Tomkins deal leads to call for shareholder action from pension fund

Shareholders should resist opportunistic takeover bids, one of the UK's largest pension fund managers has warned after the £2.9bn takeover of the London-listed automotive and industrial parts maker Tomkins was approved today.

Greenpeace blocks Greenland drilling

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Greenpeace forced a Scottish company to stop drilling off Greenland on Tuesday by having four activists climb onto an oil rig.

EDF puts up electricity prices for 1 million customers

Electricity prices will go up for the first time in two years, after EDF said more than 1 million customers would see their bills increase.

House market to fall again after mortgage slump

The housing market is set for a "double dip" fall according to a leading think tank, after official data suggested that mortgage lending had slumped to its fourth lowest month on record.

Tomkins' shareholders overwhelmingly back Canadian takeover

From buns and guns to maple syrup. Tomkins shareholders on Tuesday voted overwhelming in favour of a £2.9bn Canadian takeover of the British engineering conglomerate, which has had a finger in just about every pie since it was founded in 1925.