LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Monday ahead of a week with a full calendar of economic data reports scheduled.<br /><br /><strong>Rolls-Royce</strong> Holdings PLC said it has won a deal worth more than USD50 million to support the US Marines Corps' fleet of KC-130J air-to- Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC's Chief Executive Dalton Philips declined to be considered for his annual bonus of GBP374,000 in the wake of disappointing trading, a spokesman for the supermarket group told Alliance News Thursday. Philips would have been eligible for a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC Thursday said that Group Finance Director Trevor Strain bought 23,503 shares on Wednesday at 211.15 pence each. Strain now holds a total of 39,341 shares in the company. Shares in Morrisons were up 0.6% at 212.60 pence per share Th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks rallied Tuesday, as UK inflation hit a four-year low and companies including B&Q parent Kingfisher and low-cost airline easyJet put out strong reports.<br /><br />The FTSE 100 closed up 1.3% at 6,604.89, more than reversing Monday's losses, while the FTSE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Moody's Investor Service Tuesday changed downgraded Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC ratings to Baa2 from Baa1. Moody's said that the outlook on the ratings is negative and it affirmed the Prime-2 short term ratings of Morrisons. "Today's rating action primarily r Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 93 (112) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES ASHTEAD GROUP PRICE TARGE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK equities closed firmly higher Monday, with the FTSE 100 snapping a six-day losing streak, as investors digested the latest developments from the crisis in Ukraine and held their nerve.<br /><br />"It was a case of sell the rumour, buy the fact for financial markets Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC Monday said Chairman Ian Gibson and a group of non-executive Directors bought shares in the UK-based supermarket chain Friday.<br /><br />Details are as follows. <table class="ac" style="width: 643px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tb Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Persimmon</strong>, up 4.7%. The housebuilder's share price has jumped following c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK and European stocks are making gains Monday, while the price of gold has eased slightly from its six-month high, as global markets appear to take the expected result from a referendum in Crimea in their stride. By mid-day Monday the FTSE 100 is up 0.4% at 6,555.9 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 suffered its worst weekly performance in nine months, while gold has risen to a six-month high, as investors de-risked their portfolios ahead of a weekend that is likely to see more tensions among Russia, Ukraine, and the West.<br /><br />The FTSE 100 clos Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The strong start to the year for UK initial public offerings continued Friday as <strong>Boohoo.com</strong> became the fifth UK retailer to float in 2014, conditional dealings for oil rigs company <strong>Gulf Marine Services</strong> got under way, and <strong>OneSav Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC said Friday that data from its staff payroll system, including bank account details, was stolen and published on the internet. The struggling British supermarket chain said the information was taking off the website immediately, and acco Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>J Sainsbury</strong>, up 3.2%, and <strong>Tesco</strong>, up 0.9%. The food retai Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock indices are lower across Europe once again Friday, with the UK's leading index in the red for the sixth consecutive day, as a lack of top-tier economic data and a quiet corporate calendar leaves investors focused on the ramping up of tensions between Russia, Ukraine Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JEFFERIES CUTS G4S PRICE TARGET TO 280 (290) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES PRUDENTIAL PRICE TARGET TO 1600 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Friday on geopolitical worries ahead of the weekend, despite some good news for UK companies. <br /><br />The US government on Thursday decided to lift the ban on <strong>BP</strong> from federal government contracts imposed after the Deepwater Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's blue-chip index ended the day in the red for the fifth consecutive day Thursday, with about GBP2.4 billion combined wiped off the values of the big three listed supermarkets after a terrible report from Wm Morrision Supermarkets. Morrisons announced a raft Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Wm Morrison Supermarket PLC Thursday announced a raft of measures aimed at turning around the business, after it lost further ground to bigger rivals in 2013 and was hit by growing heavy discounters like Aldi and Lidl. The measures, which include heavy investments i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - It's all about retailers Thursday, with the listed supermarkets all down sharply due to even weaker-than-expected results and a warning about this year from <strong>Wm Morrison Supermarkets</strong>, while Argos and Homebase parent <strong>Home Retail</strong> rose sha Read More