UK

Local investors enjoy nationalisation legacy

Africans are fans of both beer and shares, with brewers often co-owned by local shareholders and AGMs attended by hundreds

Thursday, February 09, 2012 (Financial Times )

Enterprise to sell up to 300 outlets

The UK’s largest tenanted pub company plans to sell some of its best pubs over the next two years in order to refinance £400m in bank debt

Thursday, February 09, 2012 (Financial Times )

Doughty Hanson buys Spanish hospital chain

UK private equity group buys USP from RBS for €355m in deal that underlines how banks are looking to sell assets they took over from buy-out groups during the financial crisis

Thursday, February 09, 2012 (Financial Times )

ADHD drugs prove beneficial to Shire

UK drugs group reports 23% increase in revenues to $4.3bn, helped by its treatments for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder

Thursday, February 09, 2012 (Financial Times )

Rank aims to court younger crowd

Group is betting on more under-35s to come to its casinos to drive earnings growth, as it reports a 4.4% rise in casino revenue for the full year

Thursday, February 09, 2012 (Financial Times )

How the Glencore and Xstrata merger stacks up

This interactive dashboard explores the details of the proposed Glencore and Xstrata merger

Thursday, February 09, 2012 (Financial Times )

Value of British Land’s retail assets slips

Slowdown in values is an ominous sign for the property sector which is already under pressure to lower rents and switch to monthly rental agreements

Thursday, February 09, 2012 (Financial Times )

FTSE rallies after Bank QE decision

A turnround in afternoon trade leaves London’s main indices pointing higher

Thursday, February 09, 2012 (Financial Times )

BG Group

Its big bet on gas is proving a mixed blessing: it is repositioning itself as a middleman between supply-heavy US markets and demand-heavy Asia

Thursday, February 09, 2012 (Financial Times )

Diageo: lifting spirits

As consumers abandon beer in favour of the strong stuff, some investors may wonder why the drinks group insists on holding on to it

Thursday, February 09, 2012 (Financial Times )

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