LONDON (Alliance News) - Close Brothers Group PLC Tuesday said Chief Executive Preben Prebensen was given 32,635 shares in the company as a 2012 non deferred share award. Following the award, Prebensen sold 14,429 shares in the company at a price of 1,458.2067 pence per share and he now hol Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>African Barrick Gold</strong> has fallen sharply Tuesday after parent Barrick Gold Corp sold a 10% stake, while <strong>Sports Direct International</strong> is up after the company's board said it will again try and give Mike Ashley a bigger stake as payment fo Read More
(An item published at 1145 GMT mistated the year-earlier period in the Fenner summary and the revenue figures in the Inchcape summary. The correct version follows:) LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tues Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Sports Direct</strong> International, up 2.5%. The sports goods retailer said it Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />London and Surrey estate agent <strong>Foxtons</strong> Group PLC said it will pay a special dividend after a strong full year which saw it list Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Close Brothers Group PLC Tuesday reported increased half-year pretax profit, driven by its banking division's increased lending to commercial and retail borrowers, while its securities and asset management divisions also delivered growth. In a statement, Close Broth Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares are gaining at the open Tuesday on a strong lead in from Asia and ahead of UK industrial production data at 0930.<br /><br /><strong>Foxtons</strong> has reported a strong set of maiden results following its September listing, while declaring a special dividend. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are called to open fractionally higher Tuesday, following on from a moderately positive Asian session, as investors take their positions ahead of UK industrial and manufacturing data. Both IG and CMC Markets call the FTSE 100 to open slightly higher at app Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 overturned early strength to close lower Monday, as investors digested some weaker-than-expected Chinese trade data released over the weekend, amid a lack of fresh major macro-economic data releases. A report from the Chinese General Administration of C 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 />UBS RAISES SHIRE PRICE TARGET TO 3450 (3180) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'<br />----------<br />UBS RAISES ASTRAZE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney Friday signaled that rising productivity will now be the key factor that decides when the central bank will start to tighten monetary policy, and any tightening will be a slow, gradual process.<br /><br />In a speech at the World Ec Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Royal Mail</strong> PLC reported a 2% increase in like-for-like revenues for the first half of the year, driven by further growth in its Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Weir Group, up 0.2%. The engineering company said it had won a USD98 million, or GBP59 million, two-year contract to provide Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices are continuing to slide Friday, with the FTSE 100 headed for a fourth straight day in the red after suffering heavy losses Thursday amid continued concern about the US and Chinese economies. With very little of note in the economic calendar to chang Read More