LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Monday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>AstraZeneca</strong> PLC rejected a final GBP69 billion takeover proposal from Pfizer Inc, potentially ending the US company's interest i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>EasyJet</strong>, up 1.5%, and International Consolidated Airlines Group, up 0.7%. The Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Dixons Retail PLC, the electronics retailer which agreed to merge with mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse Group PLC last week, said Monday that it is selling off its ElectroWorld business in central Europe. The group said it is selling the loss-making business Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed mixed Friday, with the FTSE 100 outperforming its smaller index peers, but the FTSE 250 fell sharply for a second consecutive session, and a third in total, after another busy day of reporting by its constituents.<br /><br />The mid-cap index had its w Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) -<strong> Carphone Warehouse</strong> and Virgin Group are in exclusive talks to sell their Virgin Mobile France joint venture to Numericable Group for EUR325 million, just a day after Carphone announced its GBP3.6 billion merger with Dixons Retail.<br /><br />The joint Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Coca-Cola HBC</strong> AG, the second largest bottler of the brands of The Coca-Cola Co, said its full-year expectations for the year ahe Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks trade lower Friday, with a notable divergence continuing between the UK's leading index, the FTSE 100, and its mid-cap peer, the FTSE 250. A lack of new top-tier economic data and a quieter corporate calendar Friday leaves little to shift the sentiment fro Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened mostly flat Friday, though mid- and small-caps are slightly outperforming, after disappointing European economic data on Thursday has been followed by a dearth of fresh leads Friday.<br /><br /><strong>Intertek</strong> leads the FTSE 100 fallers, Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Global stock indices lost ground Thursday amid a raft of disappointing eurozone economic data and concern over some disappointing company updates, with the FTSE 250 mid-cap index suffering its heaviest loss in more than six months, losing more than 350 points, as inves Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares in <strong>Carphone Warehouse</strong> Group and <strong>Dixons Retail</strong> took a hit Thursday after the companies announced a GBP3.6 billion merger that will create the UK's biggest retailer of mobile phones and electrical goods. <br /><br />The new firm, Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - US stocks are called to open modestly lower Thursday, as investors digest a weaker-than expected quarterly earnings report from Wal-Mart, and ahead of a raft of top-tier US macro-economic data. Wal-Mart, which is the world's biggest retailer, is weighing on equity f Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>London Stock Exchange</strong> Group, up 2.4%. The group said its full-year revenue r Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Electronics retailer <strong>Dixons Retail</strong> PLC and mobile phone retailer <strong>Carphone Warehouse</strong> Group PLC said they have Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened marginally higher in London Thursday amid a flurry of UK corporate news and European economic statistics.<br /><br />Electronics retailer <strong>Dixons Retail</strong> and mobile phone retailer <strong>Carphone Warehouse</strong> confirmed they will Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>BP</strong> Tuesday said its pretax profit fell 73% in the first quarter, due to lower revenues and after last year's result was buoyed by the sale of its stake in TNK-BP, but it raised its quarterly dividend for the second time in six months and said further s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Tuesday following positive leads from US and Asian markets and amid a slew of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 company trading updates.<br /><br /><strong>St. James's Place</strong> has reported a surge in funds under management in the first quarter and Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open slightly higher Tuesday, adding to the modest gains posted on Monday, as investors await the latest reading of UK gross domestic product. The FTSE 100 closed modestly higher on Monday after it received a boost from pharmaceutical companies, Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's blue-chip index closed modestly higher Monday, outperforming its smaller peers, after its sixth-largest constituent by market capitalisation, <strong>AstraZeneca</strong>, rose sharply after US drugs giant Pfizer Inc confirmed that it has now twice approached Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Metals and minerals producer <strong>Centamin</strong> is leading the FTSE 250 index Monday despite reporting a hit to pretax profit in 2013, due to a large exceptional cost, but a significant increase in revenue and production.<br /><br />Centamin said pretax profit f Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - LOSERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Barratt Developments</strong>, down 2.1%. Following the quarterly FTSE review on Ma Read More