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FINANCIAL TIMES
Front Page
* Learn to live with inflation, says King
FT Lex Column:
* Capex in hand - The telecoms equipment maker has trumpeted a framework agreement with China Mobile that could lead to $1-billion of additional revenues. But brutal competition means margins tend to be razor thin
* Risky business - As long as Wall Street keeps churning out the sausages, most investors would prefer not to look closely at what goes into them
* Whitbread's resilience - At a time when many trading statements read like disguised profits warnings, it is rare to see a consumer-focused stock posting genuinely solid numbers.
* The King and Ben - Ben Bernanke and King Abdullah both have good reasons for wanting the oil price to come down from almost $140-a-barrel
* LSE share jump - What was behind Tuesday's 3.5% jump in the share price of the London Stock Exchange? The answer may lie across the Atlantic
The Lombard Column
* FSA to short-sellers: stop shouting and get ready
* Bespokesmen for tradition (Savile Row)
The Power Player
* Bridging the Gulf for women – Maha Al-Ghunaim, Global Investment House chairman
Interview
* Ron Sandler, chairman Northern Rock
Fund Focus
* Newton Investment Management
Further news
* The new Northern Rock management is to probe board’s conduct
* Goldman’s SIV deal welcomed
* Sovereign funds consider taking Barclays stakes
* Media stocks tune out as Morgan Stanley cuts forecast
* London Scottish Bank defies fundraising talk
* Whitbread bid speculation lifts CoffeeHeaven
* Talk of an approach for a 20% stake in Northern Petroleum
* Royal Dutch Shell bid hopes boost Borders and Southern
* Bid talks keeps Informa buoyant
THE TIMES
Front Page
* New era of strikes looms as cost of living spirals
Page 40 Feature
* Consumers face up to 40% rise in energy bills as gas price soars
The Business Editor’s Column
* US tanks breach the privet hedges
* Dire outlook (the music industry)
* Setting a golden standard (Goldman)
The Business Big Shot Column
* Lucian Grainge, Universal Music chairman
The Tempus Column
* Hold on - Halma
* Pass - Domino Printing
* Buy – Wincanton
A Tiddler to Watch
* OMG
Further news
* Providence group circles Informa after UBM talks end
* Miners help blue chips to shrug off inflation worry
* Deutsche Land ends contracts
* Speculation that STM Group will announce the acquisition of George Financial Services for £600,000
DAILY TELEGRAPH
The Front Page
* Bail for Bin Laden’s top man
The Comment Column
* ‘So, the good news is that things are predictably bad’
* UBM’s merger of ‘equals’ always looked weak (UBM/Informa)
* Sharing delivery trucks is a good way to go (Consumers and food industries share trucks, but beware the OFT)
The Questor Column
* Avoid - Friends Provident
* Hold - Domino Printing
Further news
* Bank of England letter kills off hopes of rate rises
* FSA takes issue with Deutsche Bank’s ‘crass’ advice
* The UK's biggest food and drink companies from Coca-Cola to Tesco have merged their haulage interests
* Chorion profits fall to earth with a Bump
* Media stocks hit as analyst downgrades entire sector
* Market Report Feature: Bid bounce – Wincanton/TDG
THE GUARDIAN
No share news today
THE INDEPENDENT
The Front Page
* A Dirty Business – A look at the UK pig farming business
The Outlook Column
* Bank vows to bring inflation under control, but it may be too late for the Government
* Whitbread: bucking the slowdown?
Feature
* How Team Darling must up its game
The Investment Column
* Hold – Halma
* Sell - Premium Bars and Restaurants
* Buy - Park Group
Further news
* Review of media sector weighs on Trinity Mirror
DAILY MAIL
The City Focus Column
* Recession may be a necessary evil
At a Glance
* Domino (printing) plays well
Further news
* DSG lights up on takeover talk (Carphone/Best Buy)
* Talk of knock-out counter-offer for Thus from BT Group
DAILY EXPRESS
* Pound tumbles as rates ‘put on hold’
* Media shares hit by slowdown fears
DAILY MIRROR
No share news today
THE SUN
No share news today
COMMENT AND BID NEWS
* LIFFE would consider using LCH Clearnet as a clearer in the US as it builds a future business in the US
* Singapore's Temasek Holdings and the Qatar Investment Authority are among sovereign wealth funds considering backing a share issue by Barclays
* Whitbread considers asset swap with Mitchells & Butlers
* BAE to acquire plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, for expansion
* Providence-led consortium circles Informa as talks with United Business Media collapse
* Carphone Warehouse has extended its US in-store partnership with Best Buy to outlets in China, Mexico, Turkey and Canada
* Phoenix Equity Partners is poised to buy Ashtead Group's oil and gas technology division for around £100-million
* Cheyne Capital SIV agrees to sell portfolio of debt securities to Goldman Sachs
* BHP Billiton is expanding in Indonesia, signing a joint venture deal with state-owned Antam to develop two nickel mines
* HSBC agrees to sell a 51% stake in its UK card processing business to Global Payments of the US
* Lloyds TSB shareholders set to oppose bid for Deutsche Postbank
* Abbeycrest issues 9.08% stake to John Featherstone at 12p-a-share
* Food & Drink Group shares suspended on talks for possible reverse takeover or offer for company and is in discussions for funding to continue trading
OTHER NEWS THAT COULD AFFECT SHARE PRICES
On Wall Street
* The Dow Jones closed down 108.78-points at 12160.30, the Nasdaq lost 17.05-points to 2457.73, while the S&P fell 9.21-points to finish the day at 1350.93
War, Strife and Conflict
* Baghdad bomb kills 51 in market
* Iran warns Saudis on increasing oil output
* Israel and Hamas reach Gaza truce deal
Credit Crisis Fallout
* Bank of England Governor, Mervyn King, warns that Great British households must learn to live with higher prices and without increased wages as he predicts inflation will reach at least 4% by the end of the year; he also surprised markets by failing to use his explanatory letter to the chancellor to signal a series of interest rate rises to combat higher inflation
* OECD warns that sub-prime losses could total between $352-and-$422-billion
* Royal Bank of Scotland has advised clients to brace for a fully-fledged crash in global stock and credit markets over the next 3-months as inflation paralyses the major banks
* Banks and stores come under attack for reckless approach to credit card lending
* Northern Rock pays back Bank of England loans faster than expected
* Head of International Securities Lending Association, David Rule, says short-sellers were not to blame for HBOS price fall
* Wall Street is witnessing an exodus of analysts as the credit crunch and offers from hedge funds drive experts away from investment banks
Oil, Energy, Commodities and Food
* Consumers face up to 40% rise in energy bills as gas price soars
* Minor metal prices soar on demand for more fuel-efficient jet engines
News from Home
* Shell tank drivers call off second strike after 14% two-year pay offer
* Great Britain overtook the US to become the world's largest arms exporter last year, according to Government figures
* New rules on medicine pricing to be unveiled by the government today will herald fresh cuts in income for the pharmaceutical industry in Great Britain
* Ministers told to shun pay rise in example of austerity
News from Abroad
* US May housing starts fell 3.3% to a 975,000 unit rate, the lowest since 1991
* US May PPI 1.4%, fastest pace since November 2007; Core PPI 0.2%
* US May industrial production down 0.2%; capacity utilization 79.4%
* US current account deficit widens to $176.4 billion, 5%of GDP
Thought for the Day
* I wonder if Michel Platini feels that France will "not be missed" at the European Championships?
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