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Cairn helps FTSE post strong day

The oil exploration group closes at a record high on Thursday after UBS puts a £45 target price on group. The surge helped the London market add 0.6 per cent

HSBC investors warned over pay policy

HSBC could be in breach of best practice on pay, shareholders of the UK bank have been warned, ahead of the vote at the annual meeting on remuneration

No interest rate cut for two years, Bank warns

The UK economy is set for a sharper, more prolonged slowdown in growth than the Bank thought likely in February, but the short-term spike in inflation will be much more severe and persistent than anticipated

Nielsen steps back from move on TNS-GfK merger

Nielsen played down its interest in breaking up the agreed merger between two rival market research groups, Taylor Nelson Sofres and GfK

Malay group takes 20% Johnston Press stake

The regional newspaper owner launched a rights issue and a subscription to raise £212m to stave off a breach in the media group’s covenants, which will see a new Malaysian investor take a 20% stake

ScS shares plunge after fresh warning

A profit warning from the sofa retailer sent shares sharply lower and underscored the difficulties sellers of large-ticket items are facing as the housing market slows

Economic woes begin to hit UK jobs market

Signs that the credit crunch and stuttering economic growth have begun to hit the jobs market have emerged with official figures showing the number of people claiming jobless benefit has risen for the third month in a row.

Rate cut hopes fade as UK inflation surges

Consumer price inflation exceeded all expectations by rising to 3 per cent in April. The news wiped out market expectations of further interest rate cuts this year

Shell to help plug Nigeria shortfall

The Anglo-Dutch oil company is close to providing the government with a package of loans to help meet funding gaps that has cut production at one of its major ventures

Redrow adds to housebuilders’ woes

Redrow blamed trading conditions and the reduced availability of mortgages for deterioration in the housing market

Shoppers ‘positive’ on Tesco’s US stores

Southern Cross Healthcare searches for acquisitions

Centrica warns profits to fall

UK producer prices rise at record rate

BA to resume move to Terminal 5

FT index confirms slowing housing market

ITV fined £6m over phone-in irregularities

Carphone and Best Buy hail shake-up

Guinness could be taken out of Dublin

Best Buy and Carphone in £1.1bn link

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