HSBC higher on rail sale talk as FTSE rallies following Bernanke
Market Forces blog
Travis Perkins tumbles as it warns of low growth prospects
January 2010
Market Forces blog
FTSE falls back as miners hit by Alcoa and Chinese worries
Leading shares recorded their biggest one day fall since the turn of the year as a cocktail of downbeat news gave investors the excuse to cash in some of their profits
November 2009
Market Forces blog
Satellite group Inmarsat flies as FTSE gains continue
Shares in satellite group Inmarsat have taken off as investors scrabbled to buy the shares following news it had entered a leading index
October 2009
Market Forces blog
Miners and oils help FTSE to biggest daily rise since April
Market Forces blog
Galiform climbs on Travis Perkins takeover talk
March 2009
Joinery group Galiform and plumbing supplier Wolseley hit by fallout from building sector
Huge problems facing firms linked to construction and home improvements businesses as costs and debts rise
June 2007
Galiform slims down operations at cost of £35m
8.15am: Kitchens and furniture group is axeing 560 jobs as part of a restructuring following the sale of its loss-making MFI business last year. By Fiona Walsh.
March 2007
MFI sale cost Galiform £187m in write-offs
The 200-store business was sold to the private equity firm Merchant Equity Partners for a nominal £1. By Fiona Walsh.