LONDON (Alliance News) - J Sainsbury Wednesday reported another drop in like-for-like sales, its second consecutive quarterly decline after nine years of unbroken sales growth. The UK's third-largest supermarket chain by market share posted a 1.1% decline in like-f Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Supermarkets Up, Airlines Down

11th Jun 2014 10:44

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- J Sainsbury, up 2.5%, Tesco, up 0.6%, and WM Morri Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Sainsbury's Leads FTSE 100 Gainers

11th Jun 2014 07:31

LONDON (Alliance News) - Sainsbury's leads FTSE 100 gainers at the open Wednesday despite reporting its second consecutive decline in quarterly sales. However, the overall market has opened lower, depressed by a group of ex-dividend stocks such as Vodafone</ Read More

Getech Group Shares Regain Some Lost Ground On Big Contract Win

11th Jun 2014 07:25

LONDON (Alliance News) - Getech Group PLC Wednesday said it had won a USD2 million contract with an existing client, one of the several significant contracts it had flagged that it was working on in a trading update Tuesday. The company, which provides data, studies and services to the oil, Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: ICAP Now Facing EU Fine Over Yen Libor

10th Jun 2014 11:15

LONDON (Alliance News) - Brokerage ICAP could now be hit by fines from the European Commission over the manipulation of yen Libor rates, after it said Tuesday it has received a so-called statement of objections from the EU's executive body, which it said it intends to fight vi Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Anglo American, Lonmin Fall As Crisis Talks Fail

10th Jun 2014 10:06

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Imperial Tobacco Group, up 0.5%. The cigarettes and tobacco company said it w Read More

Getch Full-Year Pretax Profit To Be "Significantly" Below Market Expectation

10th Jun 2014 07:16

LONDON (Alliance News) - Getech Group PLC saw its shares slump to the bottom of AIM at the market open Tuesday after the company said it will deliver full-year pretax profit "significantly below the market expectation" after client purchasing slowed in comparison to the previous year. In a Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Weir Group Leads Flurry Of M&A Activity

1st Apr 2014 12:05

LONDON (Alliance News) - Weir Group's takeover approach to Finnish rival Metso is the biggest of a flurry of deals and potential deals announced Tuesday, with GKN acquiring the William's Formula 1 team parent's hybrid engine unit and Capita bo Read More

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