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May 13 2008
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Dobbies, Tesco and Hunter face-off in court
The shares battle involving Scotland’s richest man, the UK’s leading supermarket and a growing gardening firm moved into the courts yesterday with accusations of ulterior motives on both sides.
HSBC reveals extra £3bn credit crunch losses
Banking giant HSBC said today that a "resilient" performance had helped lift first-quarter profits despite an extra £3 billion in credit crunch losses.
Wiseman bottom line hit by cost pressures
Robert Wiseman Dairies warned yesterday it could take a profit hit of as much as £8.5m this year as it struggles to pass on rising oil prices and other costs to its customers.
Annual retail growth slows to weakest level for three years
Annual growth in the value of UK retail sales slowed last month to just 1% – the weakest year-on-year movement since April 2005 – according to industry figures today which highlight growing financial pressure on consumers.
Factory gate prices rise at record pace
UK factory gate prices rose in April at the fastest monthly and annual rates since comparable records began in 1986 - official figures revealed yesterday - casting doubt on whether the Bank of England will feel able to cut interest rates in June.
Kilpatrick Property bucks the trend by lifting NAV 16%
Kilpatrick Property Group, the Glasgow-based commercial property investment company, said yesterday it increased its net asset value by 16% for the year to March 31, 2008, bucking the gloomy trend in the sector.
Dana share price soars on second North Sea discovery
Shares in Dana Petroleum jumped 6% yesterday after the oil and gas independent announced its second oil discovery in the Northern North Sea in the space of three weeks.
HSBC shares rise as bank beats fears
HSBC Holdings, Europe's biggest bank by market value, said yesterday that it has set aside a smaller-than-estimated $3.2bn (£1.6bn) for bad loans related to its US consumer finance business and said first-quarter profit increased.
Interest rate cuts fail to relieve pressure on homeowners
Hard-pressed homeowners continued to face big rises in mortgage costs last month, in spite of the April 10 cut in base rates, according to figures yesterday from the Bank of England which point to continued weakening of the UK housing market.
Scottish private sector feels pain
Scotland's private sector economy has shrunk for the first time in five years amid a sharp slowdown triggered by the global credit crisis and soaring raw material costs driven by rocketing oil prices.
BAE Clyde yards worth £392m to the economy
The value of BAE Systems’ shipyard business on the River Clyde to the Scottish economy climbed to £392m in 2007, according to a report by Strathclyde University’s influential Fraser of Allander Institute.
Royal Bank under investigation over US sub-prime loans
Royal Bank of Scotland yesterday confirmed it was under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission over its exposure to American sub-prime mortgages.
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