Fresnillo in £200m payout to parent 2008-05-06 06:01 - The Mexican silver miner that is poised to join the FTSE 100 will pay a £200m
dividend to its main shareholders before its London listing
Centrica close to French tie-up for British nuclear bid 2008-05-06 06:01 - Centrica is in talks with EDF, the French utility giant, to create a new
Anglo-French company to mount an £11 billion bid for British Energy (BE).
Rockefellers tell Exxon to green up its act 2008-05-06 06:01 - EXXON Mobil last week announced it made $10.9 billion ($€7 billion) in the
first quarter of this year, one of the biggest hauls in corporate history.
It took a Rockefeller to tell the company that money isn’t everything.
Alastair Darling must stop multinationals moving their tax domiciles 2008-05-06 06:01 - WHEN the top names unite, you know something’s afoot. That was the case at 10
Downing Street recently when some of the biggest companies in British —
indeed world — business confronted Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling.
Will housing crush the UK economy? 2008-05-06 06:01 - RECENT DAYS have witnessed some extraordinary developments, most of them from
the Bank of England. Time was when months would go by without a peep from
the Old Lady. Now it has become a news-generating machine that Max Clifford
would be proud of.
Nuclear reactors will cost twice estimate, says E.ON chief 2008-05-06 06:01 - The Government has vastly underestimated the cost of building a new generation
of nuclear power plants, according to the head of the world’s largest power
company.
Yahoo Stock Plunges After Microsoft Backs Off 2008-05-06 06:01 - Yahoo’s shares closed down 15 percent on the first day of trading after Microsoft’s takeover bid fell through on Saturday.
Aflac Shareholders Vote to Back Chief’s Pay 2008-05-06 06:01 - The insurer has become the first American company to give shareholders a say on pay ? a vote on top management’s compensation.
G.M. Workers Strike Malibu Plant in Kansas 2008-05-06 06:01 - General Motors workers who build one of the company’s most popular and important vehicles at a plant in Kansas went on strike after they were unable to reach an agreement on local work rules.
Wal-Mart to Expand Discount Drug Program 2008-05-06 06:01 - Wal-Mart announced it would expand its discounted prescription drug program to offer 90-day supplies for $10 and add several women’s medications at a discount.
