LONDON (Alliance News) - Planned US and EU sanctions against Russia as part of the ongoing Ukraine crisis could hit BP PLC, Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Centrica PLC as a result of their links to Rosneft OAO and Gazprom OAO. US President Obama confirmed on Monday in Manila that the US is "movi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stocks drifted lower across the UK and Europe Wednesday following the release of sluggish Chinese economic data. <br /><br />Despite some positive UK and European economic news, as well as some stand-out UK stock movers, equity indices are broadly lower as investors aw Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- UBS REMOVED SCHRODERS FROM LEAST PREFERRED LIST ---------- UBS RAISES SCHRODERS PRICE TARGET TO 2700 (2650) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Retailers <strong>Marks & Spencer</strong> and <strong>WH Smith</strong> Thursday reported better performances than of late, but still saw their shares decline as analysts worried that they still have a lot to do to fix their long-standing issues.<br /><br />Marks Read More
(An item published at 1056 BST misstated the units for the UK house price index in the seventh paragraph. The correct version follows.) LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks have been unable to hold onto early gains Thursday. Having initially moved higher after being soothed by the under Read More
(An item published at 1134 BST misstated the units in the UK house price item. The correct version follows.) LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Centrica PLC-owned<strong> B Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Resolution, up 1%. The firm said its insurance and pensions provider Friends Life is scrapping active member Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Centrica PLC-owned<strong> British Gas</strong> has been forced to make GBP5.6 million in payments following errors in its switching and renewa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks have been unable to hold onto early gains Thursday. Having initially moved higher after being soothed by the understanding that global monetary policy is likely to stay accommodative for some time yet, the FTSE 100 and other major European indices have sli Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Centrica PLC-owned British Gas has been forced to make GBP5.6 million in payments following errors in its switching and renewal process. The UK energy regulator Ofgem found that the energy supplier wrongly blocked businesses from switching and failed to give some bu Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Thursday, following dovish minutes from the US Federal Reserve Wednesday and ahead of a Bank of England interest rate announcement.<br /><br />British retailer <strong>Marks and Spencer</strong> Group PLC said group sales rose 1.9% in the l Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The main London stock indices fell on Thursday, hit by regulator intervention in the banking and energy sectors and continued concerns about Ukraine, while the pound rose to a weekly high against the dollar after UK retail sales grew much faster than expected last month.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The main London stock indices fell on Thursday, hit by regulator intervention in the banking and energy sectors and continued concerns about Ukraine, while the pound rose to a weekly high against the dollar after UK retail sales grew much faster than expected last month.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK regulators have now confirmed they will investigate whether the country's major energy companies are preventing effective competition in the market, a decision that prompted British Gas parent Centrica to warn that the review could delay crucial investments in new i Read More