LONDON (Alliance News) - The Bank of England and European Central Bank have again kept their monetary policies and interest rates unchanged, just as events to the east continue to threaten the influence and expansion potential of the European Union.<br /><br />As expected, the BoE has kept its Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Schroders</strong> PLC reported a 24% increase in pretax profit after a year in which management and performance fees swelled on the ba Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Thursday ahead of central bank meetings in the UK and Europe.<br /><br />Europe's largest low-cost carriers,<strong> Ryanair</strong> Holdings PLC and <strong>easyJet</strong> PLC, both reported continued growth in passenger numbers in Februar Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Europe's largest low-cost carriers, Ryanair Holdings PLC and easyJet PLC, both reported continued growth in passenger numbers in February, while passenger numbers declined at Irish carrier Aer Lingus Group PLC. Ryanair, Europe's largest low-cost carrier said it flew Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC Friday said Chief Operating Officer Michael Cawley exercised options over 500,00 shares and subsequently sold them at a price of EUR7.16 per share. The stock closed EUR7.19 Friday, down 0.06 pence or 0.9%. By Anthony Tshibangu; anthonytshi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Vodafone</strong> Group PLC confirmed its full-year guidance, expecting an adjusted operating profit of around GBP5.0 billion, as it sa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Irish low-cost airline, Ryanair Holdings PLC said Thursday that traffic grew during January to 4.6 million customers and that it retained its load rate during the month, as it announced revisions to its on-board rules for PEDs Ryanair said customers flown in January Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Vodafone</strong> has delivered results in line with expectations Thursday morning, helping to give UK share a positive start. Vodafone is up 1.4%. <br /><br />Meanwhile, <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> has opened down 2.1% after reporting lower revenue and profit Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Vodafone</strong> has delivered results in line with expectations Thursday morning, helping to give UK share a positive start. Vodafone is up 1.4%. <br /><br />Meanwhile, <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> has opened down 2.1% after reporting lower revenue and profit Read More
Strasbourg, France (Alliance News) - Airline passengers in the EU should be granted further rights, the bloc's parliament demanded Wednesday, despite a warning that its initiatives could backfire. The EU already has rules in place to protect travellers, but there are concerns that airlines Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK banks are still counting the cost of their product mis-selling, with Lloyds Banking Group Monday adding a further GBP1.93 billion to the amount it has set aside to cover claims for previous sales of payment protection insurance and interest rate hedging products. <p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC Monday kept its full-year profit guidance unchanged after it moved to cut costs and ramp up seat offers in response to the downturn that it had reported last autumn, and it raised its passenger number guidance thanks to the recent launch of new bases. Read More
DUBLIN (Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC Monday reported a third-quarter net loss of EUR35.2 million, compared with a profit of EUR18.1 million a year earlier. Its basic loss per share was 2.50 euro cents, compared with a profit of 1.25 euro cents in the prior year. Its pretax loss was Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Europe's largest low cost airline Ryanair Holdings PLC Thursday said it will be opening a third base in Portugal in April this year, with one based aircraft and four new routes, as part of its more than USD90 million investment at Lisbon Airport. The airline operato Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC said Wednesday it had partnered with Google Inc to to allow its fares to be available through Google Flight Search. Google Flight Search allows users to search, check and compare flights online. "Customers can now view Ryanair's lowest far Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Europe's largest low-cost carrier Ryanair Holdings PLC Friday announced a number of senior management appointments, including the hire of Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC's Kenny Jacobs, as the company's new Chief Marketing Officer. The low-cost airline, under the hel Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Low cost airline Ryanair Holdings PLC said Wednesday that it was launching its new Groups & Corporate Travel Service, and appointed Lesley Kane as head of the unit. Kane currently serves as head of sales & marketing Europe. The new service allows customers to Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 3600 (3430) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES ASTRAZENE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 3600 (3430) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES ASTRAZENE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC Tuesday said it will open two new bases in Greece in April at Athens and Thessaloniki airports, part of a USD280 million investment it is making in the popular tourist destination. In a statement, Europe's largest low-cost carrier said it will b Read More