LONDON (Alliance News) - Smith & Nephew PLC Wednesday said a group of executives, including Chief Executive Officer Oliver Bohuon, exercised options and sold shares at 929 pence each under the global share plan March 7 as part of a partial share vesting.<br /><br />Details are follows.<br Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Smith & Nephew PLC said that Senior Vice President of Global Planning and Development R Gordon Howe had exercised options over a number of shares and subsequently sold all of the shares at a price of 928.5 pence. First, he exercised options over 13,950 shares at 574 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Smith & Nephew PLC Monday said the President of its Advanced Surgical Devices Operations, Michael Frazzette exercised options over 19,609 shares at a price of 538 pence per share and options over 19,664 shares at a price of 599 pence per share on Monday. The medical Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and Tuesday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />S&P CAPITAL IQ CUTS BARCLAYS PRICE TARGET TO 310 (320) PENCE - 'BUY'<br />----------<br />UBS CUTS Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened mostly flat Wednesday, as the market awaits the Bank of England's Quarterly Inflation Report at 1030 GMT. <br /><br /><strong>Telecity</strong> is holding back the FTSE 250. The data-centre provider is down 13% after announcing higher 2013 profit and Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN STARTS VODAFONE WITH 'BUY' - PRICE TARGET 275 PENCE <br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />S&P CAPITAL IQ RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 3800 (3700) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />SO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is up for a second day Thursday as the rebound from the heavy losses in equity markets in the previous five days continues, with positive reports from the likes of <strong>Vodafone</strong> and <strong>Smith & Nephew</strong> helping London's blue-chip Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Vodafone</strong>, up 2.9%. The telecommunications company has confirmed its ful 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) - Smith & Nephew PLC Thursday raised its full-year dividend despite a decline in pretax profit, as the medical products firm saw revenue rise in the full year ended December 31, 2013. Smith & Nephew announced a final dividend of 17.0 US cents, bring its full year divi 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
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are called to open marginally higher Wednesday, shrugging off a lower close on Wall Street overnight, as investors await interest rate decisions from both the UK and the eurozone. Meanwhile, market participants in London face another day of transport disru Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Smith & Nephew PLC is Thursday expected to report a rise in fourth quarter profits, as it begins to benefit from a shift in strategy to expanding its emerging markets following the arrival of Olivier Bohoun as chief executive officer in 2011. According to analyst co Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Smith & Nephew PLC Tuesday said Chief Financial Officer Julie Brown's shareholding in the company stands at 25,000 shares after her conditional share award vested. Brown was granted the award on March 7, 2013, with the vesting of 25,000 shares representing one third Read More