LONDON (Alliance News) - Barclays PLC Friday said Crawford Gillies, newly appointed Chairman of its remuneration committee bought 40,000 shares at a price of 239.76 pence per share Thursday. Following this transaction, Gillies has a total beneficial interest in 50,000 shares in the financia Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - A number of the UK's high street banks may have underpaid compensation due to certain customers over the payment protection insurance mis-selling scandal, the BBC reported on Thursday. According to an expert commissioned by the BBC, the shortfall could be somewhere Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />NOMURA RAISES REED ELSEVIER PRICE TARGET TO 1050 (975) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />CITIGROUP CUTS TULLOW OIL PRICE TA Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened mostly lower, with small-caps slightly outperforming Wednesday ahead of the Queen's Speech and further European economic data.<br /><br />Starting the trading day on a negative note, <strong>Tesco</strong> PLC reported a sharp drop in sales in the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - GCP Student Living PLC Friday said it has reduced its weighted average cost of debt to 3.0% after signing a new GBP40 million facility with Barclays Bank PLC set to mature in May 2019. The firm said at the end of March its total bank borrowings were GBP38.6 million, Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS RAISES SMITH & NEPHEW PRICE TARGET TO 1100 (1000) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />UBS REMOVES RANDGOLD RESOURCES FRO Read More
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