LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>AstraZeneca</strong> PLC announced positive results from its late-stage study of combination treatment saxagliptin and dapagliflozin for Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices are higher Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 having reached its highest level in fourteen years, as markets continue to leave geopolitical concerns on the back-burner and focus instead on the potential for further central bank stimulus from both China Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Low-cost airline easyJet PLC said Tuesday that its pretax loss narrowed in the six months to the end of March as total revenue rose as the mild winter reduced the need for costly de-icing of its planes and reduced disruption. In its half-year report for the six mont Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Mid-cap stocks are leading London equities higher at the open Tuesday, following a strong lead in from the US and Asia, particularly Tokyo.<br /><br /><strong>Taylor Wimpey</strong> is leading the mid-cap FTSE 250, up 5.7%, after saying it expects to deliver a big incr Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed lower Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 ending down for a second consecutive day as investors digested some disappointing macro economic data from Asia and a batch of mixed earnings from individual UK stocks. <br /><br />The FTSE 100 ended every day of last Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>HSBC Holdings</strong> Wednesday reported a 20% drop in first-quarter pretax profit, driven by a weak performance Asia, Latin America and its investment bank, that was only partially offset by lower impairment charges and continued cost cutting.<br /><br />In a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Legal & General</strong> Group, up 3.2%. The group said it expects to write more Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Low-cost airline easyJet PLC Wednesday said it flew more passengers and filled more of its planes in April compared with the previous year thanks to this year's late Easter, but its passenger numbers also grew strongly over the 12 months to the end of April. The air Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Low-cost airline easyJet PLC Wednesday said it flew more passengers and filled more of its planes in April compared with the previous year thanks to this year's late Easter, but its passenger numbers also grew strongly over the 12 months to the end of April. The air Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Pharmaceutical stocks are reigning over the first session following the long Easter bank holiday, with mergers and acquisitions leading investor interest.<br /><br /><strong>GlaxoSmithKline</strong> has signed a three-part inter-conditional transaction with Swiss healt Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC has signed a five-year contract with SafeGuard World International to provide its payroll services. The low-cost airline is replacing its existing legacy systems for HR and payroll with SafeGuard's payroll services. The services are available via SaaS (S Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC Friday said a number of directors and managers, including Chief Executive Carolyn McCall and Finance Director Chris Kennedy Monday made purchases of partnership shares and were then allocated the number of free matching shares under the company's share ince Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN CUTS BT GROUP TO MARKET-PERFORM (OUTPERFORM) - TARGET 385 PENCE<br />----------<br />HSBC RAISES IMI TO OVERWEIGHT Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices have closed higher Friday, with the FTSE 100 recording its third consecutive weekly gain. Global markets, already buoyed this week by the prospect of quantitative easing by the European Central Bank, received a further boost Friday from the latest US j Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices have closed higher Friday, with the FTSE 100 recording its third consecutive weekly gain. Global markets, already buoyed this week by the prospect of quantitative easing by the European Central Bank, received a further boost Friday from the latest US jobs Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Airlines are trading higher Friday after low-cost airlines easyJet and Flybe Group said they flew more passengers and filled more of the seats in their planes in recent weeks. <br /><br /><strong>EasyJet</strong> said it flew 5.1 million passengers in March, up from ne Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS EasyJet, up 2.4%. The low-cost airline said it flew more passengers and filled more of the seats in its planes in March. It s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Low-cost airlines <strong>easyJet</strong> PLC and <strong>Flybe</strong> Group PLC said they flew more passengers and filled more of the seats i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Major stock indices are modestly higher across the UK and Europe Friday, while the US dollar is a little firmer across the board as expectation builds for a strong US non-farm payroll jobs report still to come. By mid-morning Friday the FTSE 100 is up 0.4% at 6,673. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JEFFERIES RAISES PEARSON TO 'BUY' ('HOLD') - TARGET 1184 (1128) PENCE <br />----------<br />DEUTSCHE BANK INITIATES ROYAL MAIL W Read More