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BAE flying high as defence cutbacks look less ominous
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Bid speculation helps London shares stay positive and to extend winning streak
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Speculators push up United Utilities and water groups
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Bid talk and improving corporate newsflow gives the FTSE 100 a shot at holding on to the strong gains generated by strong economic data over the previous session
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Disquiet over ENRC's purchase of Congo assets
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Anger is growing among London's investor community over the decision by Eurasian Natural Resources Corp, the London-listed Kazakh miner, to buy a disputed copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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BA eyes Indian connection
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British Airways chief Willie Walsh flew to Mumbai for his second trip to India in four weeks as his airline faces mounting competition in one of the world's fastest growing aviation markets
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Italian betting shop operator targets rival
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Italy's €48bn gambling market could be poised for consolidation after Snai, the country's biggest betting shop operator, received a takeover approach from its rival Sisal
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Aviva hangs on but Spice heads for Cinven
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A top shareholder has signalled it would wait for a better takeover bid even as the UK utility services company's board said it was minded to back the private equity group's £364m approach
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Global recovery boosts Stadium
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The Aim-quoted group's pre-tax profit more than doubled to £1.5m in the first half of the year as customer demand improved amid a still 'quite patchy' economic recovery
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Green strategy works well at Eaga
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The UK's largest residential energy efficiency provider posted an increase in pre-tax profit and revenues for the year, which it said showed the resilience of its business model
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Morrison strategy seen to include online
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Analysts expect Dalton Philips, the new chief executive of the UK's fourth-biggest supermarket, to signal a plan to sell groceries on the web as he sets out his vision for the business
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HSBC in clearest warning over relocation
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Warning given over British banks moving their headquarters abroad if UK government-appointed Commission on Banking were to decide that big groups should be broken up
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Lenders shunned on stress tests doubts
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Leading UK and continental European companies eschewing banks from Spain, Italy and even Germany because they do not believe the Europe-wide assessments gave a true picture of their financial health
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BP asset sales close to $10bn
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The UK group is selling stakes in two petrochemical businesses to Petronas for $363m, which will go towards its target of raising up to $30bn to help pay for the Gulf of Mexico spill
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Johnson Service on road to recovery
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Garment rental and laundry company's shares rise more than 18 per cent after first-half results reassure investors that it had turned the corner
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BP ad spend triples since spill
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Revelation that oil group spent $93m in three months after catastrophe in Gulf of Mexico likely to inflame tensions with US lawmakers
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BP ready to publish findings of probe
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The UK oil group's internal report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will focus on a combination of breakdowns and mistakes in the lead-up to the disaster on April 20
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