Press round-up

Friday newspaper round-up: TalkTalk, EDF, Google
30 Jul, 2010 06:35
TalkTalk has signed a deal with Vodafone to launch a mobile phone service under its own brand — but it will target only its existing broadband customers.

Thursday newspaper round-up: BP, Russia, Banks
29 Jul, 2010 06:12
BP has fired the starting gun on a $30 billion fire sale, holding talks with TNK-BP, its Russian joint venture, about the sale of a $1 billion package of oil projects in Venezuela, the Times has learnt. The talks, part of a programme of disposals designed

Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Vedanta, Energy bills
28 Jul, 2010 06:32
BP's new chief executive began his reign over Britain's largest industrial company by delivering a snub to the US Senate.

Tuesday newspaper round-up: BP, Equitable Life, UKFI
27 Jul, 2010 06:39
Tony Hayward is to be offered a non-executive role on the board of BP's highly profitable Russian joint venture as part of an exit package that includes early entitlement to a £600,000-a-year pension.

Monday newspaper round-up: BP, Bank lending,House prices
26 Jul, 2010 06:36
Tony Hayward, the embattled BP chief executive, will collect a pay and pension package worth £11.8 million when he falls on his sword this week.

Sunday newspaper round-up: BP, Virgin Active, Centrica
25 Jul, 2010 10:20
BP is paving the way for the departure of Tony Hayward, its embattled chief executive, as it prepares to unveil this week the largest quarterly loss in British corporate history.

Friday newspaper round-up: British Airways, BP, Tomkins
23 Jul, 2010 06:37
British Airways has issued legal proceedings against 24 rival airlines that it claims should share potential damages arising from a price-fixing lawsuit, The Times has learnt.

Thursday paper round-up: Santander, Reckitt Benckiser, Vodafone
22 Jul, 2010 06:18
Santander is gearing up to list its UK operations on the London Stock Exchange as soon as this autumn in a deal that could raise an estimated £3bn (EUR3.5bn) to fund growth by the acquisitive Spanish bank. The group, which is on the verge of buying a port

Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Ocado, Easyjet
21 Jul, 2010 06:37
Tony Hayward is to step down as BP's chief executive within the next ten weeks as the company seeks to draw a line under its disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Woodford, Boeing, BP
20 Jul, 2010 06:35
One of the energy industry's biggest shareholders has threatened to block all new investments in British renewables unless the Government increases the returns available to investors and gives greater certainty over its future policy.