P529 Teletext 529 Dec30 20:41:19 —————————————— SATURDAY ————— TIMES Stanley Kalms, who built the Dixons Group, becomes a knight in the New Years Honours list. Nick Ljeson will not appeal against his jail term. GUARDIAN Investment from abroad is changing the industrial geography of Britain. FT Forte, the hotels group fighting a hostile £3.3bn bid from Granada raised its profits forecast by £5m after a strong December. Pru widens its search for new investment chief. ——————————————————————————————————1/2—— Prices index 510 Companies index 520 POPULAR SHARES - LATEST PRICES p516 International CityNews Shares FUSEP529 Teletext 529 Dec30 20:41:21 —————————————— SATURDAY ————— INDEPENDENT Granada to raise its £3.2bn bid for Forte within the next 10 days, but only by a relatively modest amount of £200-300m, sources suggest. MAIL Rocco Forte warms up his hotels and restaurants group's bid defence with a £5m lift to £190m in his pre-tax profit forecast for year to January. TELEGRAPH Shares in London ended the year by striking another all-time high when the FT-SE 100 index closed up 12.6 points to 3689.3. ——————————————————————————————————2/2—— Prices index 510 Companies index 520 POPULAR SHARES - LATEST PRICES p516 International CityNews Shares FUSE