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Shares drop sparks spending spree by Simon Keane Geoff Squire, chairman of business outsourcing company Innovation Group, has doubled his holding, picking up ten million shares at 21.5p after a 22% fall in the stock following last week’s disappointing results. Non-executive... READ MORE >>

First-class figures prompt a buying spree from three execs by Rachel Robson Positive full-year results have prompted the three executive directors of Business Post to up their stakes in the company, having all bought shares at 305p. Chief executive Guy Buswell bought 20,655... READ MORE >>

Mining chief executive picks up shares on the cheap by Dan Coatsworth Mick Davis, chief executive of mining giant Xstrata, used last week’s share price dip in resource stocks to pick up a tidy £7 million worth of shares in the company. His transaction, of 167,480... READ MORE >>

CEO books timely profits by Tom Sieber The CEO and CFO of Canadian oil and gas firm Addax Petroleum have both sold shares in the wake of record first-quarter results. Chief financial officer Michael Ebsary has sold 50,000 shares in the company, with half of them sold at... READ MORE >>

Do merger possibilities stack up? by John Marshall Prior to his retirement as chairman Sir John Sunderland, who first joined Cadbury as a graduate trainee in 1968, sold 75,000 shares. However, the former CBI boss retained 427,138 shares worth some £2.9 million. Sunderland’s ... READ MORE >>