LONDON (Alliance News) - BP PLC Wednesday announced that it intends to halt refinery operations at its major Bulwer Island refinery in Brisbane, Australia by mid-2015, as the Australian operations of major commodities players continue to struggle. The oil and gas major said the growth of ve Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - BP PLC said Friday that a group of executives, and non-executive independent Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, acquired shares in the company at USD8.110 per share through its scrip dividend programme. Chief Operating Officer Of Product Ben Looney bought 192 shares, Ex Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - BP PLC Friday said Lamar McKay, a divisional chief executive, sold 43,000 American Depositary Shares Thursday. Details of the sale are as follows: 29,611 ADSs at USD46.520 per ADS; 5,876 ADSs at USD46.530 per ADS; 4,340 ADSs at USD46.540 per ADS, and 3,173 at USD46. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The strong start to the year for UK initial public offerings continued Friday as <strong>Boohoo.com</strong> became the fifth UK retailer to float in 2014, conditional dealings for oil rigs company <strong>Gulf Marine Services</strong> got under way, and <strong>OneSav Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Shares in online fashion retailer <strong>Boohoo.com</strong> PLC started unconditional dealings at a large premium to its offer price, after it Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>J Sainsbury</strong>, up 3.2%, and <strong>Tesco</strong>, up 0.9%. The food retai Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Friday on geopolitical worries ahead of the weekend, despite some good news for UK companies. <br /><br />The US government on Thursday decided to lift the ban on <strong>BP</strong> from federal government contracts imposed after the Deepwater Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The US government on Thursday decided to lift the ban on British oil giant BP PLC from federal government contracts, four years after the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in April 2010. The decision will enable BP to bid for new contracts that could generate million of do Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - BP PLC Wednesday said non-executive director Ian Davis bought 10,000 shares at GBP4.88121 each Tuesday. BP shares closed at 482.60 pence down 0.3% Wednesday. By Arvind Bhunjun; [email protected]; @ArvindBhunjun Copyright © 2014 Alliance News Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - BP PLC Monday said that the following executive directors and directors within the company, all acquired shares at a price of GBO4.8005 per share, through participation in the company's ShareMatch UK Plan. Executive Director Iain Conn and Chief Financial Officer Bri Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Online fashion retailer <strong>Boohoo.com</strong>, the latest UK retailer to firm up its initial public offering, has said it plans to raise GBP300 million in the AIM listing, giving it a higher-then-expected initial market capitalisation of GBP560 million.<br /><br Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - BP PLC Chief Executive Bob Dudley in 2013 was paid more than triple the amount he was paid in 2012, despite continuing legal threats over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The major oil and gas company said in its remuneration report that Dudley was paid USD8.7 milli Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Standard Chartered</strong> Wednesday reported its first annual decline in pretax profit after a decade of growth, as it was hit by emerging market fears and a writedown in its Korean business.<br /><br />The FTSE 100-listed bank warned that it is facing more c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened mostly lower Wednesday with small-caps out-performing large caps, following Tuesday's relief rally from lowered Ukraine tensions.<br /><br /><strong>Standard Chartered</strong> has reported lower 2013 profit and a 15% reduction in its bonus pool, whi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Oil giant BP PLC Tuesday said it plans to establish a separate business to manage its onshore oil and gas assets in the US Lower 48. The new business will operate separately from the rest of BP and will be designed to adapt to the changing and competitive energy lan Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>BP</strong> PLC said it disagreed with the decision by a US court of appeals, which denied the company's request for a permanent injunct Read More