FT Update

Mon 25 Jan 2010

Miliband vigilance plea
Foreign secretary David Miliband said that the British public must be "extremly vigilant" about the terrorist threat.

Shell to act slowly
Shell's move into Canada's tar sands will be "very much slower" than in recent years, the new chief has said, as the group makes a shift away from high-cost "unconventional" oil production.

Normality edges back
The people of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are slowly but surely picking up the pieces and getting back to normality in the wake of the earthquake.

'Better' bonds warning
Bankers have warned that companies will have to begin offering price concessions to tempt bond investors, after recent deals have weakened following their launch.

Property group shifts
Land Securities is preparing to invest in property-based derivative instruments that could help hedge exposure to its largest developments- a key strategy move by the UK's largest property group.

London MBAs beat US
The London Business School has for the first time come top of the FT's rankings of the world's top 100 MBA programmes - underlining the fall in the dominance of the US in corporate education.

Bond bananza looms
Savers are expected to cash in almost £8bn of bond pay-outs.

Private equity fillip
Private equity funds are forecast to beat global stock markets.

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