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
LONDON (Alliance News) - IP Group PLC shares jumped to the top of the FTSE 250 Friday after the firm announced that its portfolio company, Xeros Ltd, intends to float on AIM to raise funds to bring its cleaning product to the laundry market. The developer of intellectual property based busi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - IP Group PLC shares jumped to the top of the FTSE 250 Friday after the firm announced that its portfolio company, Xeros Ltd intends to raise funds and apply for admission to trading on the AIM market. The developer of intellectual property based businesses said Xero Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's equity markets have focused on individual stocks Thursday after a plethora of earnings reports and trading updates, with <strong>Rolls-Royce Holdings</strong> and<strong> Tate & Lyle</strong> among the biggest losers after they cut guidance, and <strong>Im Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - IP Group PLC Thursday said it will increase the size of its capital raising by GBP25.0 million because of significant excess demand for its share issue, as it seeks to fund its growth in the US and to develop "novel" therapeutics through its spin-out companies. In a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The market is dissecting the <strong>Lloyds Banking</strong> Group earnings statement early Thursday. The state-controlled bank said it swung to profit in 2013, while confirming its intentions to restart paying a dividend and to sell off more of the UK government's sha Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Mid Wynd International Investment Trust PLC Tuesday said its returns over the half year were significantly better than those of its benchmark, as good stock selection and higher share prices boosted the company's performance. In a statement, Mid Wynd, which is manag Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened lower Tuesday amid continued worries about the US economy.<br /><br /><strong>Ocado</strong> shares are down 4.5% as it reported a wider pretax loss for 2013, though the online grocer said it expects to reach profitability this year.<br /><br />Br Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The global equities sell-off has continued Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve's next decision on whether to knock a further slice off its economic stimulus package, while negative news about <strong>Vodafone</strong> and <strong>BG Group</strong> are also weighing hea Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - IP Group PLC Monday said it has extended its commercialisation agreement with The University of Manchester to include funding for graphene projects. IP Group, which is known for its 20.4% stake in Applied Graphene Materials PLC, the graphene company that floated on Read More