UK AGM, EGM Calendar - Week Ahead
7th May 2014 05:12
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Associated British Foods</strong> said Wednesday profit for the first half of the year increased, driven primarily by sales at its low-cost fashion retail chain Primark, which more than offset a substantial hit to its sugar business.<br /><br />The food, ingred Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares are flat to higher Wednesday following a firm close in the US. <br /><br />Several UK blue-chips and mid-caps - including <strong>Reed Elsevier</strong>, <strong>ARM Holdings</strong> and <strong>MoneySupermarket.com</strong> - sought to provide reassurance a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - IP Group PLC Wednesday took another step towards integrating Fusion IP PLC, which was acquired in March, appointing the company's previous chief executive to the position of group chief operating officer. In a statement, IP Group, which works with university partner Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Evraz</strong>, the Russian steel maker part owned by Roman Abramovich, has seen its shares jump Wednesday, despite reporting a wider net loss for 2013 as cost cutting failed to offset a drop in revenues caused by lower steel prices.<br /><br />Evraz reported a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - IP Group PLC said Wednesday that it had signed an intellectual property commercialisation agreement with Princeton University in New Jersey. Under this agreement the company will help develop early stage opportunities based on intellectual property developed at the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JPMORGAN RESUMES STANDARD LIFE WITH 'OVERWEIGHT' <br />----------<br />CANACCORD CUTS ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT TARGET TO 460 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) - IP Group PLC Monday said that the following executive directors acquired vested shares under a company long term incentive plan, and sold a portion of them at an aggregate price of 200 pence per share. <table class="ce" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's stock markets have Tuesday taken back all of the losses they made yesterday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country would only send troops in to Ukraine as a last resort.<br /><br />The less threatening tone from Russia has led to a global equ Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />Stocks around the world are rebounding after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian military units to return to their permanen Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - IP Group PLC Tuesday said pretax profits rose by 78% in 2013, boosted by strong returns from its portfolio. IP Group provides capital to companies that it helps to spin-out from universities, with the aim of commercialising their intellectual property rights and boo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed higher for the sixth consecutive day Friday, closing less than 100 points short of its 2014 opening level as investors shrugged off a host of weaker-than-expected UK and US data releases to ensure the global equity rally continues. The FTSE 100 c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed higher for the sixth consecutive day Friday, closing less than 100 points short of its 2014 opening level as investors shrugged off a host of weaker-than-expected UK and US data releases to ensure the global equity rally continues. The FTSE 100 c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 looks set to post its sixth consecutive daily rise Friday, as it nears its 2014 high amid a continuing rally in stock markets around the world, largely driven by the recovery of the world's largest economy.<br /><br />The focus in London Friday has been on Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Royal Bank of Scotland Group, up 2.4%. The bank is preparing a dramatic retrenchment that would see it become a much smalle Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br /><strong>Royal Dutch Shell</strong> has reached a binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses, excluding Aviation, to Dutch-owned oil trader Vito Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories xxxxday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br /><strong>Royal Dutch Shell</strong> has reached a binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses, excluding Aviation, to Dutch-owned oil trader Vit Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is on track to post its sixth consecutive daily rise Friday, as weaker-than-expected UK retail sales and public finances data failed to dent the recent market positivity. By mid-morning, the FTSE 100 is up 0.4% at 6,836.91, just over 30 points shy of it Read More