LONDON (Alliance News) - Pharmaceutical companies are leading UK stocks higher Tuesday, with the sector buoyed by merger and acquisition activity and speculation. With little in the way of economic data to provide focus, and in the absence of a further deterioration of the political situati Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened slightly higher Tuesday following gains on Wall Street over the long Easter weekend. <br /><br />Merger and acquisition activity and discussion surrounding UK pharmaceutical giants <strong>GlaxoSmithKline</strong> and <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC is preparing the way to exit part of its South African platinum business, after three months of labour strikes in the region, according to the Financial Times on Monday. The FTSE 100 miner is in talks with the South African government to try to ev Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC Wednesday said a group of non-executives acquired shares in the mining company Tuesday.<br /><br />Details are as follows.<br /><br /> <p class="ac">Director Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN CUTS BT GROUP TO MARKET-PERFORM (OUTPERFORM) - TARGET 385 PENCE<br />----------<br />HSBC RAISES IMI TO OVERWEIGHT Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC Tuesday said Finance Director Rene Médori, Head of Human Resources Mervyn Walker, and managers Duncan Wanblad and Peter Whitcutt, each bought eight shares at a price of GBP15.685 per share and were awarded an equal number of matching shares under the sh Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The chief executive of Chilean mining company Antofagasta PLC told Reuters on Monday that despite the market for copper facing its first supply glut in four years, the price of copper may have found a bottom. Chief Executive Diego Hernandez said the worst of the wor Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Antofagasta PLC Wednesday said shipments and operations have not been delayed and there has been no damage to its operations following the major earthquake in northern Chile. A spokesman for the Chile-focused copper giant said that its four operating mines in the c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JPMORGAN RESUMES STANDARD LIFE WITH 'OVERWEIGHT' <br />----------<br />CANACCORD CUTS ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT TARGET TO 460 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Babcock International Group</strong> is leading the FTSE 100 higher Monday after its Cavendish Fluor Partnership joint venture was selected as the preferred bidder for a GBP7 billion nuclear plant decommissioning contract.<br /><br />The joint venture with Fluo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Babcock International Group</strong> is leading the FTSE 100 higher Monday after its Cavendish Fluor Partnership joint venture was selected as the preferred bidder for a GBP7 billion nuclear plant decommissioning contract.<br /><br />The joint venture with Flou Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Monday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Babcock</strong> International Group PLC said its Cavendish Fluor Partnership has been selected as the preferred bidder in the competitio Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Lonmin PLC Monday said former Anglo American PLC executive Brian Beamish will become the interim chairman of its board from May 1, after Roger Phillimore stands down the previous day. The miner had already said Phillimore intended to retire, but Monday said he will Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Lonmin PLC Monday said former Anglo American PLC executive Brian Beamish will become the interim chairman of its board from May 1, after Roger Phillimore stands down the previous day. The miner had already said Phillimore intended to retire, but Monday said he will Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed modestly higher Friday, ensuring that the index closed the week in positive territory for the second week in a row, but was prevented from pushing even higher by another disappointing performance by the FTSE 350 life insurance sector index, which ended Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC Friday said Peter Whitcutt, a divisional manager, sold 8,931 shares at a price of GBP14.70 per share Thursday. Shares in the mining company were up 2% at 1,516.00 pence Friday morning. By Arvind Bhunjun; [email protected]; @Arv Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Old Mutual</strong>, up 0.5%. The group has agreed to sell Skandia Germany and S Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Glencore Xstrata PLC said Thursday it is planning to suspend operations at its Ravensworth underground coal mine in Australia, after a major fall in coal market prices. A spokesman for the miner said it was no longer financially viable to operate the mine due to low Read More