CITYWATCH CASE CLOSED?

摘要

The biggest City casualty in the Office of Fair Trading fine fallout was Kier, whose shares slipped 2.5%, a fall some in the Square Mile attributed partly to Kier's refusal to rule out an appeal - it seems analysts would rather now draw a line under the whole thing.rnAndy Brown, an analyst at Panmure Gordon, said: "Companies will book their fines as a non re-occurring exceptional item and the OFT has said the fines shouldn't prejudice companies going forward. Case closed."