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Articles Written by: BEN BLAND
The credit crisis has exposed the hypocritical approach of corporate Britain to free-market capitalism.
When money is cheap, profits are soaring and the stock market is firmly in bull territory, companies plead with the government to leave business ...
From BEN BLAND,
The Telegraph,
17 Jun 2008
Is it just me or does Woolworths seem rather grudging in its acceptance of the FSA’s £350,000 fine for “failing to disclose information to the market in a timely manner”.
So Woolies’ overt justification for accepting the punishment is not that it ...
From BEN BLAND,
The Telegraph,
12 Jun 2008
Bank stocks have slumped this afternoon as a new spate of rumours circulated about the weakness of financials in Europe and the US.
The Dow Jones is currently down 151 at 12138, with the FTSE 100 off 96 at 5731.
Shares in Lehman Brothers have fallen ...
From BEN BLAND,
The Telegraph,
11 Jun 2008
The size of the share price tumbles is pretty staggering. By midmorning, Barratts was down 26pc at 68p, Taylor Wimpey was off 21pc at 51.5p, Bellway was down 12pc at 448p and Persimmon was off 7pc at 359p.
The companies have been tight-lipped so far, ...
From BEN BLAND,
The Telegraph,
11 Jun 2008
Shares in Minerva, the London property developer beloved by day traders, are 16pc higher this morning at 106p after The Telegraph revealed that the Dubai government has made a 140p-150p takeover proposal.
Minerva is yet to respond to the approach from ...
From BEN BLAND,
The Telegraph,
11 Jun 2008
The market is relatively flat this morning, with the FTSE 100 up just 6.3 at 6074.4, although a few Friday rumours are keeping traders entertained.
Insurance and fund management group Standard Life is up 4pc to 252p on the back of vague bid speculation ...
From BEN BLAND,
The Telegraph,
30 May 2008
Reliance Communications, the Indian mobile phone giant, is believed to have lined up India’s ICICI Bank and French bank Natixis to finance a possible $48bn (£24bn) cash-and-shares bid for MTN, Africa’s largest mobile phone group.
Well-placed sources ...
From BEN BLAND,
The Telegraph,
29 May 2008
Willie Walsh of British Airways has foregone his. So has Stuart Rose of Marks & Spencer. We’re talking bonuses of course and in this frugal new age of economic slowdown and financial retrenchment, modesty is clearly all the rage.
In days of old, for ...
From BEN BLAND,
The Telegraph,
20 May 2008
Once again, the miners are holding up the FTSE 100 as the news about the UK economy continues to get darker.
These are all firm indications that UK Plc is an increasingly sickly beast. But the FTSE 100 is only down 1.7 to 6210.2 this morning, thanks ...
From BEN BLAND,
The Telegraph,
14 May 2008
At 1030, the benchmark UK index was down 58.1 at 6162.5.
Over the last month, the bulls have been arguing that, with credit markets easing, we should be able to avoid a serious economic crisis.
This shock rise in inflation (most economists had been ...
From BEN BLAND,
The Telegraph,
13 May 2008
