LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and Monday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />SOCGEN RAISES WEIR GROUP TO 'HOLD' ('SELL') - TARGET 2600 (2300) PENCE <br />----------<br />TRADERS: EXAN Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />UK pharmaceutical giant<strong> GlaxoSmithKline</strong> PLC has agreed to a USD105 million settlement covering 44 US states over allegations t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Low-cost airline easyJet PLC said Thursday that its passenger numbers and load factor rose in May, and on a 12-month rolling basis. easyJet flew 6.1 million passengers in May, up 7.9% from the 5.6 million passengers flown in May last year and its load factor for the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set for a muted open Thursday, as investors await highly anticipated policy decisions from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank. "The release of the BoE and more importantly the ECB monetary policy decisions will make for a crucial day in Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed mixed Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 at its lowest closing level in over a week, as investors continued to exercise caution ahead of Thursday's central bank meetings and Friday's monthly US jobs report.<br /><br />The listed UK supermarkets were among th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC Tuesday said Chief Information Officer Trevor Didcock exercised options over 49,940 shares under the company share plan, then sold the shares at GBP15.48 each Monday. Following this transaction, Didcock now holds 19,852 shares, which represents 0.005% of Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC Thursday said Strategy & Investor Relations Director Rachel Kentleton exercised options over 24,000 shares and sold 20,820 shares at a price of GBP15.47 each Wednesday. Following this transaction, Kentleton now holds 5,918 shares. Shares in the lo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Burberry Group PLC Wednesday reported a higher pretax profit and revenues for its last financial year, as outerwear, large leather goods and menswear and demand in Asia continue to drive the business forward. The FTSE 100 luxury retailer also said it has appointed e Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC Tuesday said Communications Director Paul Moore exercised options over 20,000 shares under a long-term incentive plan and sold 19,125 shares at a price of GBP15.76 per share Monday. Following this transaction, Moore now holds 9,265 shares. Shares i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks got off to a bad start Monday and never fully recovered after a further softening in Chinese house prices brought concerns over slowing growth in the world's second largest economy to the fore, while the reduced chance of some heavyweight merger and acquisiti Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>EasyJet</strong>, up 1.5%, and International Consolidated Airlines Group, up 0.7%. The Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are lower Monday as investors express concern over some weaker-than-expected Chinese house price data, while the FTSE 100 index is losing lustre as the possibility of big merger and acquisition activity fades. By mid-morning Monday the FTSE 100 is down 0.7 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC Friday said Marketing Director Peter Duffy exercised options over 116,527 shares, selling 105,898 of the shares at GBP15.99 each, and how holds 13,172 shares in the low cost airline. Shares were down 4.5% at 1,480.00 Friday. By Arvind Bhunjun; arvi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 reached a fourteen-year high Tuesday as a dearth of fresh headlines out of Ukraine allowed investors to contemplate the potential for further monetary easing by central banks in China and Europe.<br /><br />Weak Chinese industrial production and retail sal Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC Tuesday said Chief Executive Carolyn McCall, Chief Financial Officer Chris Kennedy and a group of executives acquired shares under the share incentive plan at a price of GBP17.1961 each Monday.<br /><br />Details are as follows.<br /><br /> <table class= Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> Tuesday again rejected Pfizer's "opportunistic" GBP63 million takeover approach, as UK politicians grilled executives of both companies about the potential deal and what it will mean for the UK's pharmaceutical industry.<br /><br />Cruciall Read More