LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Monday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Low-cost airline <strong>Wizz Air</strong> Holdings PLC pulled its planned initial public offering in London, blaming the recent volatility in ai Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares are narrowly mixed at the open Monday, as events in Iraq and Ukraine damp investor sentiment. Low-cost airline <strong>Wizz Air</strong> Holdings PLC has pulled its planned initial public offering in London, blaming the recent volatility in airline stoc Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Bank of Scotland is in talks over a restructuring of its Ulster Bank unit that could overcome a hurdle to selling some of the government?s majority stake, The Sunday Times reported, without saying where it got the information. The taxpayer-backed lender is wor Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and Wednesday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />NOMURA CUTS BG GROUP TO 'NEUTRAL' ('BUY') - PRICE TARGET 1350 PENCE<br />----------<br />TRADERS: INVE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened flat Thursday, following negative trading in the US and Asia overnight. <br /><br /><strong>AstraZeneca</strong> is the third biggest gainer on the FTSE 100. The drugmaker said it has signed a global licence agreement with AIM-listed biotechnology Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC Tuesday said Chris Sullivan, a divisional chief executive, bought 36 shares at a price of GBP3.4235 each under the share incentive plan Monday. Shares in the financial services company were down 0.3% at 342.00 pence Tuesday. By Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC Monday said Non-Executive Director Robert Gillespie bought 25,000 shares at a price of GBP3.40 each Friday. RBS shares were trading at 342.50 pence, up 1.2%, on Monday. By Arvind Bhunjun; [email protected]; @Arvin Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened fractionally higher Monday following rising markets in Asia and a higher close on Wall Street on Friday. China reported strong trade figures for May on Sunday, lending Monday a positive tone.<br /><br /><strong>Lloyds Banking</strong> will price t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC's private banking arm, Coutts & Co, may have to pay compensation to thousands of customers for giving unsuitable investment advice, the Guardian reported Friday. According the report, the private bank and wealth manager is reviewing Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC Friday said Chief Executive Ross McEwan was awarded 432,088 shares under the company share plan and sold 203,387 shares at a price of GBP3.40 per share.<br /><br />The company also said, a group of managers were awarded and sold sha Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />LIBERUM INITIATES SCHRODERS WITH 'BUY' - TARGET 2,879 PENCE <br />----------<br />NOMURA CUTS SAINSBURY PRICE TARGET TO 285 (3 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK Asset Resolution Ltd Tuesday said it returned GBP6.2 billion to taxpayers over a period of fifteen months. In a statement, UK Asset Resolution, which is winding down Bradford & Bingley PLC and Northern Rock Asset Management PLC, now known as NRAM, said it has rep Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PRICE TARGET TO 3630 (3470) PENCE <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES AB FOODS PRICE T Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Weir Group</strong> said Wednesday that it no longer intends to pursue a takeover of Metso Oyj, after the Finnish company rejected an improved offer.<br /><br /><strong>GlaxoSmithKline</strong> is down after it said late Tuesday that it is under criminal invest Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br />-------<br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br />-------<br /><strong>London Stock Exchange Group</strong>, up 2.3%. The group's shares have risen after it was added to a Read More
(An item published at 1126 BST misstated the company name in the headline. The correct version follows.)<br /><br />LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br />Engineering firm <strong>Weir Group</strong Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday. ---------- COMPANIES ---------- Engineering firm Weir Group said it no longer intends to pursue a takeover of Metso Oyj, after the Finnish company rejected an improved offer. The FTSE 100-li Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plans to cut up to 400 jobs in its US trading business over the next two years as part of the British lender's efforts to reduce its assets ahead of tough new US regulations, according to media reports on Tuesday. RBS, 80% owned by t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Debt purchaser Arrow Global Group PLC Thursday said it swung to a first-quarter pretax profit, boosted by higher revenue and considerably lower exceptional expenses, while it announced plans for a maiden interim dividend. Arrow Global completed an initial public off Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Britain's biggest banks have backed the establishment of an independent body known as the Banking Standards Review Council to improve standards as the industry looks to mend its reputation, with Bank of England Governor Mark Carney set to play a major role in helping to i Read More