Clive Cowdery's 'Zombie' insurer Resolution is set embrace near-£5bn takeover offer from Pearl Assurance, leaving rival bidder Standard Life cold Resolution boss Clive Cowdery "> Pearl aims for £5bn knockout - Clive Cowdery's 'Zombie' insurer Resolution is set embrace near-£5bn takeover offer from Pearl Assurance, leaving rival bidder Standard Life cold Resolution boss Clive Cowdery ">

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Insurer's victims stake claim

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Insurer's victims stake claim - As Michael Bright spends his first weekend prison, his victims are preparing legal cases recover some of millions of pounds they lost Michael Bright Pearl aims for £5bn knockout - Clive Cowdery's 'Zombie' insurer Resolution is set embrace near-£5bn takeover offer from Pearl Assurance, leaving rival bidder Standard Life cold Resolution boss Clive Cowdery



Insurer's victims stake claim  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
As Michael Bright spends his first weekend in prison, his victims are preparing legal cases to recover some of the millions of pounds they lost Michael Bright
Pearl aims for £5bn knockout  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Clive Cowdery's 'Zombie' insurer Resolution is set to embrace a near-£5bn takeover offer from Pearl Assurance, leaving rival bidder Standard Life in the cold Resolution boss Clive Cowdery
Sunday newspaper share tips  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Each week we round up the Sunday newspaper share tips. This week Cobham, Whitbread and Braemar Newspaper graphic and pen
A to of the Sunday newspapers  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the Sunday papers are reporting from the world of finance and business Newspapers
Banks hit out over Darling's tight controls  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks have welcomed Alistair Darling's plans to sweep away obstacles to confidential bail-outs of financial institutions, but alarm bells are ringing about other possible changes Darling
Virgin chases cash for Rock  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Virgin Money is this weekend locked in talks with banks in the hope of securing £30bn in loans to help its bid for Northern Rock Virgin Money
Residents fight plans for eighth Tesco in their city  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Tesco is facing its fiercest campaign yet from locals who are opposed to its store opening plans Tesco delivery van
Family homes needed to solve shortgage  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Housing experts have warned that the 3m new homes planned for 2020 will not avert a housing crisis: an extra 250,000 are required, targeted at families four bedroom house
Barclays slammed for 'sly' credit card  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Barclays has been criticised for promoting irresponsible spending by planing to release a trial version of a credit card with a limit of £25,000 Barclaycard
Sir Philip Green wades into CGT row  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Retail titan Sir Philip Green has joined the growing chorus of business leaders who have slammed the government's decision to abolish taper relief on capital gains tax Philip Green and Kate Moss
Toy firms face prosecution over safety  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Firms that import dangerous toys into Britain have been warned they will be prosecuted, after US firm Mattel was forced into another embarrassing recall Mattel rescue boat
Littlewoods snatches back £25 discounts  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of shoppers who used an online discount code to get £25 worth of goods from Littlewoods have had the money grabbed back from their accounts by the retailer
Code to prevent 'another Rock' in pipeline  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Signs that Alistair Darling is considering a shake-up of City rules to prevent another Northern Rock-style crisis have been welcomed by parliament Northern Rock shares woes
House prices rises slow as market cools  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
The cost of a home rose by £700 in September as house price inflation continued to slow, but the average property costs almost £15,000 more than a year ago Terraced house
BP slapped with huge US fines  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
BP must pay £182m to settle US prosecutions over the fatal blast at its Texas City refinery, oil spills in Alaska and improper trading of propane gas BP oil refinery Texas
Masters of the Universe? More like ostriches  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Proposals from the Conservative Party to create a legal requirement on how and what information must appear on all credit card statements are long overdue
Midas: Software Radio Technology, ASOS & Davenham  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock-picker runs the ruls over Software Radio Technology, ASOS & Davenham
Mutuals breed cats as fat as the City variety  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Surprise, surprise. Nobody did quite as well from Portman Building Society's recent takeover by Nationwide as its former chief executive Robert Sharpe
Hetherington: Black horse car loan, Barclays & Abbey  [10/28/2007 01:17 PM]
Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his inquiries