LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are trading slightly lower Tuesday with a number of individual movers weighing on indices, while the pound has continued its recent strong run as data shows the UK service industry expanding faster-than-expected. By mid-morning Tuesday the FTSE 100 is down Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Lonmin PLC Tuesday said the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union plans to continue the ongoing platinum miners' strike in South Africa into its fifteenth week and noted that many employees have indicated their wish to return to work but fear for their persona Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG INITIATES CARNIVAL PLC WITH 'BUY' - TARGET 3,000 PENCE <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 4 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Tuesday following positive leads from US and Asian markets and amid a slew of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 company trading updates.<br /><br /><strong>St. James's Place</strong> has reported a surge in funds under management in the first quarter and Read More
(Correcting Lonmin's estimate of the amount of lost wages from the strike, due to an error by the company.) LONDON (Alliance News) - Lonmin PLC Thursday urged South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to accept its proposed pay increases for workers as a three- Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Lonmin PLC Thursday urged South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to accept its proposed pay increases for workers as a three-month strike which has crippled the nation's platinum mines remains unresolved. The platinum sector in South Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC Thursday received calls for it to set up a compensation trust for the victims and families of Silicosis sufferers in South Africa. Holding its annual general meeting in London Thursday, the FTSE 100 mining giant was met by calls from representativ Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed Thursday at its highest level for more than six weeks, boosted by some strong quarterly earnings results from US companies. <br /><br />However, European markets moved sharply off their highs late in the session as tensions in Ukraine ratcheted up.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> shares jumped Thursday after the pharmaceutical giant maintained its full-year guidance for 2014, even as its pretax profit dropped in the first quarter to end-March, hit by write-downs on the sale of its Alderley Park site and its acquisit Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Anglo American</strong>, up 3.2%. The mining company said production has broadly incr Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>AstraZeneca</strong> PLC maintained its full-year guidance for 2014, as it saw pretax profit drop in the first quarter to end-March, hi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Investors have approached equities in a buying mood Thursday, pushing the FTSE 100 to a six-week high, following the overnight release of strong results from Apple and Facebook that suggest fears of a technology bubble may be exaggerated. While the technology stocks Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Thursday following strong results reported by US technology bellwethers Apple and Facebook overnight.<br /><br />A number of major UK companies also reported early Thursday, but with a less positive tone. <br /><br /><strong>Unilever </stro Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC Thursday said production has increased across its major operations in its first quarter, with the exception of platinum production, which fell due to strike action in South Africa, leading the company to revise down its 2014 platinum production guidance Read More