LONDON (Alliance News) - Vodafone is conducting an accelerated due diligence over Spanish cable operator Ono, but a possible takeover has been complicated after Ono approved plans to list on the Madrid stock exchange next month, Dow Jones reported Thursday citing people close to the situation.</p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Friday on geopolitical worries ahead of the weekend, despite some good news for UK companies. <br /><br />The US government on Thursday decided to lift the ban on <strong>BP</strong> from federal government contracts imposed after the Deepwater Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vodafone PLC Friday said the integration of recent acquisition Kabel Deutschland with its own German operation will start from April 1 after it registered the required takeover documents, the last step in the takeover process. In a short statement, the company said Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vodafone PLC Wednesday said Company Secretary Rosemary Martin acquired an interest in 4,240 shares at the price of 248.2736 pence each. Following this transaction, Martin now has an interest in 459,928 shares. Shares in the mobile phone company were down 0.7% Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vodafone Group PLC Wednesday said General Counsel and Company Secretary Rosemary Martin bought 10,275 shares at a price of 247.45 pence per share. As a result of the above, Martin now has an interest in 455,688 shares. Shares in the mobile phone network were d Read More
NEWBURY (Alliance News) - Swedish telecom firm Ericsson AB Wednesday announced that it has received a 5 year agreement from British telecom giant Vodafone Group PLC as part of Vodafone's Project Spring organic investment programme initial phase. The company said the network transformation c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY CUTS UNITED UTILITIES TO 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' ('OVERWEIGHT') <br />----------<br />UBS STARTS RANDGOLD RESOURCES WIT Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Wednesday ahead of UK GDP figures at 0930 GMT. <strong>ITV</strong> reported strong 2013 results and expressed confidence for 2014, but its shares are down 4.2% at the open on disappointment in the size of its special dividend.<br /><br / Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 665 (715) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />CANACCORD CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 750 (825) P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 has recorded its highest closing price since 1999. Although opening lower, some positive European data and a strong start to equities trading in the US gave London's leading index a boost, sending the FTSE 100 higher for the seventh consecutive day, recording 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 />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br /><br /><strong>Vodafone Group</strong>, up 6%. Vodafone's shares have jumped after the 6-for-11 consolidation of i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's major stock indices are lower Monday, while the AIM All-Share is outperforming its main market peers to record gains. There is no UK economic data out on Monday, but some positive European data has boosted the euro against the dollar. Major equity markets a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES BT GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 460 (411) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />UBS CUTS BAE SYSTEMS PRICE TARGET TO 460 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vodafone PLC Friday said non-executive Director Anne Lauvergeon acquired 493 shares at a price of GBP2.23 per share Thursday through the reinvestment of dividend income. Shares in the mobile phone network were up 1.5% at 233.04 pence Friday morning. By Arvind Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS RAISES VODAFONE PRICE TARGET TO 275 (260) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />UBS CUTS SMITHS GROUP TO 'SELL' ('NEUTRAL') - Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CITIGROUP RAISES SPORTS DIRECT PRICE TARGET TO 900 (815) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />CITIGROUP RAISES VODAFONE PRICE T Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Defense giants <strong>BAE Systems</strong> and <strong>Rolls-Royce Holdings</strong> are among the biggest gainers on the FTSE 100 Wednesday, after the British and Saudi Arabian governments at long last came to a deal over how much more Saudi Arabia should pay for the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES HAMMERSON PRICE TARGET TO 590 (569) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />SOCGEN RAISES BHP BILLITON PRICE T Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK defence giant BAE Systems Wednesday said the UK and Saudi Arabian governments have come to a long-awaited agreement on the price the Middle Eastern kingdom will pay for the Typhoon jets it ordered back in 2005. Sports Direct has put out another strong trading upd Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Avanti Communications Group PLC said Wednesday it has signed a three-year technology deal with a Vodafone European company. The agreement, a three-year supply deal, is for the provision of Avanti's 3G IP backhaul services to the Vodafone company. David William Read More