Breaking pre-market news on Thursday,

- Glencore International set to sign $800m-$900m loan deal with Bakrie Group — report.

- Ashmore says assets under management fell 10.5 per cent quarter-on-quarter; equities business down 27 per cent — statement.

- Mouchel says chairman to stand down; starts discussions with lenders; to delay results — statement.

- Carrefour warns on profits again — statement.

- BP to invest £10bn in UK oil and gas projects — statement.

- Ophir Energy makes £118m bid for Dominion Petroleum — statement.

- Corporate: Hargreaves Lansdown, Rio Tinto, Ladbrokes, Synergy Healthcare, WH Smith, Booker Group, Hamworthy, Norseman Gold, Polymetal, e2v technologies, Grainger, Roche,

This entry was posted by Neil Hume on Thursday, October 13th, 2011 at 7:58 and is filed under Capital markets, Commodities, M&A, People. Tagged with ashmore, Bakrie, Bo Lerenius, bp, Dominion Petroleum, Glencore International, Mouchel, Ophir Energy. Edit this entry.