LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- TRADERS: NUMIS RAISES MELROSE INDUSTRIES TO 'HOLD' ('REDUCE') ---------- TRADERS: SOCGEN RAISES RBS PRICE TARGET TO Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Direct Line Managers Acquire Shares

2nd May 2014 15:28

LONDON (Alliance News) - Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Friday said a group of managers bought shares and were awarded matching shares under the company share plan Monday. Details are as follows. <table class="bp" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="be" style=" Read More

UPDATE: RBS First Quarter Pretax Profit Doubles On Cost Cutting

2nd May 2014 12:14

LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC Friday said first-quarter pretax profit doubled, helped by lower operating expenses and a significant reduction in impairment losses, as the part-nationalised bank's creation of an internal "bad bank" aids its gradual recovery. RBS s Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: IHG, RBS And AstraZeneca Highlight London Trade

2nd May 2014 11:56

LONDON (Alliance News) - InterContinental Hotels Group saw its share price jump Friday after the company declared a USD750 million special dividend and reported strong results for its first quarter. IHG's dividend comes after the firm completed two asset disposals Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: InterContinental Hotels, RBS Lead FTSE 100

2nd May 2014 11:00

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- InterContinental Hotels Group, up 8%. The company has reported that revenue pe Read More

TOP NEWS: AstraZeneca Rejects Sweetened Takeover Offer

2nd May 2014 10:48

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday. ---------- COMPANIES --------- AstraZeneca PLC rejected Pfizer Inc's second bid for the company, saying that despite Pfizer raising its bid to GBP50 per share i Read More

Trakm8 Shares Rise On Telematics Partnership With Direct Line

2nd May 2014 10:41

LONDON (Alliance News) - Trakm8 Holdings PLC Friday said it has been appointed as Direct Line Group PLC's sole telematics supplier of self-install devices for the insurer's DrivePlus Plug-in device. The partnership confirms the significant hardware order Trakm8 reported on January 13, and i Read More

Direct Line Reiterates 2014 Combined Operating Ratio Target

2nd May 2014 07:48

LONDON (Alliance News) - Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Friday reiterated its combined operating ratio target for 2014 but said first-quarter gross written premium for ongoing operations decreased as a result of competition in UK personal lines, partially offset by growth in commercial lines and Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Pfizer Ups Bid For AstraZeneca, Pitches Cameron

2nd May 2014 07:39

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened flat to slightly higher Friday, as pharmaceuticals and banks continue  at the forefront. Pfizer confirmed that it has made an increased offer for AstraZeneca PLC of GBP50 per share, in cash and Pfizer shares. Pfize Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Pharmaceutical M&A Back In Focus Ahead Of US Payrolls

2nd May 2014 06:43

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks indices are set to start quietly Friday, ahead of the monthly US non-farm payrolls report to come this afternoon. The FTSE 100 is expected to open unchanged at 6,809, says CMC Markets. At the individual stock level, the banks will be in focus after R Read More

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead

2nd May 2014 05:11

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead

1st May 2014 15:36

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