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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.support@ft.comFri, 4 Jul 2008 17:53 BSTWed, 09 Jul 2008 16:29:19 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifFT.com - Markets On Londonhttp://www.ft.com/markets/onlondon(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))On London: Bears are out but it's no picnichttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/05dfa272-49e7-11dd-891a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/05dfa272-49e7-11dd-891a-000077b07658.htmlAs coal suffered its biggest one-day drop in three years the mining sector came close to entering a bear market, writes Neil HumeFri, 4 Jul 2008 17:53 BSTOn London: Hunt is on for a strategy to outwit the inflation beasthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/349eb67c-3eff-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/349eb67c-3eff-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac.htmlBuying anything in a period of rising prices is a relative bet. Some things might outperform but everything heads lowerFri, 20 Jun 2008 22:07 BSTDirectors' stock buying should be followed with cautionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6841a1ee-397b-11dd-90d7-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6841a1ee-397b-11dd-90d7-0000779fd2ac.htmlData show that shares bought by executives of companies deemed expensive have performed better than cheap stocksFri, 13 Jun 2008 20:41 BSTThe Fed's twin mandate puts Bernanke in a tough spothttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/43eadce0-33f7-11dd-869b-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/43eadce0-33f7-11dd-869b-0000779fd2ac.htmlMr Bernanke highlighted how the central bank is caught between the nasty forces of slow growth and rising consumer pricesFri, 6 Jun 2008 22:04 BSTDiscounted deals remain available for private equityhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4741b6c0-33f7-11dd-869b-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4741b6c0-33f7-11dd-869b-0000779fd2ac.htmlAlthough TPG's investment in Bradford & Bingley generated a lot of anger, there is reason to think this deal will be repeatedFri, 6 Jun 2008 21:10 BSTA lesson for rights issues after another difficult weekhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/52c87462-2e6a-11dd-ab55-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/52c87462-2e6a-11dd-ab55-000077b07658.htmlThere is a big difference between a rescue rights issue for a bank and one for a company looking to fund a sensible dealFri, 30 May 2008 19:22 BSTOn London: Tiresome clichés can sometimes be truehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d59a4fd2-28f2-11dd-96ce-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d59a4fd2-28f2-11dd-96ce-000077b07658.htmlInvestors were given a brief glimpse of a world in which mining stocks fall instead of rise this week. It was not a pretty sightFri, 23 May 2008 19:36 BSTCash drive hides greater fearshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e54cc9e-235e-11dd-b214-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e54cc9e-235e-11dd-b214-000077b07658.htmlIt is a good time to be an equity capital markets banker. After several years on the periphery, while credit ruled global financial markets, ECM departments at the big investment banks are humming again and nowhere more so than in the City and Canary Wharf.Fri, 16 May 2008 19:16 BSTReits make sense in spite of property stigmahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/acf543c8-1df5-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/acf543c8-1df5-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlA Reit gives shareholders direct access to the property's income instead of having it filtered by an operating company, writes Daniel ThomasFri, 9 May 2008 21:33 BSTTime for big oil to explore places it would rather avoidhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54b814f8-1867-11dd-8c92-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54b814f8-1867-11dd-8c92-0000779fd2ac.htmlIt has become difficult for BP, Shell and their peers to find oil, and when they do they are making less money from itFri, 2 May 2008 20:12 BSTOn London: This time it's differenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec22b620-12ce-11dd-8d91-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec22b620-12ce-11dd-8d91-0000779fd2ac.htmlThese four words are guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of stock market professionals, writes Neil HumeFri, 25 Apr 2008 15:19 BSTHow do share prices react to cash calls?http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b2723722-0d7c-11dd-b90a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b2723722-0d7c-11dd-b90a-0000779fd2ac.htmlEven before Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain's second-biggest bank, admitted it was considering a cash call to shore up its creaking balance sheet, strategists had been predicting the return of the rights issue. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:36 BSTUK rich switch to cash and blue chipshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/20ad169a-0809-11dd-a922-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/20ad169a-0809-11dd-a922-0000779fd2ac.htmlBritain's richest people are shifting their wealth from riskier investments into cash and blue-chip industrial stocks Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:07 BSTCheap chipmakers will soon be irresistiblehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3559a88e-07f4-11dd-a922-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3559a88e-07f4-11dd-a922-0000779fd2ac.htmlNeil Hume asks why investors are so negative on UK chip companies and if this is justifiedFri, 11 Apr 2008 19:37 BSTOn London: Banks caught in a bear market rallyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08234a66-0257-11dd-9388-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08234a66-0257-11dd-9388-000077b07658.htmlEven if the banking sector has bottomed, sustained outpuerformance seems unlikely, writes Neil HumeFri, 4 Apr 2008 16:14 BST