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By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - Peter Hambro Mining, Russia's number three gold miner, said on Monday it was on track to meet its production target for 2006 of 250,000 ounces of gold and saw the gold price rising further. "We're on track. (Broker) Cazenove have said they like our exploration potential," Executive Chairman Peter Hambro told Reuters. London-listed Peter Hambro (POG.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said its attributable production of 108,363 ounces of gold in the first half wa ...

This is Money17 July 2006 NO LONGER viewed as the target but as the bidder in any consolidation, international bank Standard Chartered is believed to be on the verge of acquiring Union Bank, Pakistan's sixth-largest lender, for up to £400m. OTHER STORIES New surge in house prices Shares turmoil knocks confidence Market report: Monday 09.15 McCarthy & Stone in £1bn bid  ...

James Rossiter, Evening Standard17 July 2006 BRITAIN'S largest privately owned housebuilder, Gladedale, is ready to spend up to £500m buying up rivals. OTHER STORIES New surge in house prices Shares turmoil knocks confidence Market report: Monday 09.15 McCarthy & Stone in £1bn bid Airbus in £5.5bn rethink on new jet THE EDITOR'S PICKS CAMPAIGN: 'Avoid th ...

Ray Massey, Daily Mail17 July 2006 FORD is to invest £1bn in producing 'green' cars for the British market. GOING GREEN: Plans are underway from the makers of Britain's top-selling Focus to make more efficient cars WANT TO KNOW MORE? DEAL FINDER: Cheapest car loans DEAL FINDER: Cheapest car insurance DEAL FINDER: Breakdown cover CALCULATORS: Work out your fuel bills and the true cost of motoring POLL: How green are you? OTHER STORIES New surge in house prices  ...

LONDON (Reuters) - SCi Entertainment, Britain's biggest computer-game publisher, said on Monday it was on track to make an underlying profit of 25 million pounds for the year. SCi (SEG.L: Quote, Profile, Research) , maker of the Lara Croft "Tomb Raider" and "Championship Manager" games, said sales of its new "Tomb Raider Legend" title had hit 2.9 million since launching to June 30. Strong trading and good working capital management had left the group with more than 30 million pounds in cash, n ...

By Tom Miles ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday he did not know why Russia had refused a visa to Bill Browder, head of Hermitage Capital Management, a fund with about $4 billion (2 billion pounds) invested in Russia. Browder, a British citizen who has been a major figure in the Russian economy since the fall of the Soviet Union, was deported from Ru ...

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Britain's BP (BP.L: Quote, Profile, Research) , Malaysia's Petronas (PETR.UL: Quote, Profile, Research) and China's CNPC were the three main buyers of shares issued in Russian oil firm Rosneft's record-breaking IPO, CEO Sergei Bogdanchikov said on Sunday. He told a news briefing on the fringes of the Group of Eight summit in St Petersburg that BP had bought $1 billion (545 million pounds) of Rosneft stock, Petronas $1.1 billion and CNPC $500 million. State-co ...

Simon Fluendy, Mail on Sunday16 July 2006 VODAFONE has hired a top headhunting consultancy to beef up its top executive team following a boardroom cull this year and the subsequent strategic review. TOP MAN: Vodafone's Arun Sarin has come under fire from shareholders WANT TO KNOW MORE? REPORT: Bond to the rescue at Vodafone FREE SERVICE: Company reports TIPS & TACTICS: Midas' stock picks OTHER STORIES Get ready for the light bulb tax Matalan in £780m bid Ma ...

DOHA/CAIRO (Reuters) - Middle Eastern stock markets tumbled on Sunday as escalating violence in Israel and Lebanon hit investor sentiment in the region. Egypt's stock market suspended trading after the benchmark index plummeted 9.5 percent early in the session while Qatar's main index closed 6.08 percent down. Most bourses in the Gulf Arab region traded lower on Sunday. Saudi Arabia's market,  ...