GKP threatens to sue speculators (the bad kind)
“Live by the sword, die by the sword” does not translate into Kurdish, it seems.Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP)(“Gulf Keystone” or “the...
EU plans to terminate Britain, return to Dark Ages – report
Sensational “news” via the Daily Express, which for the avoidance of doubt is a British national newspaper.Yes, really. See for yourself.SENIOR Eurocrats are...
Lloyds receives ‘multi-billion’ bid for publicity – report
According to the Evening Standard:Lloyds Banking Group is understood to have received a multi-billion-pound takeover approach for Scottish Widows, its life assurance, pensions and savings business....
Markets Live transcript 30 Apr 2012
Markets Live chat transcript for the chat ending at 11:15 on 30 Apr 2012. Participants in this chat were: Bryce Elder/FT Lisa Pollack, FT Izabella Kaminska BE Well, then. Good morning....
What’s going on with PPR?
We don’t know. That’s the first thing to make clear.In the hotel bars of Mayfair, not knowing what’s happening with PPR would appear to put us in the minority....
Markets Live transcript 3 Apr 2012
Markets Live chat transcript for the chat ending at 11:09 on 3 Apr 2012. Participants in this chat were: Bryce Elder/FT Duncan Robinson, FT BE Good morning!BE And welcome...
Markets Live transcript 2 Apr 2012
Markets Live chat transcript for the chat ending at 11:14 on 2 Apr 2012. Participants in this chat were: Bryce Elder/FT Duncan Robinson, FT BE Good morning.BE And welcome to Markets Live....
GDF Sluggish pounces slothlike on International Procrastination
Behold, a bid approach! For International Power! From GDF Suez, its 70 per cent shareholder! This must come as a total surprise!Except perhaps to readers of the FT (January 11)...
Pluthero and the art of altruism
It always warms the heart to see a failed executive give something back.Not to shareholders, obviously. Shareholders are bitter types who won’t invite you to champagne receptions...
Rally Monkey, in the study, with a bearish engulfing candlestick
“Do not ignore this chart,” shouts Murray Gunn, Head of Divination and Rune Casting at HSBC, in his daily Short Cycle report. So here we are, pointedly not ignoring it....
Temisys … eventually
“Thank you for depositing a $3bn merger rumour. An RNS will be credited to our investors in 24 hours.”As the FT wrote on Thursday morning …Misys missed out,...
Signal failure
One cannot fault the Chinese walls at Merrill Lynch, joint corporate broker to Invensys.We have upgraded Invensys to a Buy, with a price target of 285p. While pressure on Controls...
