LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br />British supermarket chain<strong> Tesco</strong> reported another drop in annual group trading profit for its last financial year, as it saw falling sales in t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Wednesday said it had reached an agreement with Daimler which puts a fair market value of EUR2.43 billion on the 50% stake in the companies' joint venture that the UK engine maker is buying from the German car maker. In early March, Daimler Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Exova Group</strong>, <strong>Polypipe Group</strong>, and <strong>Cambian Group</strong> Friday priced their initial public offerings and began conditional dealings on the London market, as the pickup in new listings this year continued.<br /><br />However, th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Friday said Executive Director Colin Smith and Operations Director Alain Michaelis acquired 11 shares, while Lawrie Haynes, a divisional president, acquired 12 shares, under the company's share purchase plan Monday. All the shares were bough Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Friday said it has been awarded a GBP19 million contract to deliver deck machinery for four ocean going tugs. The tugs, which will be used to tow large structures like oil rigs and floating production units over long distances, will be built Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Evraz</strong>, the Russian steel maker part owned by Roman Abramovich, has seen its shares jump Wednesday, despite reporting a wider net loss for 2013 as cost cutting failed to offset a drop in revenues caused by lower steel prices.<br /><br />Evraz reported a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Rolls-Royce</strong> Holdings PLC said it has won a USD100 million contract from the US Department of Defense to provide continued sup Read More
(Correcting the name of the Australian company acquired by Ladbrokes last year.) LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Wednesday after two days of losses, following a firm close on Wall Street Tuesday.<br /><br />Among corporate newsmakers at the open,<strong> Rolls-Royce Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Wednesday after two days of losses, following a firm close on Wall Street Tuesday.<br /><br />Among corporate newsmakers at the open,<strong> Rolls-Royce</strong> Holdings PLC said it has won a USD100 million contract from the US Department Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Wednesday said it has won a USD100 million contract from the US Department of Defense to provide continued support for the F405 engines that power the US Navy's T-45 training aircraft. In a statement, the company said the deal is a follow-on Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Sports Direct International</strong> 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.<br /><b Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Tuesday said it had won a GBP17 million contract to deliver deck machinery and engines to an arctic anchor handling tug supply vessel to be built by Vard Group AS for Bourbon Offshore Norway. The deck machinery delivery from Rolls-Royce wil Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC said Monday that a group of non-executive directors, including Chairman Ian Davis, had bought shares in the company at 1,076 pence each. Ian Davis bought 184 shares, taking his holding to 7,330 shares. Iain Conn bought 230 shares, taking his Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Monday said it will invest GBP22.0 million to build a new marine facility in Rio de Janeiro State, a move that will allow it to better support customers in the Brazilian offshore oil and gas industry. In a statement, Rolls-Royce said the new Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Airlines are trading higher Friday after low-cost airlines easyJet and Flybe Group said they flew more passengers and filled more of the seats in their planes in recent weeks. <br /><br /><strong>EasyJet</strong> said it flew 5.1 million passengers in March, up from ne Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Friday said it had won a GBP11 million deal from Spanish shipyard Gondan to provide components and systems for a wave piercing offshore vessel that will be delivered to Simon Møkster Shipping in Norway. In a statement, the company said it w Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Babcock International Group</strong> is leading the FTSE 100 higher Monday after its Cavendish Fluor Partnership joint venture was selected as the preferred bidder for a GBP7 billion nuclear plant decommissioning contract.<br /><br />The joint venture with Fluo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Babcock International Group</strong> is leading the FTSE 100 higher Monday after its Cavendish Fluor Partnership joint venture was selected as the preferred bidder for a GBP7 billion nuclear plant decommissioning contract.<br /><br />The joint venture with Flou Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Monday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Babcock</strong> International Group PLC said its Cavendish Fluor Partnership has been selected as the preferred bidder in the competitio Read More
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