(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is set to open lower on Monday, in a risk-off start to the week following an escalation in the conflict in the Middle East, with lingering US interest rate worries also hurting enthusiasm. Read More
(Alliance News) - Investors bought in London on Monday, as the FTSE 100 rose with gold hitting a new high before fading, airlines and miners were in demand, while Entain prospered on bid speculation. Read More
(Alliance News) - International Paper Co is closing in on a formal GBP5 billion-plus bid for DS Smith PLC, the FTSE 100 paper and packaging group, Sky News reported on Monday. Read More
(Alliance News) - International Paper Co on Thursday said a merger with DS Smith PLC could generate cost savings of more than GBP400 million should a deal proceed. Read More
(Alliance News) - DS Smith PLC on Thursday said that an extension had been agreed for its potential takeover by Mondi PLC, though the company still holds a more lucrative offer from International Paper. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open higher on Thursday, despite remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell failing to soothe lingering interest rate worries. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed slightly higher on Wednesday, as investors look firmly ahead to Friday's key inflation reading from the US. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were lower at midday on Wednesday, but trade was more confident in mainland Europe, with focus turning to the release of the US Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge on Friday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Analysts think there is a risk that Mondi PLC could walk away from bidding for DS Smith PLC if International Paper Co firms up a competing offer. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in a muted fashion on Friday, as a hotter-than-expected US producer price reading stifled risk appetite, with focus beginning to move to interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve and Bank of England next week. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open fractionally lower on Friday, possibly a tepid end to a decent week, as a robust US producer price reading hurt risk appetite on both sides of the Atlantic. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London closed mixed on Friday, though trade was more confident in New York, on the back of a favourable US jobs report. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were mostly in the red at midday Friday, as investors nervously look ahead to a key US unemployment reading this afternoon. Read More
(Alliance News) - Mondi PLC on Friday said it agreed in principle to a deal to acquire DS Smith PLC, in a deal which is unlikely to see any setbacks on the path to completion, analysts at Irish broker Davy believe. Read More
(Alliance News) - Mondi PLC and its packaging peer DS Smith PLC have reached an agreement in principle that will see Mondi take over DS Smith in a proposed all-share deal. Read More
