LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br />-------<br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br />-------<br /><strong>Capita</strong>, up 1.7%. Numis Securities has upgraded Capita to Buy, from Hold, and increased its pric Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is modestly higher Monday, as investor sentiment remains broadly positive after a strong US jobs report on Friday, followed by some better Chinese data over the weekend and an upward revision to Japan's GDP. By mid-morning Monday the FTSE 100 is up 0.3% Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - EE is poised to pull out of its relationship with Carphone Warehouse Group PLC in a move that threatens the retailer's GBP3.6 billion merger with Dixons Retail PLC, The Telegraph reported at the weekend. EE, a joint venture between Orange SA and Deutsche Telekom AG, Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - EE is poised to pull out of its relationship with Carphone Warehouse Group PLC in a move that threatens the retailer's GBP3.6bn merger with Dixons Retail PLC, The Telegraph reported at the weekend. EE, the UK's biggest mobile operator, is reviewing its consumer reta Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - AO World PLC, the online domestic appliance retailer that listed in London at the end of February, Thursday said it is planning a big expansion into Europe, starting in Germany and then into neighbouring countries like the Netherlands and Belgium. Its growth ambitio Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Fitbug Holdings PLC Thursday said its losses widened in 2013, as it continued to invest in its product offering. The provider of online personal health and well-being services posted pretax losses of GBP2.6 million for 2013 compared with a GBP1.5 million loss in 201 Read More
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) - UK shares have opened starkly mixed Monday, with the FTSE 100 dragged down by <strong>AstraZeneca</strong>, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 is higher.<br /><br />AstraZeneca, down 13% at the open, rejected a final GBP69 billion takeover proposal from Pfizer Inc, potentially 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
(An item published at 0809 GMT gave incorrect details of the potential sale. The correct version follows.) LONDON (Alliance News) - Carphone Warehouse Group PLC Friday said that it has entered exclusive talks to sell its joint venture with Virgin Media Inc, Virgin Mobile France, to Numerica 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) - Carphone Warehouse Group PLC Friday said it has agreed to sell its 46% share in joint venture Virgin Mobile France to Numericable Group SA for EUR325 Million, following the announcement of its merger with fellow FTSE 250-constituent Dixons Retail PLC Thursday. Numer 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) - Electronics retailer Dixons Retail PLC and mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse Group PLC Thursday said they have agreed to merge in a GBP3.6 billion deal that will create the UK's biggest retailer of mobile phones and electrical goods. The companies said the ai 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