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Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:04 PM

National Express Group PLC

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National Express Group PLC
Type: Company
Name: National Express Group PLC
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Corporate Deals)
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Jorge Cosmen raises National Express stake
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Shares in National Express raced ahead after deputy chairman Jorge Cosmen increased his family's influence over the company, spending more than £1.7m on shares in the train and bus operator.He bought just over 500,000 shares at 341p ... [ShareCast - 19 hours ago]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 20 hours ago - 6 Documents
London Markets: British shares edge lower, broker changes eyed
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- British stocks edged lower on Friday, with broker downgrades weighing on shares of several travel firms and Rio Tinto.The U.K. FTSE 100 index /quotes/comstock/23i!i:ukx (UK:UKX 5,251, -16.29, -0.31%) closed down 0.3% at 5,251.41. ... [MarketWatch - 20 hours ago]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 Documents
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London close: Volatile Footsie closes lower
-0.75% LONDON (SHARECAST) - Footsie ended slightly in the red after a topsy-turvy day which saw UK shares at the mercy of the US dollar.Shares in miner Antofagasta resumed their position near the top of the leaderboard after a brief dip into negative ... [ShareCast - 22 hours ago]
First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Corporate Deals)
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British Airports Authority (BAA)
Legal brief: Up, up and away
First we had BAA’s long-awaited sale of Gatwick Airport. And hot on the heals of that deal came the news that British Airways’ apparently permanently grounded merger with Iberia was finally set for take off.Slaughter and May was the chief beneficiary ... [Lawyer 2B - 22 hours ago]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
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Network Rail
Rail firm sets investment hopes
The Department for Transport is looking into the franchise operationA rail operator involved in controversy over a franchise to provide services between London, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk is bidding for more investment.National Express East Anglia (NXEA) ... [BBC - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
£50bn down the line, trains are worse than ever
Far from the grandiose promises of ministers and the Queen's Speech, there's a more simple statement that sums up the start of the day for thousands in the nation's capital.As I tried to struggle on to a packed train yesterday morning and gave up, the ... [London Evening Standard - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
4 Can Travel For the Price of 2 on National Express Trains
If you're travelling as a group by train, you can get around for half-price with the National Express. ... [Money - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 6 Documents
Call to scrap rail franchise
The government should give 'serious consideration' to scrapping National Express' franchise to run trains in East Anglia Norfolk, MPs said yesterday.And last night North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb went further and echoed calls made earlier this month by union ... [EDP 24 - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 3 Documents
State-owned rail franchise East Coast will raise some fares by 5%
• Rail industry bosses fear backlash over higher prices• Cost of regulated tickets set to drop fall by 0.4%Fares on National Express' east coast main line train service, now in government hands, are set to rise. Photograph by Christopher Thomond.The government-owned ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/15/2009]
First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 4 Documents
East Coast Line Becomes Nationalised
The East Coast main line linking London with northern England and Scotland has become the first publicly-controlled railway in 15 years. Previous owner National Express says it can't afford to run the line anymore. Sky's Frazer Maude reports.Transport ... [Colorful - 11/14/2009]
First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)
East Coast becomes nationalised express
By Joe Lynam Business correspondent, BBC News The National Express logo gone from the East Coast rolling stock The east coast rail franchise is just the latest acquisition by the government since the financial crisis, which has also seen the state nationalise ... [BBC - 11/14/2009]
First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents
New East Coast more than a 'care and maintenance job'
The government took over the operation of the East Coast Main Line intercity service at midnight, bringing the National Express franchise to a close after less than two years. The Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis was being joined by Directly Operated ... [Railnews UK - 11/14/2009]

