£27bn Budweiser takeover deal creates world’s biggest brewer
8:53am Tuesday 15th July 2008
SHAREHOLDERS of Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch will receive $70 (£36.30) a share after the firm agreed a $52bn (£27bn) takeover bid from Stella Artois maker Inbev.
Insuring against rate rises
8:52am Tuesday 15th July 2008
ALTHOUGH interest rates usually fall when recession looms, there is no guarantee of that this time. If UK rates rise from here, homebuyers lacking the protection of a long-term fixed rate mortgage could be squeezed.
Advantex wins six-figure deal for IT upgrade
8:47am Tuesday 15th July 2008
A COMPANY has won a six-figure deal to carry out a major IT upgrade.
‘Getting paid to listen to the radio is great’
8:45am Tuesday 15th July 2008
MEETINGS on the beach and bringing back one of the Seventies' biggest names are two of the ways a radio station's managing director is embracing the old and the new to drive forward her business.
Firms ‘with same client ethos’ merge
8:39am Tuesday 15th July 2008
A LAW firm which has operated in the North-East for nearly two centuries has merged with another regional firm as it looks to grow.
Software will help law firm report back
8:39am Tuesday 15th July 2008
LAW firm Gordon Brown Associates has invested in a software system which will help conveyancing clients get upto- the-minute information about their cases.
Alcohol sanctions ‘too prescriptive’
8:37am Tuesday 15th July 2008
The Government has recently introduced the Youth Alcohol Action Plan, aimed at decreasing problem drinking in youngsters
Images capture faces of success
8:35am Tuesday 15th July 2008
THE winners of a regionwide hunt for entrepreneurial talent have been commemorated in pieces of artwork.
Airport buys back terminal as part of redevelopment plan
8:34am Tuesday 15th July 2008
NEWCASTLE International Airport has bought aviation business Samson Aviation Services Limited for £450,000.
Specialist recruitment deal helps boom sector
8:33am Tuesday 15th July 2008
DARLINGTON-BASED firm CTC Marine Projects Ltd has signed an agreement with engineering recruitment company TechConsult UK Ltd.
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London audit reveals 'money wasted'
Updated 3:22am Wednesday 16th July 2008
"Tens of millions" of pounds of public money have been wasted, but a panel looking at financial management within London's local government found no-one to blame.
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Canoe wife 'no shrinking violet', Darwin trial told
CANOE wife Anne Darwin is not a shrinking violet but "a determined resolute woman who is able to lie and deceive at length", the jury in her trial was told today.
Legal challenge begins over £1.5m will
A WOMAN who was excluded from her parents will which left their estate to an animal charity was launching a legal challenge today in a bid to overturn it.
Five-year-old waiting to start school after transport dispute
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy has waited nearly four weeks to start at his new school while his mother argues with officials over who should pay for his transport.
Does this ring a bell, headmaster?
A SCHOOL bell that was taken as a prank during a reunion for former pupils has been returned to its rightful home - more than half a century later.
Brave transplant toddler Zoe dies
A TODDLER who topped the European transplant list to receive a donor heart has died.
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