LONDON (Alliance News) - 21st Century Technology PLC Friday swung into a loss for 2013 and suspended payment of its dividend, as it plans to re-focus its business after it lost a significant contract with Go-Ahead Group PLC. The closed-circuit camera television and monitoring systems compan Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Bus operator owner Rotala PLC reported a flat pretax profit and a dip in revenues for its last financial year, as the company said it is also taking legal action against coach operator National Express. The AIM-listed company, which owns a number of bus, coach and t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- GOLDMAN CUTS WOLSELEY PRICE TARGET TO 3535 (3569) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' ---------- BERENBERG CUTS WEIR GROUP TO 'HOLD' ('BUY') --- Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS EasyJet, up 2.4%. The low-cost airline said it flew more passengers and filled more of the seats in its planes in March. It s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JEFFERIES RAISES PEARSON TO 'BUY' ('HOLD') - TARGET 1184 (1128) PENCE <br />----------<br />DEUTSCHE BANK INITIATES ROYAL MAIL W Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened slightly higher Friday, as the market awaits US jobs figures later in the day.<br /><br /><strong>Matomy Media</strong> Group Ltd became the first initial public offering to be pulled in London in 2014.<br /><br />The CFO role was front and centre 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 />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br /><br /><strong>Tullow Oil</strong>, up 4.9%. UBS has upgraded Tullow to Buy from Neutral. Following a sharp fall Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />NUMIS CUTS SMITH & NEPHEW TO 'HOLD' ('ADD') - TARGET 1000 PENCE <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES EXPERIAN PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Marks and Spencer</strong> Group PLC is planning to open 250 new stores outside the UK over the next three years, as part of its global expansion plans.<br /><br />M&S currently operates a total of 455 stores in 53 territories outside the UK, as well as nin Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />---------- <strong>BP</strong> PLC announced it intends to halt refinery operations at its major Bulwer Island refinery in Brisbane, Australia by mid-20 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened flat to slightly down Wednesday, despite a record close in the US and strong UK house price data.<br /><br />Goldman Sachs has added <strong>Go-Ahead</strong> Group to its Conviction Buy List with a price target of 2,310 pence. The bus and train comp Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Bus and rail company FirstGroup PLC Wednesday said that its operating profit in its last financial year was in line with expectations, excluding a GBP14 million hit on its First Student and Greyhound bus operations from the severe winter weather in the US. In a trad Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS ITV TO 'NEUTRAL' ('BUY') - TARGET 210 (230) PENCE <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN CUTS STANDARD CHARTERED PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Wednesday, as the UK government completed its second sales of shares in <strong>Lloyds Bank</strong>. <br /><br />The UK government said it has raised GBP4.2 billion from the sale, meaning it has now recouped GBP7.41 billion of the roughly GBP Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 665 (715) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />CANACCORD CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 750 (825) P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES BT GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 460 (411) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />UBS CUTS BAE SYSTEMS PRICE TARGET TO 460 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Monday amid a raft of UK corporate announcements. <strong>HSBC Holdings</strong> is the biggest faller in the FTSE 100, down 4.0%, as it reported just after the open lower-than-expected pretax profit in its recent full year. <br /><br />Here is Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK equities are called to open lower Monday, taking cues from their Asian counterparts, amid a lack of UK macro-economic data scheduled for the trading session. Asian stocks have dropped sharply overnight, with the Nikkei in Tokyo closing down 0.2%, and the Hang Sen Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Go-Ahead Group PLC Thursday reported higher profits and revenues for the first half of its financial year, driven by a strong recovery in its bus operations and as it moved record numbers of rail passengers, and the company said it is on track to increase operating profit Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's inflation rate has fallen below the Bank of England's 2% target for the first time in more than four years Tuesday, a decrease that will support governor Mark Carney's recent prediction that the bank's interest rate won't rise for some time to come.<br /><br / Read More