(An item published at 1234 GMT misstated the ECB interest rate. The correct version follows.) LONDON (Alliance News) - The Bank of England and European Central Bank have again kept their monetary policies and interest rates unchanged, just as events to the east continue to threaten the i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The Bank of England and European Central Bank have again kept their monetary policies and interest rates unchanged, just as events to the east continue to threaten the influence and expansion potential of the European Union.<br /><br />As expected, the BoE has kept its Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Aviva, up 9.3%. The life insurer's results were ahead the markets expectations on each of the key financial metrics except Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares in Imagination Technologies Group PLC dropped to near the bottom of the FTSE 250 Thursday, after it lowered its guidance for its royalty units and licensing revenue for the full year ending April 30. The stock was down 7.4% at 174.56 pence Thursday, the secon Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Thursday ahead of central bank meetings in the UK and Europe.<br /><br />Europe's largest low-cost carriers,<strong> Ryanair</strong> Holdings PLC and <strong>easyJet</strong> PLC, both reported continued growth in passenger numbers in Februar Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Old Mutual</strong>, up 5.1%. The life-insurance and investment company said its 2 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Imagination Technologies Group PLC Friday said it has signed a collaboration deal with Japanese home entertainment products company Onkyo Corporation under which the two companies will jointly develop wireless audio music streaming systems and High Quality Audio technolog Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Tate & Lyle, up 2.2%. The speciality food and bulk ingredients manufacturer has jumped after JPMorgan Cazenove upgraded its r Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Global stocks indices rallied Thursday, with only a handful of FTSE 100 companies closing lower, as the UK and European Central Banks kept their monetary policies unchanged and US economic data continued to improve ahead of Fridays key jobs report.<br /><br />The FTSE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is up for a second day Thursday as the rebound from the heavy losses in equity markets in the previous five days continues, with positive reports from the likes of <strong>Vodafone</strong> and <strong>Smith & Nephew</strong> helping London's blue-chip 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 /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Vodafone</strong>, up 2.9%. The telecommunications company has confirmed its ful Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Vodafone</strong> Group PLC confirmed its full-year guidance, expecting an adjusted operating profit of around GBP5.0 billion, as it sa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock markets have started strongly Thursday, with the FTSE 100 recording its best gains for many sessions, led higher by house builders after Halifax said UK house prices are rising faster than expected. Meanwhile the pound and the euro remain subdued ahead of the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Imagination Technologies Group PLC rose to the top of the FTSE 250 Thursday morning after it announced that it had extended its multi-year, multi-use license agreement with the US's Apple Corp. Under the agreement Apple can use Imagination's range of current and fut Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Vodafone</strong> has delivered results in line with expectations Thursday morning, helping to give UK share a positive start. Vodafone is up 1.4%. <br /><br />Meanwhile, <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> has opened down 2.1% after reporting lower revenue and profit Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Vodafone</strong> has delivered results in line with expectations Thursday morning, helping to give UK share a positive start. Vodafone is up 1.4%. <br /><br />Meanwhile, <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> has opened down 2.1% after reporting lower revenue and profit Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed lower for a fifth consecutive day Tuesday, even though the index was higher at one point, as concerns about the impact of the Federal Reserve's tapering of its economic stimulus programme continued to weigh on stock markets across the world.<br /><b Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's main stock indices are continuing higher Tuesday and US markets look likely to follow suit, with the exception of the Nasdaq Composite which looks set to open lower in the aftermath of a weak outlook by US technology giant Apple. "All major European benchma Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are gaining Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 looking to snap a five-day slump, buoyed in part by further data that points to a strong UK economic recovery. By mid-morning Tuesday the FTSE 100 is up 0.4% at 6,575.64, the FTSE is up 1.1% at 15,705.44, and the AIM Read More