FTSE 100 slips as election rally falters, but Royal Mail rises
Investors turn cautious despite Chinese rate cut and Greek IMF payment
August 2010
Good Companies Guide: Winners and losers in the corporate sustainability stakes
Analysts at Co-operative Asset Management assess which FTSE 350 companies may have the most sustainable business models
July 2010
Market Forces blog
Analysts look for other targets after Tomkins bid approach
Following news of a £2.8bn bid approach for engineering group Tomkins from a Canadian consortium, analysts have been looking around to try and find the next target in the sector
March 2009
Market Forces blog
Miners pull FTSE down despite Rio Tinto bid talk
Market Forces blog
Miner Hochschild jumps as Peru strikes end
August 2007
US woes dog engineering group
Engineering group Tomkins yesterday turned in higher than expected first half profits but warned it would continue to be dogged by problems in the US automotive and housing markets.
June 2007
Jarvis cuts losses to £14m in spite of slow trading
Jarvis unveiled a third annual loss yesterday, this time of £14.1m, despite having massively scaled down the engineering business once claimed to be the country's biggest.
