LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC Friday said Marketing Director Peter Duffy exercised options over 116,527 shares, selling 105,898 of the shares at GBP15.99 each, and how holds 13,172 shares in the low cost airline. Shares were down 4.5% at 1,480.00 Friday. By Arvind Bhunjun; arvi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 reached a fourteen-year high Tuesday as a dearth of fresh headlines out of Ukraine allowed investors to contemplate the potential for further monetary easing by central banks in China and Europe.<br /><br />Weak Chinese industrial production and retail sal Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC Tuesday said Chief Executive Carolyn McCall, Chief Financial Officer Chris Kennedy and a group of executives acquired shares under the share incentive plan at a price of GBP17.1961 each Monday.<br /><br />Details are as follows.<br /><br /> <table class= Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> Tuesday again rejected Pfizer's "opportunistic" GBP63 million takeover approach, as UK politicians grilled executives of both companies about the potential deal and what it will mean for the UK's pharmaceutical industry.<br /><br />Cruciall Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br />-------<br />F<strong>TSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Barratt Developments</strong>, up 3.1%, and Persimmon, up 2.1%. The housebuilders have Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>AstraZeneca</strong> PLC announced positive results from its late-stage study of combination treatment saxagliptin and dapagliflozin for Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices are higher Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 having reached its highest level in fourteen years, as markets continue to leave geopolitical concerns on the back-burner and focus instead on the potential for further central bank stimulus from both China Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Low-cost airline easyJet PLC said Tuesday that its pretax loss narrowed in the six months to the end of March as total revenue rose as the mild winter reduced the need for costly de-icing of its planes and reduced disruption. In its half-year report for the six mont Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Mid-cap stocks are leading London equities higher at the open Tuesday, following a strong lead in from the US and Asia, particularly Tokyo.<br /><br /><strong>Taylor Wimpey</strong> is leading the mid-cap FTSE 250, up 5.7%, after saying it expects to deliver a big incr Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed lower Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 ending down for a second consecutive day as investors digested some disappointing macro economic data from Asia and a batch of mixed earnings from individual UK stocks. <br /><br />The FTSE 100 ended every day of last Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>HSBC Holdings</strong> Wednesday reported a 20% drop in first-quarter pretax profit, driven by a weak performance Asia, Latin America and its investment bank, that was only partially offset by lower impairment charges and continued cost cutting.<br /><br />In a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Legal & General</strong> Group, up 3.2%. The group said it expects to write more Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Low-cost airline easyJet PLC Wednesday said it flew more passengers and filled more of its planes in April compared with the previous year thanks to this year's late Easter, but its passenger numbers also grew strongly over the 12 months to the end of April. The air Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Low-cost airline easyJet PLC Wednesday said it flew more passengers and filled more of its planes in April compared with the previous year thanks to this year's late Easter, but its passenger numbers also grew strongly over the 12 months to the end of April. The air Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Pharmaceutical stocks are reigning over the first session following the long Easter bank holiday, with mergers and acquisitions leading investor interest.<br /><br /><strong>GlaxoSmithKline</strong> has signed a three-part inter-conditional transaction with Swiss healt Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC has signed a five-year contract with SafeGuard World International to provide its payroll services. The low-cost airline is replacing its existing legacy systems for HR and payroll with SafeGuard's payroll services. The services are available via SaaS (S Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC Friday said a number of directors and managers, including Chief Executive Carolyn McCall and Finance Director Chris Kennedy Monday made purchases of partnership shares and were then allocated the number of free matching shares under the company's share ince Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN CUTS BT GROUP TO MARKET-PERFORM (OUTPERFORM) - TARGET 385 PENCE<br />----------<br />HSBC RAISES IMI TO OVERWEIGHT Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices have closed higher Friday, with the FTSE 100 recording its third consecutive weekly gain. Global markets, already buoyed this week by the prospect of quantitative easing by the European Central Bank, received a further boost Friday from the latest US j Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices have closed higher Friday, with the FTSE 100 recording its third consecutive weekly gain. Global markets, already buoyed this week by the prospect of quantitative easing by the European Central Bank, received a further boost Friday from the latest US jobs Read More