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SMALL CAP MOVERS: Cove Energy tops the East African winners published today at 13:36
Another flood of good news from East Africa this week helped deflect some attention away from the chaos in the eurozone.
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Sales slow at Mitchells & Butlers pubs as rain keeps customers away published today at 10:19
But even when the weather was decent - in the 11 weeks to April 7, Mitchells said like-for-like sales rose by just 0.2 per cent in the 11 weeks to April 7, compared to 4.4 per cent rise in the 17 weeks to January 21.
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UK bank shares take a hit from debilitating euro crisis published today at 08:09
Bank bashers were out in force again as the eurozone crisis gave dealers a fresh bout of the jitters.
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TalkTalk calls a halt to customer exodus as pre-tax profits more than double to £127million published today at 07:49
The firm (up 26.3p to 159p) ended the quarter with 13,000 fewer customers, the smallest figure for six quarters.
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Protests against boardroom pay gather pace across the City published yesterday at 20:40
The Shareholder Spring shows no signs of easing as three of the country’s biggest companies suffered investor protest votes over pay and strategy.
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Spanish bank debt to be downgraded by ratings agency Moody's published yesterday at 20:40
The storm clouds hovering over Spain grew darker as shares in part-nationalised lender Bankia plunged 30 per cent as continuing anxiety over the potential for a fresh banking crisis sent European markets tumbling again.
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ALEX BRUMMER: Euro exit for Athens should cause barely a ripple in terms of big write-offs for British banks published yesterday at 20:40
The good news is that the British banks have cut direct exposures to Greece to virtually nothing. It is the splash from a Greek farewell which would worry UK regulators.
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Troubled French Connection issues third profit warning in seven months published yesterday at 20:40
In a dire trading update the fashion chain, which is 40 per cent owned by chief executive Stephen Marks, said stronger-than-expected demand for its discounted stock had continued to take a toll on revenues.
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3i unveils former investment banker Simon Borrows as its next chief executive published yesterday at 20:40
Borrows, who was tipped as a future CEO having joined as 3i’s investment head in October last year, has worked with the firm since it floated in 1994.
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Asda heaps further pressure on Tesco by posting healthy rise in sales growth in first quarter update published yesterday at 20:40
The strong performance from Britain’s second biggest grocer comes at a torrid time for its larger rival, which is struggling to boost trading at its UK business following its first profit warning for 20 years.