LONDON (Alliance News) - Petrofac Ltd Tuesday said it had won a contract to connect a North Sea wind farm to the German-Dutch transmission grid in consortium with Germany's Siemens AG. It didn't provide any financial details. In a statement, the company said it had won the contract fr Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS RAISES BT GROUP TO 'NEUTRAL' ('SELL') - TARGET 360 (350) PENCE <br />----------<br />HSBC CUTS G4S TO 'UNDERWEIGHT' <br /> Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Metals and minerals producer <strong>Centamin</strong> is leading the FTSE 250 index Monday despite reporting a hit to pretax profit in 2013, due to a large exceptional cost, but a significant increase in revenue and production.<br /><br />Centamin said pretax profit f Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Oil and gas services provider Petrofac Ltd Monday said it has won an engineering and procurement contract from Petroleum Development Oman to provide services for its Rabab Harweel Integrated Project in the Harweel Cluster of fields in the south of the Sultanate of Oman.</ Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened mixed Monday despite a strong lead from Asian markets, as tensions in Ukraine continue to concern investors.<br /><br /><strong>Kentz</strong> Corp said its pretax profit increased in 2013 driven by revenue growth at its Technical Support Services di Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Petrofac Limited PLC Tuesday said Chief Financial Officer Tim Weller bought nine partnership shares under the company's share incentive plan at a price of GBP13.76 per share Monday. Shares in the oil and gas company were down 0.5% at 1,359.84 pence Tuesday morning.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES WEIR PRICE TARGET TO 2250 (2040) PENCE - 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES WEIR GROUP PRIC Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - ITV reported higher profits and revenues for 2013 and gave a bullish outlook for 2014, but has seen its shares punished Wednesday after it failed to increase its special dividend. The television company raised its total dividend for 2013 to 3.5 pence, from 2.6 pence Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Online domestic appliances retailer <strong>AO World</strong> PLC set the price for its upcoming initial public offering at 285 pence a share, 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) - Petrofac Ltd Wednesday announced modest net profit and revenue growth for 2013 that was in line with, to slightly better than, market expectations. The oil and gas services company also reiterated guidance towards a flat to slight increase in net profit during 2014 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) - UK stocks extended their recent gains Thursday, reversing early losses during a day driven by economic data.<br /><br />In the end, London's major indexes all ended slightly higher, but only after positive economic data from the US helped push up stocks on Wall Street Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Centrica, up 3%. The major energy supplier's shares have jumped despite it reporting that pretax profit fell 32% to GBP1.65 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday. ---------- COMPANIES ---------- Defence giant BAE Systems has reported a sharp drop in profit in 2013 as sharply higher impairment charges more than offset higher revenues, and the company wa Read More