LONDON (Alliance News) - Soco International PLC Friday said that Mike Watts, a non-executive director of the company, bought 1,738 shares at a price of 400.8 pence each on March 26. Watts now holds 92,624 shares in the company. Soco International shares were trading 1.9% higher Friday Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Europe's largest home improvement retailer <strong>Kingfisher</strong> saw its shares rise Thursday after saying it is in exclusive negotiations to acquire French home improvement retail chain Mr Bricolage for an overall enterprise vale of around EUR275 million.<br />< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Shares in online takeaway service <strong>Just Eat</strong> PLC started conditional dealings respectably above its offer price, after it became Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened mixed, as markets seem unimpressed by economic stimulus measures announced by China and look ahead to the results of Thursday's European Central Bank meetings.<br /><br />Ahead of the ECB announcement at 1145 GMT, International Monetary Fund chief Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - SOCO International PLC said Thursday it has hired Anya Weaving as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2014. Weaving joins the company from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where she was a Managing Director in Mergers and Acquisitions, responsible for the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Soco International PLC Monday said Non-Executive Chairman Rui de Sousa bought 50,000 shares on Friday at a price of GBP4.00 per share, or GBP200,00 in total. Following this transaction, de Sousa now holds 9.1 million shares, which represents 2.62% stake in the firm. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and Wednesday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS RAISES SHIRE PRICE TARGET TO 3450 (3180) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'<br />----------<br />UBS RAISES ASTRAZE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Standard Chartered</strong> Wednesday reported its first annual decline in pretax profit after a decade of growth, as it was hit by emerging market fears and a writedown in its Korean business.<br /><br />The FTSE 100-listed bank warned that it is facing more c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Admiral</strong> Group, up 7%. The motor insurer reported a 7% increase in 2013 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Admiral</strong> Group, up 7%. The motor insurer reported a 7% increase in 2013 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Standard Chartered</strong> PLC reported its first annual decline in pretax profit after a decade of growth, as it was hit by emerging Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />NOMURA RAISES RANDGOLD RESOURCES TO 'BUY' ('NEUTRAL') - PRICE TARGET 6000 (4600) PENCE <br />----------<br />UBS REMOVES INTE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - SOCO International PLC Wednesday said its pretax profit fell significantly in its full year 2013 on lower revenues and exploration write-off costs, but the company is confident of strong future progress. The major oil-and-gas exploration-and-production company said Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened mostly lower Wednesday with small-caps out-performing large caps, following Tuesday's relief rally from lowered Ukraine tensions.<br /><br /><strong>Standard Chartered</strong> has reported lower 2013 profit and a 15% reduction in its bonus pool, whi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open marginally lower Wednesday, after closing sharply higher on Tuesday, shrugging off large gains made on Wall Street overnight. "Equity markets registered strong rebounds Tuesday as events in Ukraine appeared to move away from actual war towa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's major stock indices have rebounded Tuesday amid a global equities recovery, after Russian President Vladimir Putin raised hopes that the crisis in Ukraine won't result in war between the neighbours. Stocks tumbled around the world Monday as investors sold r Read More