LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened flat to slightly higher Friday, as pharmaceuticals and banks continue  at the forefront. Pfizer confirmed that it has made an increased offer for AstraZeneca PLC of GBP50 per share, in cash and Pfizer shares. Pfize Read More

Stadium Group Lowers Total Dividend As Pretax Profit Hit By Restructuring

11th Mar 2014 13:19

LONDON (Alliance News) - Stadium Group PLC Tuesday lowered its total dividend and said it continues to expect an improved trading performance in 2014, as it posted a decline in pretax profit in 2013. The electronics company posted a pretax profit of GBP430,000, down from GBP1.8 million in t Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Bank Of England Now Focused On Productivity

24th Jan 2014 12:41

LONDON (Alliance News) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney Friday signaled that rising productivity will now be the key factor that decides when the central bank will start to tighten monetary policy, and any tightening will be a slow, gradual process. In a speech at the World Ec Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Cairn Falls As Indian Tax Department Gets In Touch

24th Jan 2014 10:58

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Weir Group, up 0.2%. The engineering company said it had won a USD98 million, or GBP59 million, two-year contract to provide Read More

Stadium Group Trading In Line, Saw "Significantly Improved" 2nd Half

24th Jan 2014 09:22

LONDON (Alliance News) - Electronic technologies company Stadium Group PLC said Friday that it had traded in line with expectations in the year ended December 31, 2013. The company said that, as it had expected, it delivered "significantly improved" profits in the second half as it began to Read More

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