LONDON (Alliance News) - Firestone Diamonds PLC Tuesday said it is set to begin building the main treatment plant at the Liqhobong Diamond Mine in Lesotho in the coming weeks after entering into the previously arranged financing package. In a statement, the AIM-quoted diamond company said i 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) - UK stocks are trading mixed Friday with investors finding little reason to significantly add to positions at the end of a relatively muted week for equity trading and ahead of a long weekend, although there are some notable individual movers. By mid-morning Friday t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Barclays PLC 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 role in the Lond Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - F&C Capital & Income Investment Trust PLC said its net asset value rose by 1.8% in capital terms and by 3.9% in total return over the first-half, compared with rises in the FTSE All-Share of 3.2% on a capital basis and 4.8% on a total return basis. The share price t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Britain's biggest banks have backed the establishment of an independent body known as the Banking Standards Review Council to improve standards as the industry looks to mend its reputation, with Bank of England Governor Mark Carney set to play a major role in helping to i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund Ltd, which invests in a portfolio of fully collateralised reinsurance-linked contracts and other investments carrying exposures to insured catastrophe event risks, Monday said its net asset value for the three months of the year increa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC Sunday said it is winding down its interest-rate trading operations due to tougher capital requirements under regulators' efforts to make banks safer. The move affects the state-controlled bank's prime broking and over-the-counter cl Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Barclays PLC Friday said Ashok Vaswani, a divisional chief executive, acquired 831 shares at a price of GBP2.5242 each last Wednesday under the share purchase plan. Barclays shares were trading down 1.5% at 241.10 pence Friday. By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed mixed Wednesday, with a late rally in the FTSE 100 edging the index closer towards its all-time high, having spent the vast majority of the day trading within tight ranges. Meanwhile, the pound plummeted as investors digested some UK unemployment an Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>ITV</strong> said Wednesday that first quarter revenue rose thanks to a continued recovery in advertising revenue, and said it expects to get a further boost from its coverage of the football World Cup in June as well as the launch of new TV channels.<br /><br Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br />-------<br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br />-------<br /><strong>Compass Group</strong>, up 3.7%. The food and support services company has jumped to the top of the t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Barclays PLC Tuesday said Chief Risk Officer Robert Le Blanc acquired 569,236 shares at a price of 256.62 pence per share under the company share plan and sold 267,342 shares at the same price for tax purposes, both on Monday. Shares in the bank were trading at 252. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Monday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>British Sky Broadcasting</strong> Group PLC confirmed it is working on the potential acquisition of 21st Century Fox's interests in Sky D Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's major stock indices are firmer across the board Monday, as investors focus more on the possibility of further central bank stimulus, both from China and Europe, than the ongoing developments in Ukraine, where eastern cities have voted for independence from Kiev i Read More