Lloyds shares leap on profit hopes
Updated: 2010-03-19 10:08:00
Lloyds Banking Group surprised the City when it claimed it could return to profit this year because losses on toxic debts have not been as heavy as first feared
Lloyds Banking Group surprised the City when it claimed it could return to profit this year because losses on toxic debts have not been as heavy as first feared
Bailed out Bradford & Bingley today reported annual losses of £196m due to bad debt, fraud and professional negligence
09.45:The Footsie was boosted this morning by a declaration, Lloyds Banking Group said it would return to profitability in 2010
The Co-operative Group produced a record set of results but warned a return to 'real economic growth' could be a year away
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Cut price sandwiches and a simplified range helped bakery chain Greggs post a forecast beating 8% rise in profits
Business secretary Lord Mandelson has taken the highly unusual step of placing Kraft 'on report' to make sure it does not renege on pledges it made to MPs this week
The controversial boss of Royal Mail could earn as much as £18.4m over the next five years in his new job at ITV
Broker BGC Partners orchestrated a conspiracy to poach staff from rival Tullett Prebon, a High Court judge ruled yesterday
The World Trade Organisation is expected to confirm on Tuesday that European governments handed illegal subsidies to Airbus
Mouth-watering five-star rumours of a multi-billion pound energy deal for BG Group swept dealing rooms
07.45:The FTSE 100 looks set to edge higher thanks to strength overnight on Wall Street with firmer metals prices helping mining stocks