Local newspapers' crisis: former boss offers an insight into how it came about
Roy Greenslade
Roy Greenslade presents the first extract of a book about the regional newspaper industry's crisis entitled What do we mean by local?. It's by Chris Oakley
August 2010
Candover Investments winds itself up after writedowns
• Private equity fund Candover to return cash to investors • No fire sale of businesses, CEO Malcolm Fallen insists
July 2010
Market Forces blog
Barclays leads the way down as FTSE 100 falters
Banks were among the leading fallers as the market ended the week on a downbeat note
April 2010
Market Forces blog
Reckitt disappoints as FTSE falls 2.6% on Greek junk rating
Reckitt Benckiser has been a stock market darling for many years, but not today
November 2009
Market Forces blog
Informa shares sink on news of Springer talks
Informa shares are down sharply this morning after the media company confirmed it is in talks to buy private-equity held Springer Science and Business
July 2009
Lenders plan break-up of Gala Coral
RBS invites bids for parts of indebted betting group
June 2009
Struggling Candover sells off energy research firm
The London-based private equity firm said it lost £215m in 2008 amid plunging valuations of its assets
April 2009
Vulture fund circles troubled Candover
Harbour Capital considers bid for troubled private equity group
March 2009
Market Forces blog
FTSE records biggest weekly rise of the year so far
Market Forces blog
Barclays boosted by bailout and disposal hopes
December 2007
Apax tipped as favourite to acquire Emap's crown jewels
Private equity firm Apax is understood to be the front-runner for Emap's business-to-business publishing empire. By Richard Wray
