1.   Responding to weekend press comment the company said yesterday that it had received offers for its Superdrug pharmacy chain.

2.   The weekend press was again appalling.

3.   Caroni officials gave no details of the talks, which were first reported in the national press this weekend.

4.   Caroni officials gave no details of the talks, which were first reported in the local press this weekend.

5.   BMW also rose, after denying weekend press claims the Quandt family, the main shareholder, was on the verge of selling its stake.

6.   A spokesman for the company said that these figures, published in the weekend press, were roughly correct but provisional.

7.   The weekend press had suggested BAT might pull out because of US government efforts to regulate the tobacco market.

8.   The weekend press said the meeting would be the trigger for Lyonnaise des Eaux to go ahead with a bid for Northumbrian or withdraw.

9.   Princess Diana hit back Monday at allegations in the weekend press that she dogged a male friend with silent telephone calls.

10.   Speculation in the weekend press here centred on an expected restructuring of Pearson, which might see the sale of its television interests.