http://www.bullbearings.co.uk The premeir UK virtual trading website en-gb Wed, 14 May 2008 00:45:43 +0100 Copyright: (C) BullBearings Ltd 15 http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/img/logo3.gif http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/ http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=2097463Tue, 13 May 2008 06:08:00 +0100Aberdeen Asset Management is considering abandoning the UK as its headquarters for tax purposes as speculation mounts that a wave of British fund managers could head for the exit in frustration at Treasury tax changes, reports the Times.http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=2085688Wed, 07 May 2008 06:09:00 +0100Apollo, the American private equity group, is understood to have approached Barratt Developments to offer to buy a stake in the troubled UK housebuilder, The Times has learnt.http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=2082812Tue, 06 May 2008 06:11:00 +0100HBOS was last night drawing up plans for a rights issue raising up to £4bn of fresh capital after taking the view that it wants a big cushion of capital as Britain enters a housing downturn.http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=2068263Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:17:00 +0100An unprecedented £50bn injection to bail out Britain's ailing banking system could be doubled if it fails to stave off a collapse in the housing market, writes the Times.http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=2052675Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:13:00 +0100The Swedish state-owned power giant Vattenfall is examining a takeover bid for British Energy, a move that would place it at the heart of Britain's future nuclear power generation, reports the Sunday Telegraph.http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=2039628Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:27:00 +0100Germany's RWE and EDF have entered discussions with Centrica about a possible bid for British Energy, the UK's leading nuclear generator, says the FT.http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=2026048Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:15:00 +0100Centrica has begun secret talks with EDF, the giant French utility, aimed at securing a £10bn "British-led solution" to the future of the country's nuclear power generator, British Energy, says the Sunday Telegraph.http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=2025899Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:14:00 +0100Friends Provident, the embattled life assurer, is Monday expected to reject a £3.5bn takeover approach by JC Flowers, the US private equity group, says the FT.http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=2010560Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:08:00 +0100The Financial Services Authority will this week start its criminal investigation to find the trader alleged to have made £100m from spreading malicious rumours that HBOS, the UK's biggest mortgage lender, was in danger of collapse, says the Independent on Sunday.http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=1997864Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:25:00 +0000Global Radio's private backers are understood to have agreed to provide two thirds of the funding in cash to acquire GCap Media as they attempt to fight off turbulent markets and clinch a £371 million purchase of the owner of Capital 95.8, reports the Times.http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=1990823Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:46:00 +0000Fears that America is facing another bank collapse spread across Wall Street yesterday, despite emergency measures by the Federal Reserve Bank to prevent the US banking system from imploding and a government-backed rescue deal to save Bear Stearns, reports the Times.http://www.bullbearings.co.uk/news.article.php?article=1987799Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:51:00 +0000