NMC Health (NMC) held talks to raise €200m in off-balance sheet debt. Healthcare group under pressure from short-sellers over scale of borrowing
Relx plc (REL) offloads Farmers Weekly to MAG. Sale marks end of FTSE 100 group’s switch from publishing to information and analytics
HBOS fraud victims to receive £35,000 special payout. Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) seeks to build bridges after criticism of compensation scheme
Persimmon (PSN) report shows capitalism at its worst. The housebuilding industry needs to rediscover its sense of purpose
Lex – Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS)/NatWest Markets: thorn to be riled. Further pruning at the investment banking arm is on the cards
Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) new chief tackles consumer sector’s ‘toughest job’. Laxman Narasimhan grapples to close performance gap between UK group’s two halves
Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) top two investment bank executives depart. Further cuts expected at division as part of overhaul by new boss Alison Rose