Quotes

...National Express's rejection of the Stagecoach offer prompted criticism from the Cosmen family, which said it was "concerned that there has not been a sufficiently full and thorough assessment of all the available options to address the company's short and longer-term challenges." Aquarius Platinum, which mines for the precious metal in South Africa, is higher in spite of a fall in platinum prices...
FTSE 250 movers: National Express speeds ahead [Digital Look - 11/20/2009]
Referring directly to the East Coast line he said: "National Express clearly didn't manage the bidding process well."
Rail firm sets investment hopes [BBC - 11/20/2009]
Richard Bacon, MP for South Norfolk, said: "The service provided by National Express to my constituents and others in East Anglia has been very patchy."
Call to scrap rail franchise [EDP 24 - 11/16/2009]

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Rail boss sets out vision for Norwich to London... [EDP 24 - 2 hours ago]
Saturday Papers: Hershey lines up go-it-alone &... [Citywire - 3 hours ago]
Market Report: Thomas Cook falls amid debt conc... [The Independent - 12 hours ago]
Thomas Cook is hit by fear of fundraising to pa... [Times Online - 15 hours ago]
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Thomas Cook hit by fundraising fear [Times Online - 15 hours ago]
Market overview: Footsie closes lower after cho... [Digital Look - 18 hours ago]
Jorge Cosmen raises National Express stake [ShareCast - 19 hours ago]
London Markets: British shares edge lower, brok... [MarketWatch - 20 hours ago]
FTSE ends modestly lower as holiday companies s... [Spectator - 21 hours ago]
SEGRO leads London real estate lower [Finance Markets - 21 hours ago]
Legal brief: Up, up and away [Lawyer 2B - 22 hours ago]
London close: Volatile Footsie closes lower [ShareCast - 22 hours ago]
Thomas Cook leads FTSE lower on cash call concerns [Guardian.co.uk - 22 hours ago]
MARKET COMMENT: London Stocks Close Lower On Br... [Nasdaq - 22 hours ago]
Market overview: National Express speeds ahead [ShareCast - 23 hours ago]
British shares steady, broker changes eyed [MarketWatch - 23 hours ago]
FTSE latest: C&W up; Thomas Cook, TUI down [This Is Money - 11/20/2009]
London afternoon: Equities drift lower [Digital Look - 11/20/2009]
FTSE 250 movers: National Express speeds ahead [Digital Look - 11/20/2009]
Cosmens spend £1.7m on National Express sh... [Find - 11/20/2009]
Rail links [EDP 24 - 11/20/2009]
Cosmen family raise stake in National Express [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
Rail firm sets investment hopes [BBC - 11/20/2009]
COA Solutions Wins UK’s Most Sought After Accou... [Business Computing World - 11/19/2009]
4 Can Travel For the Price of 2 on National Exp... [Money - 11/19/2009]
FTSE 100 movers: Figures boost SABMiller [Digital Look - 11/19/2009]
£50bn down the line, trains are worse than... [London Evening Standard - 11/19/2009]
Thursday Papers: JP Morgan unveils £1bln C... [Citywire - 11/19/2009]
So Now I Own A Railway [BBC - 11/18/2009]
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Backtrack or Derail [Neil Clark - 11/16/2009]
This article of mine appears in the New Statesman.A pledge to renationalise the railways would be a clear vote-winner. So why do passengers’ demands fall on deaf ...
Railways: Changing the driver [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 11/13/2009]
Warren Buffett and the British government have something in common. Both are taking over a railway. The American investment wizard has spent $26bn on the Burlington ...
DealZone Daily [DealZone - 11/11/2009]
A couple of nuggets from transport-land. Britain’s National Express unveils a 360 million pound rights issue and buyout giant TPG emerges as a potential investor ...
Snap news [FT Alphaville - 11/11/2009]
Breaking pre-market news on Wednesday, - Unicredit Q3 profit falls 26 per cent as provisions increase - statement. - National Express announces £360m rights ...
NatExpress launches cash call [FT Alphaville - 11/11/2009]
National Express will launch a £370m-£375m rights issue on Wednesday, drawing a line under weeks of speculation over the bus and rail operator’s future. The cash-raising ...
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East Coast train prices to go up in the New Year [ITN News - YouTube - 11/14/2009]
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