LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Friday said Executive Director Colin Smith sold 70,000 shares at a price of 1000.59 pence per share and transferred 30,000 shares to his wife Victoia Smith. Following this transaction, Smith now holds 193,305 shares. Rolls-Royce shares Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />TRADERS: GOLDMAN CUTS VODAFONE TO 'NEUTRAL' ('BUY') <br />----------<br />UBS CUTS VODAFONE PRICE TARGET TO 255 (275) PENCE - Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened marginally higher in London Thursday amid a flurry of UK corporate news and European economic statistics.<br /><br />Electronics retailer <strong>Dixons Retail</strong> and mobile phone retailer <strong>Carphone Warehouse</strong> confirmed they will Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Wednesday said Chairman Ian Davis bought 10,000 shares at a price of 1028 pence per share. Following this transaction, Davis now holds 17,522 shares. Shares were up 0.1% at 1,029.20 pence Wednesday. By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunj Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES CAPITA GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 1160 (1060) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES CAPITA GRO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Monday said Colin Smith and Lawrie Haynes, both divisional heads, each acquired 12 shares, while Operations Director Alain Michaelis acquired 13 shares at a price of 1,025 pence per share under the company share purchase plan Wednesday. Shar Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>WPP</strong>, up 0.5%. Shares in the media buying giant have risen after France-based P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>IGas Energy</strong> PLC said it had an agreed deal to buy Dart Energy Ltd for GBP117.1 million in shares, a deal that will create a comp Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />TRADERS: UBS RAISES IMPERIAL TOBACCO TARGET TO 2,750 (2,500) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN RAISES BP PRICE TARGE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Two profit warnings and continued worries about Ukraine and Russia have depressed UK share prices at the open Friday.<br /><br />Both<strong> Petrofac</strong> and <strong>Drax Group </strong>issued profit warnings prior to the open. Petrofac is down 15% at the open, w Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Friday said it had won orders from a variety of international customers for its offshore ship designs and equipment worth more than GBP60 million. In a statement, the aircraft engine and ship propulsion maker said the deals include five Roll Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Thursday said a group of executives acquired shares under the 2012 Performance Related Award plan at a price of 1015.81 pence per share Wednesday, with some of them selling the allocation.<br /><br />Details are as follows. <table class="bh" Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 630 (665) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />LBBW CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 650 (690) PENCE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Wednesday said shares were awarded to executive directors and others in the company at a price of 984.40 pence per share as part of its Deferred Share Bonus Plan. Details are as follows: <br /><br /> <table class="ao" cellspacing="0" cellpad Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>HSBC Holdings</strong> Wednesday reported a 20% drop in first-quarter pretax profit, driven by a weak performance Asia, Latin America and its investment bank, that was only partially offset by lower impairment charges and continued cost cutting.<br /><br />In a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Legal & General</strong> Group, up 3.2%. The group said it expects to write more Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>HSBC Holdings</strong> PLC reported a 20% drop in first-quarter pretax profit driven by a poor performance in its heartland of Asia, p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings Wednesday said it has signed an agreement to sell its energy gas turbine and compressor business to German engineering firm Siemens AG in a deal worth GBP785 million in cash. The business being sold supplies aero-derivative gas turbines, compres Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Wednesday amid continued concerns about the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and some disappointing data from China and Europe.<br /><br />In his last annual results presentation as <strong>Sainsbury's</strong> chief executive, Justin King re Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to follow their Asian and US counterparts lower Wednesday after the FTSE 100 snapped a five-day losing streak to close modestly lower on Tuesday. Major European indices all closed in negative territory on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 closing down 0.4 Read More