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Carlyle confirms interest in Shanks

The US private equity group says it is in preliminary discussions with Shanks about a takeover offer

Balfour Beatty celebrates new work

Infrastructure group to manage UK sites for defence technology company and build schools in southeast London and Scotland

Conran Group switches focus to Asia

The company's pre-tax losses have widened from £1.1m to £7.9m, partly due to costs involved in closing a New York store

India tops rank of companies' riskiest countries

Investment interest, tempered by security concerns, puts India ahead of America and Mexico on a risk league table

Internet data centre keys in £500m Nasdaq float

One of Europe’s biggest operators of internet data centres, Interxaion, is preparing for a £500m flotation in 2010

Mouchel's main investor backs rebuff of bid

M&G, which owns just over 11 per cent of the support services group, says that VT's offer undervalues the company

Miles Roberts, chief executive of McBride

Head departing to DS Smith steered company to healthy profits, out-performing expectations during unsteady times

Royal Mail and DX deal buries old animosity

Businesses using mail company’s delivery services will be able to arrange for customers to collect items at post offices

Bank IT workers also caught in bonus tax net

Guidelines lead to confusion on whether all support staff in banking also qualify for controversial tax on bonuses

VT Group seeks explanation from Mouchel

Engineering and support services group discloses terms of its takeover bid and calls on rival to say why it was rejected

KPMG profits fall as financial crisis hits

Profits at the big four accounting firm declined to £671,000 per partner while revenue was down 1.6% to £1.6bn

UK company bribed Chinese official

The environmental consultancy ERM, which lists 'integrity' as a corporate value, gave an official £15,000 to win contracts

British groups move from Dubai to Abu Dhabi

Mouchel, the management consultancy, and Carillion, the UK’s second-largest construction company, are cutting their losses

Royal Mail to report record pension deficit

Adam Crozier says deficit likely to be £10 billion, a figure described by the Communications Workers Union as ‘daunting’

Postie off his bike and on his trolley

Royal Mail is to spend £120 million on more than 25,000 trolleys that sort mail down to the exact route walked by postmen