UK Dividends Calendar - Week Ahead
13th Feb 2014 06:15
LONDON (Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC Wednesday said Chairman Leif Johansson bought 4,500 shares at a price of SEK422.56 per share. Following this transaction, Johansson has a total interest in 33,009 AstraZeneca shares. Shares in the pharmaceutical company were up 0.5% at 3,994.50 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney Wednesday said the central bank still thinks interest rates will have to remain where there are for some time for come, as he changed the bank's trigger for discussing rate rises to the takeup of "spare capacity" in the economy rath Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Tullow Oil</strong> PLC said its pretax profit fell significantly in its recent full year, due to lower disposal gains and higher expl Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened mostly flat Wednesday, as the market awaits the Bank of England's Quarterly Inflation Report at 1030 GMT. <br /><br /><strong>Telecity</strong> is holding back the FTSE 250. The data-centre provider is down 13% after announcing higher 2013 profit and Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The US Food and Drug Administration has requested clinical trial data from AstraZeneca PLC., the manufacturer of saxagliptin, to investigate a possible association between use of the type 2 diabetes drug and heart failure. The request follows a study published in th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC Tuesday said non-executive Director Graham Chipchase bought 400 shares at a price of 3839 pence per share. Following this transaction, Chipchase holds 1,900 shares. Shares in the pharmaceutical company closed up 1.5% at 3,974.50 pence Tuesday.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC said Monday that Director Bruce Burlington bought 500 American Depositary Shares at USD62.92 each last Friday. Following this purchase Burlington has 2,053 shares in AstraZeneca. Shares in AstraZeneca closed up 1.1% at 3,902.02 pence Monday aft Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN STARTS VODAFONE WITH 'BUY' - PRICE TARGET 275 PENCE <br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed higher Friday, and for the week as a whole, despite the much-anticipated US non-farm payrolls reported coming in much worse-than-expected. Meanwhile, it was a volatile day in the forex market as both the pound and the euro fell against the US dollar Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC said Friday that senior independent non-executive Director John Varley had bought 4,056 shares at 3,848 pence each. Following this transaction Varlet holds 9,500 shares in the company. Shares in the pharmaceutical company were trading up 0.9% a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's equity markets are up for a third consecutive day Friday as stocks around the world continue to take back some of the losses seen in the preceding five days, but this afternoon's US non-farm payrolls data will decide whether the gains are maintained.<br /><br Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Tate & Lyle, up 2.2%. The speciality food and bulk ingredients manufacturer has jumped after JPMorgan Cazenove upgraded its r Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />S&P CAPITAL IQ RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 3800 (3700) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />SO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Friday, as the market looks ahead positively to the US non-farm payrolls report later in the day.<br /><br />After its results on Thursday, <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> has been named a Conviction Buy by Liberum. Meanwhile, JPMorgan has lif Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Global stocks indices rallied Thursday, with only a handful of FTSE 100 companies closing lower, as the UK and European Central Banks kept their monetary policies unchanged and US economic data continued to improve ahead of Fridays key jobs report.<br /><br />The FTSE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC lowered its full-year forecast Thursday, as it saw revenue and pretax profit decline in the full year ended December 31, 2013, due to the loss of exclusivity on several of its brands and increased competition from generics. The pharmaceutical giant p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is up for a second day Thursday as the rebound from the heavy losses in equity markets in the previous five days continues, with positive reports from the likes of <strong>Vodafone</strong> and <strong>Smith & Nephew</strong> helping London's blue-chip 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>Vodafone</strong>, up 2.9%. The telecommunications company has confirmed its ful Read More