Press round-up from ShareCast

• Friday paper round-up: BP, Lehman Brothers, Trafigura
  Fri 12 March 2010 06:41
  Civil servants are scrambling to put together proposals that will allow Britain's pension funds to bankroll the building of motorways and power stations through a special state-controlled bank.

• Thursday newspaper round-up: BP, British Airways, Cazenove
  Thu 11 March 2010 06:27
  BP is set to enter the deep waters off the coast of Brazil, one of the world's most exciting areas for oil exploration, with a $6bn deal to buy international oil and gas assets from Devon Energy. A deal could be announced as early as Thursday, according t

• Wednesday paper round-up: EADS, Barclays, Google
  Wed 10 March 2010 06:34
  Lord Mandelson has tried to head off a transatlantic trade war by expressing concern at Washington's handling of a $35bn Pentagon procurement project that could spark European retaliation.

• Tuesday paper round-up: Tullett Prebon, Vodafone, China
  Tue 09 March 2010 06:37
  Hundreds of City traders are rethinking plans to leave the UK for tax purposes in the wake of last month's landmark court ruling against a British businessman based in the Seychelles, it emerged yesterday.

• Monday newspaper round-up: Royal Bank of Scotland, China, Prudential
  Mon 08 March 2010 06:39
  Santander has moved into pole position to take over the 320 branches in England being sold by Royal Bank of Scotland.

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Spending cuts, British Airways, House prices
  Sun 07 March 2010 10:21
  Alistair Darling will refuse to bow to calls for more aggressive spending cuts in his budget this month and will stick to fiscal plans set out last year.

• Friday paper round-up: HSBC, Scottish & Southern, ITV
  Fri 05 March 2010 06:33
  The supertax on bank bonuses will reap more than £2.5bn for the Treasury, giving the UK government an unexpectedly large windfall to spend ahead of the general election, a Financial Times survey of 16 global banks has found.

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Petrofac, BA, M&S...
  Thu 04 March 2010 06:02
  The Petrofac oil services group is on the verge of acquiring a string of North Sea fields in a deal that would pave the way for a $1 billion spin-out of its exploration and production division.

• Wednesday paper round-up: Prudential, Food prices, BAE Systems
  Wed 03 March 2010 06:36
  Prudential has lost a fifth of its stock market value in just two days as Britain's biggest insurer battles to convince UK investors to pay up for its $35.5bn Asian expansion.

• Tuesday paper round-up: Sterling, Prudential, HSBC
  Tue 02 March 2010 06:38
  The pound suffered its biggest one-day fall for more than a year yesterday amid the prospect of a hung Parliament and growing fears that this will prevent swift and decisive action being taken over Britain's public finances.

• Monday newspaper round-up: Prudential to buy AIG Asia with record rights call
  Mon 01 March 2010 06:36
  Prudential has won the support of both AIG's board and the US government to buy the giant US insurer's crown jewel Asian assets for $35.5bn (£23.5bn), the Telegraph reports.

• Sunday newspaper round-up: M&S, HSBC, Prudential
  Sun 28 February 2010 11:23
  Shareholders in Marks & Spencer are preparing for a fresh showdown with the retail giant over the £1.13m pay package of Sir Stuart Rose, the executive chairman.

• Friday newspaper round-up: Royal Bank of Scotland, BBC, Google
  Fri 26 February 2010 06:37
  Royal Bank of Scotland paid 100 investment bankers more than £1m each - yet has still warned that hundreds will defect this year over pay restrictions, costing the state-backed lender £1bn in profit.

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