LONDON (Alliance News) - BP Tuesday said its pretax profit fell 73% in the first quarter, due to lower revenues and after last year's result was buoyed by the sale of its stake in TNK-BP, but it raised its quarterly dividend for the second time in six months and said further s Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Experian Up And Intertek Down As CFO Switches

29th Apr 2014 11:09

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Shire, up 3.6%. The pharmaceutical company is the leading riser in the blue-c Read More

NMC Health First Quarter Revenues Up On Occupancy Increases

29th Apr 2014 08:51

LONDON (Alliance News) - NMC Health PLC said Tuesday revenues rose 11% in the first quarter to March 31, driven by higher occupancy levels and good trading conditions. The private healthcare network operator in the United Arab Emirates posted revenue of USD153.8 million, up from USD139.0 mi Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Morgan Stanley Cuts HSBC To Underweight - Traders

25th Apr 2014 09:32

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- S&P CAPITAL IQ RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 4460 (3800) PENCE - 'HOLD' ---------- BERNSTEIN RAISES ASTRAZEN Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: FTSE 100 Threatens To Snap Winning Streak

25th Feb 2014 14:21

LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is Tuesday threatening to snap the seven-day winning streak that took it to its highest close since 1999 Monday, hit by renewed concerns over growth in China. The index, like European peers, is down as investors take profits out of the recent ra Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: St. James's Place Leads The FTSE 250 Winners

25th Feb 2014 12:10

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS CRH, up 4.6%. The Irish building materials group is the index's leading gainer after its operating profit beat its previous Read More

TOP NEWS: UBM Hires New Chief Executive Away From De La Rue

25th Feb 2014 11:39

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday. ---------- COMPANIES ---------- Irish building-materials group CRH PLC said it swung to a loss in 2013, as bad weather hurt trading and it progressed with a re Read More

NMC Health Raises Dividend 7.3% On Strong Full Year Results

25th Feb 2014 08:56

LONDON (Alliance News) - NMC Health PLC Tuesday raised its final dividend and expressed confidence for 2014, as it saw pretax profit rise in the full year ended December 31, 2013. The United Arab Emirates-based private sector healthcare operator posted revenue of USD550.9 million, up from U Read More

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