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VT Group investors want Babcock to see books

Sunday, February 28th, 2010 Money.

By Lawrie Holmes, Amy Wilson, Louise ArmitsteadPublished: 12:27AM GMT 28 Feb 2010 A source close to the situation said Invesco was still insisting on a 750p offer despite shareholders thought to include BlackRock, Artemis and Scottish Widows wanting the company to open the books to allow Babcock to identify the level of synergies available. If [...]

China risking property bubble with prices rising 20pc a month

Sunday, February 28th, 2010 Money.

By Peter Foster in HuairouPublished: 9:43PM GMT 28 Feb 2010 Comments 1 | Comment on this article Chinese house prices spiked by 24pc in 2009 and sales of residential space rose by more than 80pc in some major cities like Beijing Photo: EPA Literally. The sight of a “real” alpine village rising from the grimy [...]

Japanese airline delivers women what they want: female only toilets

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Money.

ReutersPublished: 8:22AM GMT 24 Feb 2010 Japan’s All Nippon Airways is introducing ‘female’ only toilets The airline said in a statement it was responding to “numerous requests for this service,” adding that the toilet would be located in the rear of the plane and be available to women passengers from all classes. An airline official [...]

Heineken expects beer sales to go flat

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Money.

By Amy Wilson, City Reporter (Food and Drink)Published: 8:31PM GMT 23 Feb 2010 However, the brewer, which is the market leader in the UK after buying Scottish & Newcastle in 2008, reported profit which beat forecasts after raising prices and cutting costs. Heineken will close two more UK breweries this year, as it completes the [...]

War of the economists is not what it seems

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 Money.

By Jeremy WarnerPublished: 4:45PM GMT 19 Feb 2010 Comments 16 | Comment on this article The sooner you start to plan for retirement with your pension, the easier it will be to ensure that this really is the holiday of a lifetime Photo: PA Ask five economists a question, goes the old joke, and you’ll [...]

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