LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br />-------<br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br />-------<br /><strong>Anglo American</strong>, up 1.9%, <strong>Rio Tinto</strong>, up 1.7%, <strong>Glencore</strong>, up 1.4 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Monday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Lloyds Banking</strong> Group PLC has given TSB GBP450 million as part of its stock market floatation, the Daily Telegraph reported on Sa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened slightly higher Monday on a good manufacturing PMI reading from China at the weekend and ahead of Thursday's European Central Bank meeting.<br /><br />Goldman Sachs likes the shares of UK estate agents, raising <strong>Countrywide</strong> to Buy Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shire PLC has secured a USD5 billion credit facility from banks including Citigroup to finance its planned takeover offer for the US's NPS Pharmaceuticals, The Times said on Monday, citing insiders. The FTSE 100 listed pharmaceutical company is believed to have arra Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shire PLC has secured a USD5 billion credit facility from banks including Citigroup to finance its planned takeover offer for the US's NPS Pharmaceuticals, The Times said on Monday, citing insiders. The FTSE 100 listed pharmaceutical company is believed to have arra Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - FTSE 100 listed pharmaceutical company Shire PLC is said to be considering a bid for New Jersey-based NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc in order to secure its own independence according to "usually well informed sources," Financial Times Alphaville reported Friday. The compan Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>EasyJet</strong>, up 1.5%, and International Consolidated Airlines Group, up 0.7%. The Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS PRICE TARGET TO 2410 (2180) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES RSA INSU Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shire PLC Friday said that it plans to submit a New Drug Application for lifitegrast as a treatment for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease in adults. The pharmaceutical company said that the new submission should take place in the first quarter of 2015, after 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) -<strong> British Sky Broadcasting</strong> confirmed Monday that it is working on the potential acquisition of 21st Century Fox's interests in Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia.<br /><br />Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that talks about the pot Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Pharmaceutical giant Shire PLC said Monday it had agreed to acquire Lumena Pharmaceuticals Inc for an upfront cash payment of USD260 million, with a payment of net cash at the closing of the acquisition and milestone payments related to ongoing trials. Shire said th 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) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 3775 (3570) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened flat to slightly higher Friday, as pharmaceuticals and banks continue at the forefront.<br /><br />Pfizer confirmed that it has made an increased offer for <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> PLC of GBP50 per share, in cash and Pfizer shares. Pfize Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shire PLC Thursday raised its guidance for earnings per share in 2014, reflecting the contribution from its recently-completed acquisition of ViroPharma Inc. and cost cutting, even as the cost of the acquisition and investments in its drugs pipeline weighed on its first q Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Lloyds Banking Group</strong> kicked off the first-quarter bank earnings season Thursday, reporting that its pretax profit dropped by a third to GBP1.37 billion after last year was buoyed by gains on the sale of government securities.<br /><br />However, its un Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shire PLC Thursday raised its guidance for earnings per share in 2014, reflecting the contribution from its recently completed acquisition of ViroPharma Inc. Shire completed the acquisition for USD4.2 billion in January. The company now expects to see non-GAAP Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open flat to slightly higher Thursday, following a modestly higher close on Wall Street on Wednesday, as investors continue to digest a much weaker-than-expected US gross domestic product report that was followed by the decision by the Federal Reserve Read More