LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC Wednesday said Finance Director Rene Médori and Head of Human Resources Mervyn Walker each bought eight shares at a price of GBP14.639250 per share and were awarded an equal number of matching shares Friday. The company also said managers Duncan W Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and Tuesday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />S&P CAPITAL IQ CUTS BARCLAYS PRICE TARGET TO 310 (320) PENCE - 'BUY'<br />----------<br />UBS CUTS Read More
(An item published at 1325 GMT mis-spelt the Fed Chair's surname in the title. The correct version follows.) LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is up for a fifth consecutive day Tuesday amid a continuing global stock rally, with the London blue chip index helped by strong performances Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is up for a fifth consecutive day Tuesday amid a continuing global stock rally, with the London blue chip index helped by strong performances from the retailers and miners.<br /><br />Retail stocks including <strong>Sports Direct International</strong>, <s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Sports Direct</strong> International, up 4.1%, and <strong>Marks and Spencer</str Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Barclays</strong> PLC said it is now targeting a higher leverage ratio after reaching its 3.0% target six months ahead of schedule. In t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC Tuesday announced good results from its subsidiary Kumba Iron Ore Ltd's operations for the full year 2013. The major mining company said that Kumba announced a 4.6% increase in its headline earnings to USD1.60 billion for the year ended December 3 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>BG Group</strong>, up 1.1%. After initially seeing its share price fall, BG is no Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - South Africa's Mining Minister has announced that platinum miners strikes in the country are under control, according to the Wall Street Journal Tuesday. "We have intervened," Minister of Mineral Resources Susan Shabangu said at the Indaba Mining Conference in Cape Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 has closed lower Friday, with large companies most exposed to emerging markets leading the falls as continued concern over an EM growth slowdown fuels a global flight to safety. Having fallen for eight of the last nine trading sessions, the UK's leading share Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JEFFERIES STARTS STANDARD CHARTERED WITH 'UNDERPERFORM' - PRICE TARGET 1100 PENCE <br />----------<br />UBS CUTS PEARSON PRICE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares are set to open flat Thursday, amid a busy day of corporate earnings and economic data. London is looking to perform better than US and Asian markets, which fell heavily overnight after the US Federal Reserve made a second taper to the size of its monthly bond buy Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices slipped Wednesday as Turkish and South African central bank action failed to stop the emerging market currency route, and amid a global equity sell-off ahead of the US Federal Reserve policy announcement still to come Wednesday. In the UK, mining stocks w Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Supermarket operator<strong> J Sainsbury</strong> is the biggest faller on the FTSE100 Wednesday after the surprise resignation of long-time chief Justin King, while FTSE250-listed <strong>Carphone Warehouse</strong> is doing well after signing a deal to run the stores Read More