Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:17In a move designed to placate disgruntled investors, who saw £2.4bn wiped from Sky's stock market value following the withdrawal of News Corporation's proposed takeover, the board will consider whether to pay a special dividend or buy swathes of the ...

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:55It was only a matter of time before the Arab Spring spread to the Australian real estate investment trust sector. The former Macquarie real estate boss Bill Moss was humble enough yesterday to put himself at the vanguard of the wave of change sweeping ...

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:40The flotation was indeed the largest of a private company ever seen on the London Stock Exchange; the £1.20 share price valued the company at more than £1bn. Demand for the shares saw the offer heavily oversubscribed and by the end of the first day's ...

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:31The final result, announced on Tuesday, is that BAA must sell Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow airport. The disposals are likely to be at a steep implied loss to their acquisition price. The UK economy is weak and a mooted two year deadline ...

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:27Bet of the Day: Spread-traders were still selling into the laboured recovery by Imperial Tobacco's share price, which tumbled by about 10% a fortnight ago. They backed the price war in Spain and plan to ban vending machines at home from October to keep ...