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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:24:36 +0000Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:52:45 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/companies/uk(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff447dd2-d632-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff447dd2-d632-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe charitable trust that controls Hershey has encouraged the US confectioner's management to pursue a $17bn bid for Cadbury, topping Kraft Foods' hostile $16.2bn offerSat, 21 Nov 2009 00:24:36 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/23be2540-d611-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/23be2540-d611-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlCompany pension liabilities should be discounted by an interest rate equal to that on risk-free government bonds Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:08:45 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f5ccb62-d611-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f5ccb62-d611-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlGobal mining company that faced huge debt burden a year ago continues recapitalisation drive and nets $741m by spinning off US coal assetsFri, 20 Nov 2009 22:57:56 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ef171dc-d5af-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ef171dc-d5af-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe head of Nationwide, Britain's biggest building society, accuses government-backed companies of seriously distorting the savings market as its profits fall more than 60%Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:04 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/cc58259c-d56d-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cc58259c-d56d-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlThe UK's third largest life and pensions company is on the verge of appointing John Stewart, the former head of National Australia Bank, as its new chairman, pending FSA approvalFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:16:43 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1f8bc28-d609-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1f8bc28-d609-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe supermarket chain, which has pledged to become the 'people's bank', has indicated that it could look to introduce mortgages by the end of next year, but may not begin offering current accounts until 2011Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:24 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6819f064-d5a5-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6819f064-d5a5-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe asset management group says the offering will cut net debt to £150m. Managers are expected to sell up to 20% of their shares Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:23 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b05b29be-d605-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b05b29be-d605-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlFuller Smith & Turner provided further evidence that the pub sector is split between successful managed operators and struggling leased and tenanted ones after it delivered robust first-half resultsFri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:37 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae268a32-d5fe-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae268a32-d5fe-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlDiscount retailers have been the major beneficiaries of Woolworths' collapse, with 39% of stores now let taken by Poundland, B&M Bargains and other value chainsFri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:55 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3303022-d5fe-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3303022-d5fe-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe administrators of First Quench, owners of Threshers and Wine Rack chains, said it would cut almost 1,900 jobs and close hundreds more storesFri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d402ee2-d60a-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d402ee2-d60a-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlDeutsche Telekom and France Telecom say they see no reason to bow to Ofcom, the telecoms watchdog, to gain regulatory approval for the merger of their UK operationsFri, 20 Nov 2009 23:28:21 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a42bc9dc-d60a-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a42bc9dc-d60a-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe chocolate company is contemplating entering the battle for CadburyFri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:10 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c12804d4-d60e-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c12804d4-d60e-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe building society sector, led by the leading operator, approaches regulators about a CoCo-based model that could buttress their stressed capital basesFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:04 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/de383aea-d5e5-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/de383aea-d5e5-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html'Try it: millions will love it,' writes Martin Wolf, the FT's chief economics commentator. In the UK, the mob is once again baying for bloodFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:28 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/71208b74-d608-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71208b74-d608-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlGartmore has spent the past year steadily recruiting talent from other asset managers – a move that was widely seen as preparation for a public listingFri, 20 Nov 2009 19:23:54 +0000