LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- GOLDMAN RAISES WPP PRICE TARGET TO 1555 (1540) PENCE - 'BUY' ---------- BERNSTEIN RAISES RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: BSkyB Confirms Deutschland, Italia Merger Talks

12th May 2014 07:29

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened cautiously higher Monday, amid a lack of economic data and with a wary eye on developments in Ukraine. BSkyB confirmed press reports that has approached its major shareholder 21st Century Fox about buying Sky Deutschlan Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Bernstein Likes National Grid, United Utilities

9th May 2014 09:22

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- TRADERS: UBS RAISES IMPERIAL TOBACCO TARGET TO 2,750 (2,500) PENCE - 'BUY' ---------- BERNSTEIN RAISES BP PRICE TARGE Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Hester Making Quick Work Of RSA Revamp

17th Apr 2014 11:47

LONDON (Alliance News) - RSA Insurance Group Chief Executive Stephen Hester Thursday went a long way to meeting his asset disposal target, selling the insurer's Polish and Baltic operations as part of its efforts to shore up its balance sheet in the wake of big losses in Irela Read More

Severn Trent And United Utilities To Resubmit Business Plans

17th Apr 2014 10:38

LONDON (Alliance News) - Water companies Severn Trent PLC and United Utilities Group PLC Thursday said they will resubmit their business plans for the period 2015-20 after regulator Ofwat said their proposals on risk and reward were not in line with its expectations. UK water companies subm Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: S&P Capital Raises Rio Tinto Price Target

16th Apr 2014 09:06

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- S&P CAPITAL IQ CUTS DIAGEO TO 'HOLD' ('BUY') - PRICE TARGET 2000 (2020) PENCE ---------- S&P CAPITAL IQ RA Read More

CORRECT: MARKET COMMENT: FTSE 100 Turns Negative After Strong Start

10th Apr 2014 11:30

(An item published at 1056 BST misstated the units for the UK house price index in the seventh paragraph. The correct version follows.) LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks have been unable to hold onto early gains Thursday. Having initially moved higher after being soothed by the under Read More

MARKET COMMENT: FTSE 100 Turns Negative After Strong Start

10th Apr 2014 09:56

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks have been unable to hold onto early gains Thursday. Having initially moved higher after being soothed by the understanding that global monetary policy is likely to stay accommodative for some time yet, the FTSE 100 and other major European indices have sli Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: EasyJet, Flybe Passenger Numbers Soar

4th Apr 2014 11:33

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. EasyJet said it flew 5.1 million passengers in March, up from ne Read More

UPDATE: Pennon Up As South West Water Business Plan Gets Regulator Thumbs Up

4th Apr 2014 09:44

LONDON (Alliance News) - Pennon Group PLC shares rose Friday after the business plan of its South West Water unit was given 'enhanced' status by the UK water regulator, a key step in getting final clearance for the plan before the regulator sets the prices water companies will be able to charge c Read More

Pennon Up As South West Water Business Plan Gets Regulator Thumbs Up

4th Apr 2014 09:41

UK BROKER RATINGS: JPMorgan Raises Easyjet Price Target By 14%

3rd Apr 2014 09:12

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- NUMIS CUTS SMITH & NEPHEW TO 'HOLD' ('ADD') - TARGET 1000 PENCE ---------- GOLDMAN RAISES EXPERIAN PRICE TARGET Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Jefferies Initiates Coverage Of Five Stocks

28th Mar 2014 10:18

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- GOLDMAN RAISES BAT PRICE TARGET TO 3470 (3408) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' ---------- GOLDMAN CUTS DIAGEO PRICE TARGET TO 1855 Read More

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