S&P Futures

Hang Seng drops on latest S.A.R.S fears.  Commerzbank Q1 profits surge. BBVA, Spains number 2 bank results well ahead of expectations.  Sanofi raises its bid to $69 a share for Aventis. Puma raises profit forecast.

W.H Smith, Waterstones may join in the battle to buy the company.

Smiths Group has bought TRAK Communications Inc, a manufacturer of microwave sub-systems, for 63 million pounds making it the groups 5th acquisition since March.

Centrica has reached an agreement to buy the retail gas and electricity businesses of Canada's ATCO Group for C$90 million which is less than the C$128.5 million previously announced

London Bridge: U.S. software firm Fair Isaac Corp said it had agreed to buy the company for 95 pence per share, a 54 percent premium to Friday's nights close.

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Sunday Newspapers  In a statement to the London Stock Exchange the FSA said it is to investigate oil giant Shell following the shock downgrade of its reserves earlier this year

Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has dismissed reports that Britain is facing a housing crash.

Asda, is to trial a standalone store for its George clothing brand opposite a Marks & Spencer outlet - mounting a head-on challenge to the beleaguered high street retailer in Preston

Hungry Tesco, How do you follow record profits of 1.6bn? By setting your sights on China, the world's biggest markets, Sunday Times

Vital statistics: Savills Shell board on trial as report on reserves throws group into turmoil Sharewatch: Westbury Judgment Day: Should you buy shares in Jurys Doyle? Klondyke buzz as Cairn finds bliss in India Judgment Day: Should you buy shares in Holidaybreak? Sharewatch: The Royal Bank of Scotland Savills: The Andrew Davidson Interview: A hot property among estate agents Sharewatch: Wembley Air Partner: Directors' Deals: Mack flies into a bumper payday WH Smith: Swann's dvu over offer Savills: Aubrey Adams's working day Tesco primes the pump Sharewatch: HBOS

City comment: Shell Transport Sainsbury: Brands count but companies don't Canary 'ready to fly free' WH Smith: Size matters to equity houses M&S Brands count but companies don't WH Smith 'I almost lost the will to live'

OBSERVER Boom time for Wall St as Shell fights back Dutch helm disease gets blame at Shell

BP A black comedy Pay bonanza boosts HSBC bosses' pensions

Marks & Spencer Group, Loads of chains, little choice Tesco keeps Goths at bay Predators circle WH Smith WH Smith Sticking her neck out

MAIL ON SUNDAY 'We'll break up WH Smith group' Predator would sell delivery arm Brown warned: don't hide 100bn, IMF gets tough on public-private finance Stockbroker swoops for hotel chain, Collins eyes 560m Premier Lodge Shell bosses in 8 billion lawsuit, Oil giant faces record payout  

50m race for Londis nears finish, Three on shortlist for store group New alliance join battle for Telegraph, Candover, Apax in 700m paper chase Nursery group ditches 70m float, Leapfrog in talks with cash buyer Charity to get banks' lost 15bn, Brown targets dormant accounts

Permira, the venture capital firm lining up a 950 million offer for WH Smith, will try to sell the company's huge newspaper and magazine distribution arm if its takeover succeeds.

Shell bosses in 8 billion lawsuit, Shell this weekend sought to bolster its defences against a blizzard of shareholder lawsuits

INDEPENDENT DTI is poised to probe Shell as scandal grows BA threatens 750 jobs in wake of union rejection of pension deal Alvis MoD shoots down 7.7bn deal for UK arms firms

Tools of the Trade: Vodafone hits the road with 3G for laptop users Tesco: For good or ill, we're in thrall to lords of the aisles

BAE Systems MoD shoots down 7.7bn deal for UK arms firms

SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY Animated buying pushes up DA share price Pru's Bloomer as Egg sale is kept on boil Unilever fattens profits but Atkins weighty Thus in communication breakdown with City Halladale Group, Building up a runaway winner

A Shell of a crisis Halladale This one could run and run as Lockhart eyes French dream In brief: Baltimore Technologies

Smiths snaps up TRAK as spending spree continues

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