Categories
Retail and consumer
- Stefano Pessina: I want to merge Boots, not float it 1 hour 49 min old, Telegraph retail
- Clinton Cards to lose almost 3,000 jobs 7 hours 38 min old, FT.com retail
- Activist investor aims to add zest to Pepsi 8 hours 21 min old, FT.com retail
Transport
- Georgian Railway valued as high as £1bn 5 hours 46 min old, FT.com transport
- Honda UNI-CUB personal transport concept unveiled 7 hours 14 min old, Transport Info feed
- East Midlands Trains face strikes by second union 7 hours 14 min old, Transport Info feed
Health
- FCC chooses spectrum for wireless medical devices 2 hours 58 min old, Reuters health
- Data suggests drug treatment can lower U.S. crime 3 hours 4 min old, Reuters health
- U.S. lowers threshold for lead poisoning in children 3 hours 5 min old, Reuters health
Aerospace and defence
- US values possible South Korean MH-60R deal at $1bn 0 sec old, Flight Global feed
- Panetta reiterates support for F-35B and MV-22 18 min 10 sec old, Flight Global feed
- GE Capital resumes dividend to parent 8 hours 14 min old, Ft.com aerospace and defence feed
Banking and finance
- HSBC hopes for extra $1bn in cross-selling revenue 13 min 38 sec old, FT.com banks feed
- HSBC hopes for extra $1bn in cross-selling revenue 13 min 38 sec old, FT.com financials feed
- FSA searches for new enforcement chief 5 hours 35 min old, FT.com banks feed
Chemicals
- US PolyOne targets annual revenues of $5bn by 2015 - CEO 17 hours 38 min old, ICIS general news feed
- Lower European refined product prices having little impact on demand 17 hours 45 min old, ICIS general news feed
- PP film buyer makes plea to Europe producers for stability, security 18 hours 8 min old, ICIS general news feed
Construction
- Major variations in PFI returns found across govt departments 0 sec old, Construction News feed
- Exclusive: Balfour Beatty confirms 650 jobs to go under restructure plans 13 hours 10 sec old, Construction News feed
- Shapps bows to pressure on Right to Buy timescales 14 hours 55 min old, Construction News feed
Telecoms
- Samsung not seen quaking in boots over Apple-Elpida report 2 hours 18 min old, Reuters telecoms feed
- Apple drops ‘4G’ from new iPad name in UK online store 3 hours 37 min old, TelcoNews.com feed
- UPDATE 1-Activision and Electronic Arts settle lawsuit 6 hours 11 min old, Reuters telecoms feed
Energy
- Questor share tip: Lamprell a hold after shock profit warning 1 hour 13 min old, Telegraph energy
- FSA probe needed PDQ into Lamprell PDMRs 8 hours 31 min old, FT.com energy
- FSA probe needed PDQ into Lamprell PDMRs 8 hours 31 min old, FT.co oil and gas feed
Financial services
- No pension plan in place for six million Brits over 50s 1 hour 33 min old, Insurance Daily feed
- FSA searches for new enforcement chief 5 hours 35 min old, FT.com financial services feed
- Hedge funds veer from Marx to Munch 7 hours 2 min old, FT.com financial services feed
Media
- Pinewood announces new expansion plan 8 hours 9 min old, FT.com media feed
- Perform buys RunningBall for €120m 9 hours 11 min old, FT.com media feed
- BBC confirms digital switch for ‘Blue Peter’ 9 hours 27 min old, FT.com media feed
Industrial and manufacturing
- Viewpoint: Creativity Does Not Equal Innovation 52 min 44 sec old, Industry Week feed
- Swiss Pioneer Motor Aimed at Slashing Satellite Launch Costs 52 min 44 sec old, Industry Week feed
- PetroChina Overtakes ExxonMobil in Oil Production 52 min 44 sec old, Industry Week feed
Pharmaceuticals
- Avalanche, Lonza join forces for adeno-associated viral vector production 52 min 40 sec old, Pharmaceutical Business Review feed
- Evotec adds solid phase extraction technology to screening facilities 52 min 40 sec old, Pharmaceutical Business Review feed
- CytoDyn completes production of FIV monoclonal antibodies 52 min 40 sec old, Pharmaceutical Business Review feed
Technology
Utilities
General
- Sir Roger Carr warns British businesses face 'hard truths' over pay 2 hours 13 min old, Telegraph economics
- Pig farmers eye huge China market 8 hours 11 min old, Financial Times general
- Cameron fears eurozone unravelling 8 hours 13 min old, Financial Times general
The Bottom Line:If Mr Cable has his way...
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