Dubai-based retail, hospitality outfit and mall manager Landmark Group is taking over Carluccio’s for £90million, sending shares in the upmarket cafe and restaurant chain soaring nearly 47 per cent.
STRONG demand for televisions and Apple iPads boosted DSG International, prompting the owner of Currys and PC World to brush off fears of a double-dip recession.
Royal Bank of Scotland yesterday announced plans to axe a further 3,500 jobs as it moves into a second phase of restructuring in its drive to become a smaller, better-run bank.
TESCO is looking at the $1billion (£650million) sale of supermarket stores in the Far East by French retail giant Carrefour.
INSURANCE group Standard Life is slashing 500 jobs as part of a shake-up to cut costs and boost growth.
Oil giant BP is selling some Malaysian assets to local state energy firm Petronas for $363million (£235million) as part of an asset sale to help pay the costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
TOP flight shares in London soared yesterday as upbeat data from Chinese and US manufacturers helped investors to brush off a weaker manufacturing performance in the UK.
HOPES for more takeover deals in the semiconductor industry boosted chip designer Arm Holdings more than 8 per cent yesterday.
THE maker of TV series Supernanny and Waterloo Road enjoyed a 22 per cent jump in half-year pre-tax profits, buoyed by the recommissioning of Who Do You Think You Are?, which recently featured Bruce Forsyth.
TAKEOVER target Canadian fertiliser producer Potash Corp has lashed out at BHP Billiton after claiming the miner had called its customers to try to boost its $38.6billion (£25billion) hostile bid.