LONDON (Alliance News) - AstraZeneca shares jumped Thursday after the pharmaceutical giant maintained its full-year guidance for 2014, even as its pretax profit dropped in the first quarter to end-March, hit by write-downs on the sale of its Alderley Park site and its acquisit Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Centamin Encouraged By New Egyptian Law

24th Apr 2014 11:02

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Anglo American, up 3.2%. The mining company said production has broadly incr Read More

TOP NEWS: AstraZeneca Reports Profit Drop, Remains Silent On Pfizer

24th Apr 2014 10:37

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday. ---------- COMPANIES ---------- AstraZeneca PLC maintained its full-year guidance for 2014, as it saw pretax profit drop in the first quarter to end-March, hi Read More

Croda International Says First Quarter Hit By Currency Translation

24th Apr 2014 08:27

LONDON (Alliance News) - Croda International saw its shares drop in early trading Thursday after the company reported a 3.2% decline in revenue for the first quarter and pretax profit took a hit from adverse currency translation. In an interim management statement for the period since Decem Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Unilever, AstraZeneca Suffer Weak 1st Quarters

24th Apr 2014 07:41

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Thursday following strong results reported by US technology bellwethers Apple and Facebook overnight. A number of major UK companies also reported early Thursday, but with a less positive tone. Unilever </stro Read More

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