Markets RSS en-uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:16:04 GMT Newspapers Markets RSS 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif Premier Oil can chart way out of an exploration ‘sticky patch’ Nick Hasell: Tempus Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-09T11:43:29Z Premier Oil remains burdened by the tag of the stock market’s “unlucky” explorer. Unlike Cairn Energy, Tullow Oil, or the now-acquired Burren Energy, Premier has become stuck in the second division, lacking the sort of transformational discovery that would multiply its reserves and seize investors’ imagination. But on the basis of yesterday’s half-year trading update, there are reasonable grounds to assume that Premier’s luck could be about to change. Mine estimate cheers Camec Robert Lindsay: Smaller companies Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-09T10:10:30Z The mining company run by Phil Edmonds, the former England spin bowler, may at last have found its line and length in Zimbabwe. In the know: Sirius Exploration; Bovis; African Minerals Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-09T10:16:44Z Gilts Aviva falls farther as S&P raises prospect of disposals Robert Lindsay: Market report Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-09T10:13:41Z Solvency fears weighed on Aviva for a fourth day running as an analyst said that even a dividend cut of 50 per cent would not be enough to repair its solvency levels and that disposals should be considered. Robert Wiseman sales up ... Corus to cut more jobs ... GlaxoSmithKline cancer vaccine approval ... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-09T10:24:03Z View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Aviva to cut dividend by up to 50 per cent Miles Costello Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-09T07:16:15Z Aviva shares were under renewed pressure last night after it emerged that 12 leading insurance analysts had forecast that it would cut its dividend next month by between 25 and 50 per cent. Prospect of orders lifts Cobham above the clouds Robert Lindsay: Market report Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-08T10:07:32Z The prospect of multibillion-dollar orders for its in-flight refuelling equipment kept Cobham flying high above the clouds that were looming glumly over the markets yesterday. The FTSE 100 dropped 46.77 points to 4,140.23, its lowest level since April, but the Dorset-based manufacturer — formerly known as Flight Refuelling — rose 0.9p to end the day at 177.9p. Not so sweet for PureCircle Robert Lindsay: Smaller companies Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-08T10:04:43Z PureCircle, the producer of a new zero-calorie sweetener, left a sour taste for investors when it revealed that debt had risen above expectations and that it was in talks to raise new bank loans. In the know: Bloomsbury; Allergy Therapeutics; May Gurney Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-08T09:49:25Z Gilts First South Yorkshire strike threat ... Individual Restaurant Company equity issue ... Carillion reduces debt ... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-09T12:24:58Z View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap