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This follows heavy lobbying from banks and investorsSun, 8 Nov 2009 20:23:48 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bced9774-cc92-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bced9774-cc92-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlThe government is poised to invest £4.5m in a project to develop a small electric vehicle produced by Zytek Automotive Technology and Gordon Murray DesignSun, 8 Nov 2009 19:24:06 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/deafb282-cc94-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/deafb282-cc94-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlDemand for the Go Go Pets is so high that Toys R Us has not advertised the items in its Christmas catalogue, and they only spend about a minute on the shelf before being snapped upSun, 8 Nov 2009 19:09:39 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9df818e-cc94-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9df818e-cc94-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlThe board of Cadbury is preparing to meet on Monday amid expectations that Kraft will go hostile with its takeover offer. The US group will either formalise its original proposal of 300p in cash and 0.2589 new Kraft Foods shares per Cadbury share, or increase it slightlySun, 8 Nov 2009 18:57:04 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/837be3e8-cc8c-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/837be3e8-cc8c-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlEurope's biggest defence contractor has invested about £80m in the Samlesbury site in Lancashire, and plans to invest 10 times that amount as it works its way to the full production rate of one F-35 Joint Strike Fighter a day by 2016Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:33:38 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fcde62b2-cc76-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fcde62b2-cc76-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlPart of the role of a new £40m Manufacturing Technology Centre will be to shore up a sector hit far worse by the downturn than forecasters expected. The damage has been particularly seismic in the manufacturing heartlands of the MidlandsSun, 8 Nov 2009 15:59:53 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/66a9d23a-cc9f-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66a9d23a-cc9f-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlBrightHouse, which rents high-end consumer durables to people who cannot get credit, enjoys double-digit revenue and profit growthSun, 8 Nov 2009 22:40:10 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc462afc-ccae-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc462afc-ccae-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlPlans for a huge expansion of nuclear power were to be set out by the government on Monday, as it publishes an energy strategy designed to smooth the way for new power stations and other large infrastructure projectsSun, 8 Nov 2009 21:59:58 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/aaa29442-cc98-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/aaa29442-cc98-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlJitters in the IPO market attest to continued uncertainty, but are more likely to be speed-bumps on the road to recovery than road-blocksSun, 8 Nov 2009 20:30:09 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7bfe592c-cb27-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7bfe592c-cb27-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlAs several respected City figures are mentioned as potential chairmen, the broadcaster's legal battle with the owner of its Scottish and Grampian franchises is escalatingFri, 6 Nov 2009 23:35:39 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/12c72632-cb09-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12c72632-cb09-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlClare Spottiswoode will take a parting shot at the regulation of with-profits savings products when she releases her final report for AvivaFri, 6 Nov 2009 23:25:25 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3a5746e-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3a5746e-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlJaved Ahmed, the new chief executive of Tate & Lyle, is carrying out a review of the group's approach to capital investment, an area in which it has had highprofile...Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000