LONDON (Alliance News) - ITV PLC increased its payout to shareholders Wednesday, although not by as much as some analysts had expected, as it reported a rise in pretax profit in 2013 driven by growth in its Studios division and gave a bullish forecast for 2014. The television broadcaster po Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY CUTS UNITED UTILITIES TO 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' ('OVERWEIGHT') <br />----------<br />UBS STARTS RANDGOLD RESOURCES WIT Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Wednesday ahead of UK GDP figures at 0930 GMT. <strong>ITV</strong> reported strong 2013 results and expressed confidence for 2014, but its shares are down 4.2% at the open on disappointment in the size of its special dividend.<br /><br / Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - ITV PLC announced a special dividend and raised its total dividend, as it reported a rise in pretax profit in 2013 and gave a bullish forecast for 2014. The television broadcaster posted a total dividend of 3.5 pence for the year, up from 2.6 pence in the previous y Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to follow their US counterparts marginally lower Wednesday, as investors take their positions ahead of the latest UK GDP estimate later in the day. Wall Street closed slightly lower Tuesday after US consumer confidence fell by more than expected in Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed down for the first time in eight days Tuesday, retreating from Monday's 14-year closing high, as renewed worries about Chinese economic growth weighed on stock markets in Asia and Europe. The Asian session saw the Hang Seng close down 0.3% and th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Defense giants <strong>BAE Systems</strong> and <strong>Rolls-Royce Holdings</strong> are among the biggest gainers on the FTSE 100 Wednesday, after the British and Saudi Arabian governments at long last came to a deal over how much more Saudi Arabia should pay for the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Sports Direct International, up 6.2%. The sports goods retailer said gross profit grew by 14.6% in its fiscal third quarte Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br /><strong>BAE Systems</strong> has said that the governments of the UK and Saudi Arabia have finally reached a deal on higher prices for the Typhoon jets that Sa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - ITV PLC said Wednesday that it had acquired a 51% stake in New York-based television producer DiGa Vision, continuing a recent run of production company acquisitions as the British TV company tries to build a portfolio of international content it can show on its channels Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney Wednesday said the central bank still thinks interest rates will have to remain where there are for some time for come, as he changed the bank's trigger for discussing rate rises to the takeup of "spare capacity" in the economy rath Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - ITV PLC said Wednesday said it will be targeting a younger female audience with a new free-to-air channel called ITVBe that it hopes to launch towards the end of 2014. The new channel will be the exclusive home of ITV's popular series "The Only Way is Essex" and wil Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK telecommunications industry regulator Ofcom said Tuesday it has renewed the licenses for Channel 3 and Channel 5 for a further ten-year period starting January 1 2015. The current licenses were due to expire at the end of 2014. The licenses for Channel 3 are hel Read More
(An item published at 1325 GMT mis-spelt the Fed Chair's surname in the title. The correct version follows.) LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is up for a fifth consecutive day Tuesday amid a continuing global stock rally, with the London blue chip index helped by strong performances Read More