later that day, Microsoft bid $45 billion for Yahoo.
08 Feb 2008
10. Companies jeopardising pensions of millions
Company pension fund trustees will jeopardise the retirement prospects of millions of workers unless they take a more innovative approach, a report says.
24 Apr 2007
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