Mobile phone company Sony Ericsson has reported a return to profit in the third quarter of 2010, despite a slight drop in sales.
The Office of Fair Trading has welcomed the news from the Coalition government that it is to be merged with the Competition Commission.
Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading despite better than expected results from US bank JPMorgan Chase being reported yesterday.
Shares in WH Smith were up on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the retailer reported a rise in pre-tax profit in the full year ended 31 August and a double digit dividend rise.
Shares in Mothercare were up on the FTSE 250 ahead of the retailer's second quarter trading statement.
Shares in Diageo were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading ahead of an interim management statement from the brewer, due out tomorrow.
Shares in Rockhopper Exploration have dived on the FTSE AIM after the group indicated that the amount of oil at its Sea Lion 1 well near the Falkland Islands could be less than originally believed.
London is expected to see the largest number of job losses as a result of government cuts, but Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and North-east England are likely to suffer more proportionally, a new report claims.
Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after news from the Federal Reserve in the US and from Standard Chartered in Britain.
The Trades Union Congress has expressed concerns that unemployment figures, due out tomorrow, could show what it called a "new crisis" in youth unemployment.
Shares in C&C Group were up in morning trading after the owner of Magners cider reported a rise in net revenue of 73 per cent in the half year ended 31 August.
House prices continued to fall in September due to a rise in the supply of housing, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as investors appeared to feel nervy ahead of third quarter results from key US companies this week.
Richard Lambert, the outgoing Director General of the Confederation of British Industry, has called for an end to "the dialogue of the deaf" between bankers, politicians and the public and has encouraged bankers to abstain from "toxic" bonuses at a time of public sector cuts.
Shares in Ladbrokes were up on the FTSE 250 after the gambling company reported a rise in net revenue and operating profit in the three months ended 30 September.
Shares in easyJet were up on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the budget airline said it had resolved a long-running branding dispute with its founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
Manchester United has reported a record pre-tax loss of £83.6 million, despite the football club saying it had been the first English club to make over £100 million in operating profit.
Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 ahead of unemployment data due out later today from the US.
Shares in Thomas Cook were up on the FTSE 250 after the travel group said that it would be merging its high street travel and foreign exchange businesses with that of The Co-operative Group, in a bid to create Britain's largest high street travel network.
French government ministers have expressed dismay at a decision by Eurostar to sign a contract for ten new trains with German company Siemens AG, rather than with French firm Alstom SA.
Shares in Barclays were down on the FTSE 100 after the bank said it would be cutting its tracker mortgage interest rates by as much as 0.41 per cent.
Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of the Bank of England's decision on interest rates, due to be announced today.
Shares in Halfords were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the cycling retailer said it expected to report double-digit profit growth in the first half year ended 1 October 2010.
Shares in Halfords were up on the FTSE 250 ahead of a trading statement from the cycling retailer, due out tomorrow.
Shares in easyJet took off on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the budget airline reported a rise in passengers and higher profit expectations despite strikes and Icelandic volcanoes.
Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading on hopes that governments around the world may move to stimulate their economies further.
Shares in Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after Rio Tinto denied reports that a planned joint venture between the two is on the brink of collapse.
Shares in British Airways were up on the FTSE 100 after the group reported a rise in passenger numbers in September.
With the Comprehensive Spending Review to be announced this month Chancellor George Osborne is set to tell the country what he the government will be spending taxpayer's money on, or perhaps more accurately, what the government will no longer be spending taxpayer's money on.
Alliance Boots has said it will be cutting around 900 non-store jobs as part of a programme to create a "leaner central support organisation" for its Health & Beauty Division.
