LONDON (Alliance News) - Defence giant BAE Systems PLC Thursday reported a sharp drop in profit in 2013 as sharply higher impairment charges more than offset higher revenues, and the company warned that cuts to defence spending in the UK and US would continue to weigh on its performance in 2014.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Centrica, up 3%. The major energy supplier's shares have jumped despite it reporting that pretax profit fell 32% to GBP1.65 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday. ---------- COMPANIES ---------- Defence giant BAE Systems has reported a sharp drop in profit in 2013 as sharply higher impairment charges more than offset higher revenues, and the company wa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock markets are lower across Europe and the euro is also weaker, following a disappointing round of European PMI data. Investor sentiment has turned negative Thursday following the unexpectedly large contraction in the Chinese HSBC manufacturing PMI, and reinforced expe Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Defence giant BAE Systems PLC Thursday reported a sharp drop in profit in 2013 as sharply higher impairment charges more than offset higher revenues, and the company warned that cuts to defence spending in the UK and US would continue to weigh on its performance in 2014.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is set to open lower Thursday, following disappointing manufacturing data from China, and after the US Federal Reserve indicated it will continue with the course of tapering its stimulus programme Wednesday evening. The Chinese manufacturing sector cont Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks have struggled to get off the ground Wednesday, closing broadly unchanged despite some impressive individual stock performances. The FTSE 100 initially opened higher, continuing a rally that has seen the index retrace most of January's losses. However, after bre Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Defense giants <strong>BAE Systems</strong> and <strong>Rolls-Royce Holdings</strong> are among the biggest gainers on the FTSE 100 Wednesday, after the British and Saudi Arabian governments at long last came to a deal over how much more Saudi Arabia should pay for the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Sports Direct International, up 6.2%. The sports goods retailer said gross profit grew by 14.6% in its fiscal third quarte Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br /><strong>BAE Systems</strong> has said that the governments of the UK and Saudi Arabia have finally reached a deal on higher prices for the Typhoon jets that Sa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are mixed Wednesday, while the pound had taken a hit after UK unemployment rose to 7.2% in in December, from 7.1% in November. Following a rally that has seen the UK's leading share index gain about 1% each day so far this week, the FTSE 100 broke above 6, Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - BAE Systems said Wednesday that the governments of the UK and Saudi Arabia have now reached a deal on higher prices for the Typhoon jets that Saudi Arabia ordered back in 2005. The British defence and security giant did not provide any details of the agreement, but Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK defence giant BAE Systems Wednesday said the UK and Saudi Arabian governments have come to a long-awaited agreement on the price the Middle Eastern kingdom will pay for the Typhoon jets it ordered back in 2005. Sports Direct has put out another strong trading upd Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - BAE Systems PLC Monday said a group of executives including Chief Executive Ian King bought partnership shares and were awarded matching shares under the company share plan at a price of 431.56 pence per share Friday.<br /><br />Details are as follows.<br /><br /> < Read More