| Questor share tip: Afren is now a profitable pan-African oil play It's always reassuring when a company in which you have invested swings into profit. It's even better when it looks like those profits will increase at a substantial rate next year. That's the situation we find ourselves in with oil explorer and producer Afren. telegraph.co.uk |
Paragon raises £200m to fund buy-to-let lending Paragon, the buy-to-let mortgage provider that went into hibernation during the financial crisis, has secured £200m to start lending to landlords again. telegraph.co.uk |
Financial Stocks: KeyCorp, Marshall & Ilsley lead financials Shares of regional banks Marshall & Ilsley Corp. and KeyCorp lead the financial gainers after both receive ratings upgrades. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Sanofi-Aventis launches Genzyme takeover battle By GREG KELLER and LINDA A. JOHNSON 2010-10-04T15:56:52ZPARIS (AP) -- France's Sanofi-Aventis on Monday launched an $18.5 billion hostile takeover attempt for Genzyme Corp., escalating the battle after management of the U.S. biotech company twice rejected its offer.... hosted.ap.org |
Contagion strikes Italy as Ireland bail-out fails to calm markets The EU-IMF rescue for Ireland has failed to restore to confidence in the eurozone debt markets, leading instead to a dramatic surge in bond yields across half the currency bloc. telegraph.co.uk |