AMCI joins battle for Gloucester Coal
PRIVATE coal group AMCI has joined Hong Kong commodities trader Noble Group and Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata... [read more]
Privateer talks with Virgin Media about $23b bid
US private equity firm The Carlyle Group is in discussions with Virgin Media over a potential bid for... [read more]
Banks
Manufacturers call on Bank to halt rate rises
The Bank of England should resist the temptation to raise interest rates again this week because inflation... [read more]
ShoreBank thrives despite early predictions
Opening a bank aimed at improving the quality of life in poor urban areas was supposed to be a grand... [read more]
Energy
UK oil output shortfall raises fears of dependence on Russia
The energy industry warned today that government targets of keeping Britain's oil and gas production... [read more]
BP in oilseed tree project
Company sets up a venture with biodiesel firm to increase planting of jatropha, a tree that produces... [read more]