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Thirty financial groups on systemic risk list

Thirty global financial institutions make up a list that regulators are earmarking for cross-border supervision exercises, the Financial Times has learnt

Promethean plans IPO to drive expansion

The UK-based maker of interactive whiteboards is planning an initial public offering valuing it at £400m-£500m, which would propel it to the front of the class in the rapidly expanding market for digital classroom technology

GSK to cut drug prices for developing countries

The UK drugs maker is to cut signi­ficantly the prices of its medicine in emerging economies next spring, in a move to tap demand from the faster-growing economies as western markets stagnate

Slowdown for carmakers forecast

Carmakers warn that the ending of government scrappage incentives in 2010, which helped keep European manufacturers afloat this year, will depress demand and slow the recovery of one of the world’s largest industries

Energy bosses rake it in despite downturn

Several oil and natural gas companies in the US and Europe boosted their chief executives’ remuneration last year, in spite of often missing performance targets or other measures of investor value, data collected by the Financial Times show

Business travel revival helps Hogg Robinson

The corporate travel group sees tentative signs of recovery as companies rekindled overseas face-to-face meetings, particularly in growth areas such as the Far East

Informa’s Springer talks anger shareholders

The board of Informa has come under sharp criticism from some of its leading shareholders following news that the publisher is in talks to acquire German rival Springer Science and Business Media

American is at home in Cadbury

The company’s core values and Quaker background are to be utilised in the battle to keep the UK confectioner independent

Cadbury warms to Hershey tie-up

Cadbury has signalled support for a possible tie-up with Hershey, declaring that the ethical values of the UK confectioner were similar to those of the US group

National Express £360m rights issue approved

Transport group easily overcomes opposition from Jorge Cosmen, its largest shareholder and deputy chairman, who was backed by only 1% of investors

Carphone Warehouse raises guidance

Brewer finds cheer while banks lead rebound

Holidaybreak hopes love and profit never dies

Traders stuck with LSE in spite of crash

Jarvis remains in the red

BAE to cut 642 jobs

Double blow to LSE from outage and share plunge

Superglass warns on toughness in 2010

Atkins gives buoyant assessment of prospects

Johnson Matthey to end final salary pensions

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