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A&L soars on bid talk

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A&L soars bid talk - Shares Alliance & Leicester rose sharply today after French banking giant Credit Agricole confirmed is considering bid Firms hit by £2.6bn pension bill - Firms face £2.6bn bill boost employees' pensions, according leak of week's reforms



A&L soars on bid talk  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
Shares in Alliance & Leicester rose sharply today after French banking giant Credit Agricole confirmed it is considering a bid
Firms hit by £2.6bn pension bill  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
Firms face a £2.6bn bill to boost their employees' pensions, according to a leak of this week's reforms
Market report: Monday 11.30  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
London share prices are on a rollercoaster ride again this morning, the footsie having regained most of the 115 points it lost this morning
NYSE bids for £11bn Euronext merger  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
The New York Stock Exchange today unveiled its bid for the pan-European bourse Euronext, in a deal that values the merged exchanges at £11.2bn
Middle-class 'lifestyle' debts soar  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
Record numbers of middle-class families are being swamped by debt after chasing the dream of a designer lifestyle
Punch to auction Spirit pubs  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
Pub operator Punch Taverns today said it will sell 380 of the outlets it bought from Spirit group in December for £2.7bn
Chrysalis records ad revenue jump  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
The owner of Heart and Galaxy today offered signs of a trading revival after advertising revenues jumped 10% since March
Cleanaway sale sparks waste sector frenzy  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
Unprecedented takeover action in the UK waste disposal market could kick off with a £600m offer for the Cleanaway bin men group
Indian exchanges halt as stocks plunge  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
The Indian stock market, a recent target for thousands of UK investors, halted trading this morning after shares fell more than 10%
Watchdog's Thames Water fury  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
Thames Water is set to miss key targets for reducing its massive leakage problem for the third successive year, Financial Mail can reveal
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
This is Money reads the Sunday papers so you don't have to. Here is this week's round-up of the bigger stories from the financial pages
Turner pension scheme gets MPs' backing  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
MPs said today that Lord Turner's proposed pensions scheme offers a 'great and unique opportunity' to reverse the pensions crisis
Centrica in EU plea over French gas merger  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, is demanding that the European Commission halts a proposed merger between two French energy giants
EMI threat to pull out of Warner bid  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
EMI will report strong annual results this week and tell investors it is prepared to walk away from the bid for Warner
High Street 'is tearing itself apart'  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
The British Retail Consortium, the voice of the High Street, is being torn apart by bitter infighting among members
Abbey says sorry over fee blunder  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
Abbey has apologised after thousands of customers had their overdrafts cancelled, leaving many with hefty charges
'King Canute' LSE stranded by tide  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
The London Stock Exchange was last night looking the loser in the great world reshuffle of stock exchanges
BAA plans sweetener for investors  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
Airports operator BAA will this week announce a plan to return capital to shareholders as part of its defence against Ferrovial's takeover bid
Homes mini-boom set to slow  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
The property mini-boom - which has delivered a half-year run of record mortgage lending - could be about to slow down
This is the one show you should switch off  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
The Financial Mail's ace investigator tells TV shoppers to beware a shambles of a channel
Labour spin on pensions can't mask its follies  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
Until proper compensation is paid to the victims of failed pension schemes, talk by Labour of a new dawn for pensions is highly misleading
Who will pick up the tab if Equitas fades?  [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
You thought all of the rich and famous who risked their fortunes in the burlesque of the Lloyd's of London insurance market were dead and buried?