LONDON (Alliance News) - Lonmin PLC Monday said that the talks set up by the Minister of Mineral Resources to solve the ongoing strikes that are crippling the platinum mining industry in the country and weighing on its economic growth dissolved without an outcome. Miners Lonmin, Impala Plat Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Lonmin PLC, Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd and Anglo American Platinum Ltd, a subsidiary of Anglo American PLC, were Monday meeting with representatives of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, on the last day for discussions set up by Minister of Mineral R Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The European Central Bank on Thursday cut its key interest rate to a record low and embraced a negative deposit rate, the first for a leading central bank, as it tries to fight the low inflation that is threatening to derail the euro area's fragile economic recovery.<b 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>Smith & Nephew</strong>, up 5.1%. Hot on the heels of Stryker Corp denying plans Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union has rejected a government-brokered proposal for an ZAR800 monthly increase in order to end strikes which have crippled South Africa's platinum mining industry, Business Day reported Thursday. The union met with t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>ASOS</strong> is dragging down the AIM All-Share Index at the open Thursday after lowering its profit guidance. The online fashion retailer, by far the biggest AIM stock by market capitalisation, dropped 40% at the open and was down 34% a half hour into trading Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Lonmin PLC, in partnership with South African platinum miners Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd and Anglo American Platinum Ltd, a subsidiary of Anglo American PLC, have asked for time to consider a new pay proposal from the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PRICE TARGET TO 3630 (3470) PENCE <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES AB FOODS PRICE T Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 started the month on the front foot Monday, closing higher, after a gauge of China's factory activity rose to a five-month high in May, suggesting the world's second-largest economy is stabilising after a subdued start to the year.<br /><br />China's offic Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>GlaxoSmithKline</strong> has signed a collaboration and licensing agreement with UK-based biotechnology company Adaptimmune Ltd for its cancer programme, a move that comes just weeks after it agreed to sell its own cancer drug business to Novartis as part of a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br />-------<br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br />-------<br /><strong>Anglo American</strong>, up 1.9%, <strong>Rio Tinto</strong>, up 1.7%, <strong>Glencore</strong>, up 1.4 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's leading stock index is trading higher Monday, with the mining sector leading the gains after an improved Chinese manufacturing PMI was released on Sunday, while the picture in Europe is more mixed as Markit PMI readings released across the region Monday have been Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks had a mixed session Friday, closing out the month with little clear direction as major stock markets around the world sit near to all-time highs, but struggle to push any further as investors remain reticent to add to positions ahead of a the key European Centra Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Polymer products manufacturer <strong>Fenner</strong> saw its shares plummet Friday, after it issued a profit warning that it blamed on a further deterioration in trading in the US and the loss of a profitable contract in Australia.<br /><br />It is the biggest faller Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br />-------<br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br />-------<br /><strong>Smith & Nephew</strong>, up 2.2%. The medical technology company, which closed as the blue-chip inde Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks trade mixed Friday, with the FTSE 100 struggling to add to its recent strong gains, as it is weighed down by some of its mining constituents. By mid-morning, the FTSE 100 is almost perfectly flat at 6,871.2, the FTSE 250 is up 0.3% at 16,009.16, and the AI Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed lower Friday, ensuring that it posted its biggest weekly loss for six weeks, but individual stocks were again in focus as the broader index traded a tight range ahead of the long weekend. "The Federal Reserve, quantitative easing, and low rates a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) -<strong> Barclays</strong> was Friday fined GBP26.0 million by UK regulators for failings surrounding the London Gold Fixing, while one of its former traders has been banned for trying to influence the price-setting process just one day after the bank was fined for its Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Barclays</strong> PLC was fined GBP26.0 million by UK regulators for failings surrounding the London Gold Fixing, while one of its former Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Lonmin PLC, in partnership with South African platinum miners Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd and Anglo American Platinum Ltd, a subsidiary of Anglo American PLC, Friday said talks with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union are continuing over major strikes w Read More