Sydney (Alliance News) - Immigration and Customs will merge into a new Australian Border Force that will have a leader of equal standing to those in charge of intelligence, the national police and the armed forces, officials said Friday. The force will have a commissioner answerable to the Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Three Brokers Cut Experian Price Target

8th May 2014 09:08

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- UBS CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 630 (665) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' ---------- LBBW CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 650 (690) PENCE Read More

MARKET COMMENT: FTSE 100 Closes Lower For Second Day

7th May 2014 16:20

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. The FTSE 100 ended every day of last Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: HSBC Profit Slides, Sainsbury Holding Out

7th May 2014 13:10

LONDON (Alliance News) - HSBC Holdings 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. In a Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Legal & General Leads On Confidence In Annuities

7th May 2014 12:07

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Legal & General Group, up 3.2%. The group said it expects to write more Read More

TOP NEWS: HSBC Profit Falls 20% In First Quarter With Asia Weak

7th May 2014 10:29

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday. ---------- COMPANIES ---------- HSBC Holdings PLC reported a 20% drop in first-quarter pretax profit driven by a poor performance in its heartland of Asia, p Read More

G4S Begins 2014 In Line With Plans, Transformation Continues

7th May 2014 07:32

LONDON (Alliance News) - G4S PLC saw its shares jump to lead the FTSE 100 Wednesday after the company said that it has performed in line with its plans during the first quarter of 2014, boosted by contract wins with annual revenues of more than GBP440 million. In an interim management state Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: King Bows Out Of Sainsbury's With Profit Rise

7th May 2014 07:26

LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Wednesday amid continued concerns about the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and some disappointing data from China and Europe. In his last annual results presentation as Sainsbury's chief executive, Justin King re Read More

MARKET COMMENT: UK Equities Set To Follow Asian, US Stocks Lower

7th May 2014 06:43

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to follow their Asian and US counterparts lower Wednesday after the FTSE 100 snapped a five-day losing streak to close modestly lower on Tuesday. Major European indices all closed in negative territory on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 closing down 0.4 Read More

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