Analysts improve UK and Irish stock picks

Analysts improve UK and Irish stock picks

Data collected for this year's Financial Times/StarMine Analyst Awards show increase in recommendations generating positive returns

Carnival ‘catching up' after disaster, says chief

Carnival ‘catching up' after disaster, says chief

Booking volumes for brands other than Costa, the brand whose ship capsized in the Concordia accident, were up 8 per cent over the previous year in the last seven weeks

Advertising deal talk centres on LBi

Advertising deal talk centres on LBi

After WPP's $540m deal for AKQA, Amsterdam-based LBi is emerging as the industry's next likely acquisition target, according to people familiar with the matter

Monte dei Paschi to unveil capital plan

Monte dei Paschi to unveil capital plan

Italy's third-largest bank by assets to hold board meeting to discuss strategy for plugging shortfall and later make the plan public

Credit Suisse rejects calls on capital ratios

Credit Suisse rejects calls on capital ratios

Board of Swiss group backs chief executive Brady Dougan as it rebuffs calls by the Swiss National Bank for it to build up capital faster

Chemical industry warns of green threat

Chemical industry warns of green threat

UK sector will be damaged if the government presses ahead with a carbon floor price even if other countries do not, trade body has warned

Joint bid likely to value Iglo at $3bn

Joint bid likely to value Iglo at $3bn

Blackstone and BC Partners were the last remaining bidders in the race for the frozen foods maker and owner of the Birds Eye brand in Europe

Spanish stress test bars foreign banks

Spanish stress test bars foreign banks

In the runup to a bailout, foreign-owned lenders are excluded from the test, as their stronger capitalisation risks skewing the aggregate figures

Four banks win case against SFO

Four banks win case against SFO

The court ruling will block the Serious Fraud Office from seizing documents for a criminal trial in Italy over derivatives sold to Milan
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