LONDON (Alliance News) - British Land PLC Friday said it has ended up with a 57.2% stake in specialist retail park property group Hercules Unit Trust after a scheduled pre-emption process, a deal that will boost its earnings. The company said Wednesday it wanted to raise its stake to 54.2%, Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is on the verge of snapping a five day losing streak Wednesday, led higher by the likes of<strong> RSA Insurance Group</strong>, which unveiled its new chief executive, and<strong> GlaxoSmithKline</strong>, which has just reported strong results. <br /><br Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Hargreaves Lansdown</strong> PLC reported record pretax profit and revenue for the half year, as it continues to add new clients amid Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have continued their slide at the open Wednesday, despite a positive close overnight on Wall Street.<br /><br />Brokers have been taking a look at UK insurers after <strong>RSA Insurance</strong> sprung a positive surprise late Tuesday by appointing turnaround a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - British Land PLC Wednesday said it plans to increase its shareholding in specialist retail park property group Hercules Unit Trust to 54.2% from 49.2% in a deal which will cost it GBP41 million. It said this holding could rise even higher. Hercules' portfolio compri Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JEFFERIES CUTS WEIR GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 2335 (2500) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />SOCGEN INITIATES ITV WITH 'HOLD' - TA Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK Chancellor George Osborne again pledged to stick with the government's policy track Tuesday, as new figures showed the economy expanded at the fastest rate since the financial crisis last year but has still not fully recovered from the recession.<br /><br />Latest g Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br /><strong>----------</strong><br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>F&C Asset Management</strong> PLC said it has reached an agreed GBP708 million deal to be acquired by Bank of Montr Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - British Land Company PLC Tuesday said it had a good third quarter as its like-for-like occupancy rose 30 basis points to 97.1% following strong interest in its portfolio. In an interim management statement for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, the property develo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Tuesday ahead of UK GDP figures at 0930 GMT.<br /><br />A day after confirming an approach by Bank of Montreal, <strong>F&C Asset Management</strong> said Tuesday it has agreed to be taken over by the Canadian bank in a GBP708 million deal Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are expected to open slightly higher Tuesday, following a more positive lead from Asian markets and ahead of the latest UK GDP numbers. Following a three-day slump that has seen 4.0% wiped off the value of the FTSE 100, spreadbetters are indicating the blu Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed heavily down again Monday, amid concern that an expected further cut to the US Federal Reserve's asset-purchase program this week will accelerate the slowdown of emerging markets growth. <br /><br />London's blue chip index suffered the most, dragged d Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PRICE TARGET TO 2200 (1800) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT' <br />----------<br />NUMIS RAISES LONDON Read More
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