LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br />The<strong> Barclays</strong> board has chosen Crawford Gillies as successor to John Sunderland as chairman of its remuneration committee. Gillies, who has been Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Aggreko is leading the FTSE 100 in early trading Tuesday after the temporary power company said it has seen mixed results in its first quarter, with strong underlying revenue growth in two of its three regions being impacted by adverse currency movements as previously exp Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Hochschild Mining PLC Tuesday said it increased production in its first quarter due to higher grades and recoveries at its Arcata mine in Peru, while it achieved strong cashflow savings but was hit by lower metal prices. The precious metals producer, with operations Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to make a stable open Tuesday, ahead of UK consumer price inflation data that will provide the market focus for the morning. On Monday the UK's leading share index staged an afternoon turnaround, rallying back to a marginally positive close after h 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 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) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JEFFERIES CUTS G4S PRICE TARGET TO 280 (290) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES PRUDENTIAL PRICE TARGET TO 1600 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Hochschild Mining PLC Friday said non-executive Director Nigel Moore bought 13,566 shares at a price of 176 pence per share. Following this transaction, Moore now holds 40,000 shares in the precious metals company. The stock was trading at 174.50 pence Thursda Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES AB FOODS PRICE TARGET TO 1820 (1750) PENCE - 'SELL' <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN CUTS G4S PRICE TARGET TO 175 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Prudential</strong> PLC reported a sharp fall in 2013 pretax profits due to short-term fluctuations on investment returns, but its clo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Hochschild Mining PLC Wednesday said it swung to a pretax loss in 2013 as lower revenues, higher costs, and impairments hit the company, forcing Hochschild to "suspend" its dividend for the year. The precious metals producer posted a pretax loss of USD119.6 million Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Share are lower at the open Wednesday, following Asian and US markets.<br /><br />Just after the open, insurer<strong> Prudential</strong> declared a 15% dividend increase for 2013. CEO Tidjane Thiam promised "more of the same, just better". It also announced an expand Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's major stock indices have rebounded Tuesday amid a global equities recovery, after Russian President Vladimir Putin raised hopes that the crisis in Ukraine won't result in war between the neighbours. Stocks tumbled around the world Monday as investors sold r Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN CUTS RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 115 (130) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM' <br />----------<br />CITIGROUP CUTS RSA INSURANCE P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS BSKYB PRICE TARGET TO 680 (750) PENCE - 'SELL' <br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES WHITBREAD PRICE TARGET TO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's major stock indices all closed lower Tuesday, reversing early gains that saw the FTSE 100 reach within 10 points of its 2013 high and then tracking declines in the US indices when Wall Street opened. <br /><br />However, the pound got another boost from the la Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Hochschild Mining PLC Tuesday said its full-year attributable silver equivalent production has exceeded its target following improved production at its San Jose mine. The precious metals producer said it achieved attributable silver equivalent production of 20.5 mil Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Tuesday, as <strong>Unilever</strong> and<strong> SABMiller</strong> have released results and trading statements in line with expectations. <br /><br />Peel Hunt has issued ratings on the property sector, cutting <strong>Great Portland Est Read More