LONDON (Alliance News) - Legendary Investments PLC Wednesday said it had taken a 5.6% fully diluted equity holding in Virtual Stock Holdings Ltd, after exercising all its equity instruments in the investee company. Software-as-a-service company VSHL raised GBP525,000 in a oversubscribed sha Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: AVEVA Leads FTSE 350 Gainers, Ophir The Fallers

27th May 2014 09:59

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- InterContinental Hotels Group, up 5.8%. The hotel chain has rejected a GBP6 b Read More

Legendary Investments Investee Accepted On UK Government Programme

27th May 2014 08:36

LONDON (Alliance News) - Legendary Investments PLC Tuesday said its investee company, Virtualstock Holdings Ltd, has been accepted on the UK government's G-Cloud 5 Framework programme. According to Legendary, which tends to invest in small companies, the acceptance means Virtualstock can no Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: AstraZeneca Rejects Pfizer's Final Bid

19th May 2014 13:00

LONDON (Alliance News) - AstraZeneca Monday rejected a final GBP69 billion takeover proposal from Pfizer Inc, potentially ending the US company's interest in its British rival for the time being. Pfizer has pledged not to go direct to AstraZeneca's shareholders with Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: AstraZeneca Falls On Pfizer Rejection

19th May 2014 10:24

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- EasyJet, up 1.5%, and International Consolidated Airlines Group, up 0.7%. The Read More

Legendary Investments Raises GBP900,000 In Share Placing

19th May 2014 09:07

LONDON (Alliance News) - Legendary Investments PLC Monday said it has raised GBP900,000 before expenses via a placing of 818.2 million new shares at 0.11 pence each with institutional and private investors, funds it said it will use to increase its stake in Virtual Stock Holdings Ltd. Share Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Sports Direct Plunges As Ashley Sells Small Stake

8th Apr 2014 12:18

LONDON (Alliance News) - Sports Direct International founder and deputy Chairman Mike Ashley has sold a 4% stake in the firm, causing a sharp fall in its share price, just days after the sports goods retailer's shareholders again rejected a proposal to pay him a bonus. <b Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Gold Miners Among The Biggest FTSE Risers

8th Apr 2014 11:22

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Fresnillo, up 1.1%, and Randgold Resources, up 0.8%. The mining companies are benefiting from a sharp rise in the price of g Read More

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