LONDON (Alliance News) - Associated British Foods 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. The food, ingred Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: ABF Gains Despite Repeating Sugar Price Warning

23rd Apr 2014 07:38

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares are flat to higher Wednesday following a firm close in the US. Several UK blue-chips and mid-caps - including Reed Elsevier, ARM Holdings and MoneySupermarket.com - sought to provide reassurance a Read More

IP Group Appoints Fusion IP Head As Chief Operating Officer

23rd Apr 2014 06:55

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

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Evraz Jumps Despite Wider Loss

9th Apr 2014 11:34

LONDON (Alliance News) - Evraz, 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. Evraz reported a Read More

IP Group Inks Commercialisation Agreement With Princeton University

9th Apr 2014 09:54

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

UK BROKER RATINGS: Canaccord Raises Weir Group Target To 3,000p

2nd Apr 2014 09:09

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- JPMORGAN RESUMES STANDARD LIFE WITH 'OVERWEIGHT' ---------- CANACCORD CUTS ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT TARGET TO 460 Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: FirstGroup In Line; Go-Ahead Tipped By Goldman

2nd Apr 2014 07:38

LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened flat to slightly down Wednesday, despite a record close in the US and strong UK house price data. Goldman Sachs has added Go-Ahead Group to its Conviction Buy List with a price target of 2,310 pence. The bus and train comp Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: IP Group Executive Directors, Managers Acquire, Sell Shares

31st Mar 2014 17:18

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

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Putin Comments Cause Markets U-Turn

4th Mar 2014 14:25

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. The less threatening tone from Russia has led to a global equ Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Alent, Vesuvius Gain On Maiden Annual Earnings

4th Mar 2014 12:05

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday. ------- Stocks around the world are rebounding after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian military units to return to their permanen Read More

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