A-Z of the Sunday newspapers

13 April 2012

THIS Is Money reads the Sunday papers so you don't have to. Here is this week's run-down of who is making the headlines on the City pages:

The Business:

Air France: The carrier is set to unveil the terms of an alliance with Dutch peer KLM, potentially paving the way for a £2.5bn merger.

Cars: Sales are on track to top targets of 2.52m this year, says the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, as customer take advantage of cheap finance and free insurance offers.

Independent on Sunday

BAE Systems: The Ministry of Defence is preparing to cut £2bn a year from its spending on battleships, jets and aircraft carriers.

BP: The energy giant and Shell are among a group of firms to be invited by the interim Iraqi government to reinvest in the country's oilfields.

Marconi: The telecoms equipment group is to put its US business up for sale, with an expected price tag of up to £150m.

Royal Mail: The Dutch post office is threatening to scrap plans to compete in the UK, claiming the Government's scheme to open mail delivery to new entrants is flawed.

The Observer

Anglo American: The mining group is facing a multi-million pound lawsuit from South African gold miners, who claim they contracted respiratory diseases while working for the company. The claim is being led by Leigh Day & Co, the London-based lawyers that successfully pursued asbestos-related litigation against Cape PLC.

Powergen: The electricity group is preparing to swoop on Midlands Energy, after Scottish & Southern Energy scrapped its £1.1bn bid earlier this week.

Sainsbury: The supermarkets chain is on bid alert after the Government blocked its plans to buy Safeway. The company, valued at £5.5bn, is seen in the City as the weakest of the big grocers and vulnerable to a bid.

Sunday Telegraph

Barclays: Investment banking chief Bob Diamond plans to quit the bank should he lose the contest to be next chief executive.

Codemasters: The computer games company is drawing up plans for a float expected to value the firm at £100m.

Euro: City sentiment has swung against the single European currency following Sweden's vote against joining.

Manchester United: The soccer club is set to bag £36m from a new sponsorship deal it's negotiating with Vodafone.

Wembley: Sales of corporate boxes and premium seats in the new stadium have already topped £100m.

Sunday Times

British Energy: The cost of keeping the nuclear generator out of administration is set to reach £100m in administration fees.

Queens Moat: The hotelier is in talks for a waiver on its bank covenants and a standstill on interest payments.

Ryanair: The budget airline has reached a 'working' agreement with the European Commission on a dispute that threatened its European flights.

Scottish & Newcastle: Trevor Hemmings, the leisure entrepreneur who owns Blackpool Tower, is set to enter the auction for S&N's £2.4bn pub estate.

Shell: The oil giant is hoping to enter gas and oil projects in Iraq.

Virgin: Sir Richard Branson is to set up a company to sell Virgin-branded electronics goods, such as MP3 players and cordless phones, in the US.

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