Hints and tips:
...Thomas Cook shares leapt after China's Fosun International took a 5 per cent stake in the UK tour operator....
...Thomas Olofsson, head of debt management at the Swedish National Debt Office, explains why Sweden has gone negative, how it views the ECB's QE plans and its impact on the Nordic countries....
James Mackintosh on the bubble in corporate credit
Lex on progress of Home Retail Group's new strategy
Lex on why Co-op and Santander have pulled out of bank branch purchases
James Mackintosh on investors betting on slow free money fix
Craig Coben on what is needed to encourage more activity in Europe's equity capital markets
Lex on regulation of high-frequency trading
Ursula Marchioni of iShares discusses interest in dividend-focused ETFs and low volatility ETFs
...The fundamentals of the copper market remain strong, says Thomas Keller, chief executive of Chilean miner Codelco....
...Mr Michelmore, who led MMG's unsuccessful bid for Equinox of Canada and its subsequent purchase of Anvil Mining, also told mining correspondent Helen Thomas that China's regulators are not supporting growth...
...He explains to Daniel Thomas, telecoms correspondent, how the UK is falling behind with the adoption of the next generation of mobile telephony, 4G, but Everything Everywhere aims to introduce it later this...
...Ian Livingston, chief executive, explains the UK telecoms company's strategy to telecoms correspondent Daniel Thomas....
...Rajeev Suri, chief executive, outlines progress to telecoms correspondent Dan Thomas and what consolidation he expects within the global telecommunications equipment sector....
...ABB, the Swiss electrical engineering group, has made an agreed $3.9bn bid for Thomas & Betts, a leading maker of low voltage electrical products....
...Daniel Thomas, property correspondent, tells Daniel Garrahan how much he thinks prices will fall over the next year...
...Darryl Siry, Tesla’s head of sales and marketing, resigned, saying he was uncomfortable with the extent to which the company was relying on deposits for the Model S to fund its operations....
...Mark Thomas at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods remained “extremely positive” on the stock, but added: “Given a rise in the share price from €11.50 in mid-August to over €13 now, this statement may prove insufficient...
...Securitas, the Swedish provider of security services, endured a weekly fall of 14.9 per cent to SKr117 after Thomas Berglund, chief executive, quit following a more than 50 per cent slump in second-quarter...
...Mr Goransson, currently chief executive of NCC, the Swedish construction group, will take over from Thomas Berglund by March 5, 2007. NCC fell 2.9 per cent to SKr150.50....
...Securitas, the Swedish provider of security services, fell 11.2 per cent to SKr118.50 after Thomas Berglund, chief executive, quit following a more than 50 per cent slump in second-quarter net income....
...On Tuesday evening Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig said US rates, currently at 4.75 per cent, were very close to where the needed to be....
...Thomas Stolper, global markets economist at Goldman Sachs, saw signs that Japanese retail investors have been extremely active in shorting the yen, particularly against the US, Australian and New Zealand...
...Jason Epstein recalls Edmund Wilson’s refusal in old age to accept a hearing aid, a pacemaker, vaccinations, or Thomas Mann’s metaphysics....
...Thomas Middelhoff, Karstadt’s chief executive, said there was no need for a further capital increase and announced restructuring plans including the disposal of some real estate assets....
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