LONDON (Alliance News) - Housebuilder Barratt Developments PLC Tuesday said it has appointed John Allan as non-executive chairman replacing Bob Lawson who will retire in November. Allan, who will join the board as a non-executive director from August, is currently chairman of Dixons Retail Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 has recorded its highest closing price since 1999. Although opening lower, some positive European data and a strong start to equities trading in the US gave London's leading index a boost, sending the FTSE 100 higher for the seventh consecutive day, recording Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>RSA Insurance</strong> is leading the FTSE 100 lower Monday after the struggling insurer confirmed it is considering a number of measures to bolster its balance sheet, while <strong>HSBC Holdings</strong> is also down after its results missed market forecasts.< 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 />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br /><br /><strong>Vodafone Group</strong>, up 6%. Vodafone's shares have jumped after the 6-for-11 consolidation of i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares in electronics retailer Dixons Retail PLC and mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse Group PLC shot higher Monday after they confirmed they are in merger talks. In separate but similar statements, the two companies said the talks are at a very preliminary s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares in electronics retailer Dixons Retail PLC and mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse Group PLC shot higher Monday after Dixons confirmed the companies are in merger talks. Dixons said the talks are at a very preliminary stage, and there is no certainty a de Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices closed higher Tuesday, with both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 closing up for a fifth consecutive day, as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen suggested the central bank will continue to taper its quantitative easing programme in coming months. <p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Dixon's Retail PLC Tuesday said Finance Director Humphrey Singer exercised options over 12,100 shares at a price of 20.23 pence per share. Following this transaction, Singer holds 92,495 shares. Shares in the electronics seller were quoted at 46.94 pence up 3. 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 4.1%, and <strong>Marks and Spencer</str Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices have made strong gains Tuesday morning, led higher by the mining and retail stocks, on the back of rising precious metal prices and strong bumper retail sales data. Meanwhile Barclays leads the blue chip fallers after reporting its full-year results. < Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Online domestic appliances retailer DRL Holdings Ltd said Friday that it will rename itself AO ahead of a stock market flotation in March. The initial public offering could value the company at up to GBP1 billion, a person familiar with the situation told Alliance News.</ Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Online domestic appliances retailer DRL Holdings Ltd said Friday that it will rename itself AO ahead of a stock market flotation in March. The initial public offering could value the company at up to GBP1 billion, a person familiar with the situation told Alliance News.</ Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Online domestic appliances retailer DRL Holdings Ltd said Friday that it will rename itself AO ahead of a stock market flotation in March that it expects to raise about GBP60 million in gross proceeds. AO believes it is well positioned to benefit from further growth Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Burberry Group PLC said Thursday that Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of British Sky Broadcasting PLC, has joined its board as a non-executive director and a member of its audit, remuneration and nomination committees. Darroch, in addition to his current role at BSk Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />LIBERUM CUTS PEARSON PRICE TARGET TO 815 (1050) PENCE <br />----------<br />CREDIT SUISSE RAISES BG GROUP TO 'NEUTRAL' ('UNDERP Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN CUTS TESCO PRICE TARGET TO 285 (320) PENCE - 'SELL' <br />----------<br />JPMORGAN RAISES NATIONAL GRID PRICE TARGET T Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />SOCGEN STARTS MORRISON WITH 'SELL' - TARGET 200 PENCE <br />----------<br />SOCGEN CUTS PRICE TARGET TESCO TO 270 (290) PENCE - Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 snapped a four-day winning streak Thursday as major global indices turned slightly lower, despite a strong performance from the London mining sector and some individual retailers. The FTSE 100 closed down 0.1% at 6,815.42, the FTSE 250 closed down 0.5% Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - A raft of strong trading updates from retailers including Primark, Dixons, Home Retail, and Halfords effectively brought the Christmas retail reporting season to a close Thursday, and confirmed that the period had been positive overall despite weak trading for some of Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Rio Tinto</strong>, up 3.8%. The mining company has reported that it has increas Read More