LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Sage Group</strong>, up 4.9%. The business-management software company has reve Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The pound has shot higher Wednesday morning in reaction to the latest reading of UK unemployment, which now has almost fallen to the level at which the Bank of England originally said it would begin to look at an interest rate rise. Meanwhile, UK stock indices are c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS BSKYB PRICE TARGET TO 680 (750) PENCE - 'SELL' <br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES WHITBREAD PRICE TARGET TO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Both the FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250 closed slightly higher Monday, despite being weighed upon by banking stocks, which fell in the aftermath of disappointing results from German lender Deutsche Bank. Meanwhile, trading volumes were low as Wall Street is closed for th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock lack direction Monday, with no data drivers ahead and the US markets closed for Martin Luther King Day. Banks continue to underperform, while precious metal miners have been boosted by a firmer gold price. With a quiet afternoon expected, investors are looking ah Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Royal Dutch Shell</strong> Monday said it will sell its interests in the Australian Wheatstone gas projects in a USD1.14 billion deal, just a trading day after Friday's profit warning that caused its shares to tumble. <br /><br />The stock is again near the bot Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - LOSERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Royal Bank of Scotland</strong>, down 2.2%, and <strong>Barclays</strong>, down 1.2 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are trading mixed Monday, with UK banks suffering a read across from a profit warning from Deutsche Bank. The International Monetary Fund is said to be on the brink of upgrading its growth forecasts for the UK economy, while gold is adding to recent gains and oi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and Friday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CREDIT SUISSE RAISES NEXT PRICE TARGET TO 6500 (5500) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAI Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - A UK regulator Friday said it has appointed two firms to investigate Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC's treatment of business customers in financial difficulty. The Financial Conduct Conduct Authority said it has appointed Promontory Financial Group and Mazars to co Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ed Miliband, leader of the UK's opposition Labour party, Friday followed up his recent attack on the big energy companies in the UK by calling for a breakup of the country's biggest banks, saying they were still failing to serve the real economy and small businesses. < Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Oil major<strong> Royal Dutch Shell</strong> PLC issued a profit warning, saying its fourth quarter results are expected to be significantly lowe Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />SOCGEN STARTS MORRISON WITH 'SELL' - TARGET 200 PENCE <br />----------<br />SOCGEN CUTS PRICE TARGET TESCO TO 270 (290) PENCE - Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday told MPs that the Government would block any move by Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, in which the state has an 82% stake, to increase cash bonuses beyond GBP2,000. Speaking in response to Labour party leader Ed Miliband at Pr Read More