LONDON (Alliance News) - BG Group PLC Tuesday said it will sell its 62.78% stake in the Central Area Transmission System gas pipeline in the UK North Sea to Antin Infrastructure Partners a total of up to GBP562 million, or about USD954 million, and expects to book a net profit of about USD700 mil Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES RSA TO 'OVERWEIGHT' ('EQUAL WEIGHT') - TARGET 538 (102) PENCE <br />----------<br />SOCGEN CUTS ROLLS-ROYCE TO ' Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices closed significantly lower Friday, while the price of oil reached a nine-month high, as investors reacted to the increasing crisis in Iraq, as well as a warning of a potential early UK interest rate rise from the Governor of the Bank of England.<br />< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices closed significantly lower again Friday, while the price of oil reached a nine-month high, as investors reacted to the increasing crisis in Iraq, as well as a warning of a potential early UK interest rate rise from the Governor of the Bank of England.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are lower across the board Friday, while the price of Brent oil has risen to a nine-month high, as investors show concern over the deteriorating situation in Iraq, where radical militants have taken control of part of the country and are threatening to attack th 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 />JPMORGAN CUTS STANDARD CHARTERED PRICE TARGET TO 1450 (1500) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'<br />----------<br />JPMOR Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed fractionally higher Thursday, having spent the day trading within a tight range, with oil and gas exploration and production company <strong>BG Group</strong> leading the gains as the price of oil climbed amid escalating violence in Iraq.<br /><br / Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and Wednesday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />NOMURA CUTS BG GROUP TO 'NEUTRAL' ('BUY') - PRICE TARGET 1350 PENCE<br />----------<br />TRADERS: INVE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened flat Thursday, following negative trading in the US and Asia overnight. <br /><br /><strong>AstraZeneca</strong> is the third biggest gainer on the FTSE 100. The drugmaker said it has signed a global licence agreement with AIM-listed biotechnology Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and Monday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />SOCGEN RAISES WEIR GROUP TO 'HOLD' ('SELL') - TARGET 2600 (2300) PENCE <br />----------<br />TRADERS: EXAN Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened mixed Tuesday, with AIM marginally outperforming larger stocks.<br /><br />Goldman Sachs joined other brokers in issuing positive notes about AIM giant <strong>ASOS</strong> following its recent share price decline. Goldman added ASOS to its Convi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Tesco</strong> Wednesday reported a sharp drop in sales in the first quarter of its financial year, as Britain's biggest supermarket chain said it was hit hard by deep price cuts across the business and by the acceleration of its store refit programme, while wa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ophir Energy PLC Wednesday reported successful results from its Taachui-1 and subsequent Taachui-1 ST1 well in Block 1, Tanzania, resulting in a new gas discovery with a net pay of 155 metres. The upstream oil and gas exploration company said that the Taachui-1 well Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Tuesday, catching up with gains made during the bank holiday Monday in Asia and Europe.<br /><br />The mid-cap FTSE 250 is outperforming once again, led by<strong> AVEVA Group</strong>, which raised its total dividend and expressed confiden Read More