Archive for June 14th, 2012
Thousands of professionals in the UK working part-time hours
Part-time work is not just for low level jobs, a new survey has shown. Timewise, a UK-based jobs website dedicated to professional part-time jobs, has found that one in ten part-time workers are earning more than GBP40,000 a year on …
Guinness Peat sells its stake in London-listed brewer Young & Co
British diversified investment holding Guinness Peat Group Plc (LON:GPG) said on Thursday it had exited domestic pub operator Young & Co's Brewery Plc (LON:YNGA) after selling its entire
Mortgage lending for UK house purchases down in April
Mortgage lending in the UK dropped significantly in April, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said today. Lending for house purchases fell by 30% compared with the previous month,
London-listed WPP in exclusive talks to take control of France’s Press Index
Irish communications services provider WPP plc (LON:WPP) is holding exclusive talks to buy an 87% stake in French press monitoring services provider Press Index SA (EPA:ALPRI) for EUR6.81
Finnish Nokia agrees sale of Vertu unit to sponsor EQT Partners
Finnish mobile phone group Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK) said on Thursday it was selling its luxury handsets making subsidiary Vertu Corp to EQT VI fund, part of Swedish private
Vector Capital trumps JP Morgan’s bid for French Technicolor
US private equity firm Vector Capital, focused on technology investments, said it had increased to EUR2.00 (USD2.52) a share from initial EUR1.90 its offer to buy a stake
Mexico’s America Movil continues building a stake in Dutch KPN
Mexican telecommunications group America Movil SAB de CV (NYSE:AMX) said it had bought further 3.7m shares of Royal KPN NV (AMS:KPN) in a transaction outside regular market trading
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UK retail sales in April down due to rising prices and poor weather
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Telecom Italia considers divesting mobile phone unit — report
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Tobacco group Philip Morris to take full control of Mexican arm in $700m deal
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Oil group Cheveron close to selling Egyptian and Pakistani units — report
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Mexico’s America Movil agrees to acquire Star Wireless Group
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