(Alliance News) - Stocks in Europe started the day mixed on Friday, with the FTSE 100 set for a weekly decline, in largely lifeless trade to kick off the final day of the week as eyes turn to PMI readings in Europe and beyond. Read More
Associated British Foods PLC - London-based retailer and food maker - Starts on Friday the GBP250 million second tranche of a GBP500 million share buyback programme launched in November. The second tranche will be run by Barclays Capital Securities Ltd, while the first was conducted by UBS AG. It will be completed by August 21, AB Foods says. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 edged lower early Tuesday, as investors continue to track talks on Ukraine, and after UK data showed pay growth picked up as last year wound down. Read More
(Alliance News) - European blue-chips were higher early on Monday afternoon, with defence stocks shining as geopolitical tensions simmer and as the expectation of military spend increases builds. Read More
Barclays PLC - London-based bank - Starts share buyback programme for up to GBP1.00 billion shares, as announced on Thursday. The company says the purpose of the buyback is to reduce share capital, therefore it will cancel purchased shares. It says it has entered an agreement with JPMorgan Securities PLC to conduct the buyback on its behalf. Read More
(Alliance News) - Blue chips closed lower on Thursday, on a mixed day for stocks in London, underperforming European peers which prospered on hopes a peace deal could be struck in Ukraine. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 opened lower on Thursday, with poorly-received earnings, ex-dividend stocks and its index composition meaning it underperformed continental peers which surged on Ukraine peace hope. Read More
(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC on Thursday set out plans for growth, and a further share buyback, as it delivered better-than-expected annual results led by its Investment Banking division. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open slightly lower on Thursday, while the pound climbed after better-than-expected UK data. Read More
(Alliance News) - A group of MPs has asked the bosses of nine banks to reveal the scale of recent IT failures and compensation payouts, after an outage led to days of disruption for Barclays PLC customers earlier this month. Read More
(Alliance News) - An issue which left Lloyds Banking Group PLC and Halifax customers unable to receive payments has been resolved and services are "back to normal", Lloyds Banking Group has said. Read More
