LONDON (Alliance News) - Sports Direct International PLC said Tuesday that MASH Holdings Limited, wholly owned by founder and deputy Chairman, Mike Ashley, had disposed of 24 million ordinary shares, representing a 4% holding in the firm. The firm said MASH, Ashley's investment vehicle, dis Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Sports Direct International PLC said Tuesday that MASH Holdings Limited, wholly owned by founder and deputy Chairman, Mike Ashley, had disposed of 24 million ordinary shares, representing a 4% holding in the firm. The firm said MASH, Ashley's investment vehicle, dis Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened lower Tuesday on a weak lead from the US and renewed concerns about Ukraine.<br /><br /><strong>Barclays</strong> PLC has reached a settlement with Guardian Care Homes ahead of a court case that was being seen as the measure of whether customers w Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Sports Direct International PLC's founder and deputy chairman, Mike Ashley, has engaged Goldman Sachs to sell 24 million of his shares, reducing his holding in the UK sports clothing retailer to 58% from 62%, the Financial Times reported late Monday. The investment Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Sports Direct International PLC, the UK's biggest sporting goods retailer by revenue, has bought an 11% stake in House of Fraser, a person familiar with the situation told Alliance News Monday, injecting itself into the agreed takeover of the British high street retail ch Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Sports Direct International PLC, the UK's biggest sporting goods retailer by revenue, has bought an 11% stake in House of Fraser, a person familiar with the situation told Alliance News Monday, injecting itself into the agreed takeover of the British high street retail ch Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Monday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />British drugmaker<strong> GlaxoSmithKline</strong> PLC is investigating claims of improper conduct related to its business in Iraq, less than a y Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Weak leads from the US and Asia have combined with continued tensions in the Ukraine to depress UK shares at the open Monday.<br /><br />Among UK corporate news at the start of the week, <strong>Kentz</strong> said it has been awarded a USD570 million services contract Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Mike Ashley, the founder and deputy chairman of Sports Direct International PLC has bought an 11% stake in House of Fraser, injecting himself into the agreed takeover of the British high street retail chain by Chinese conglomerate Sanpower Group Co Ltd, The Telegraph wrot Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Sports Direct International PLC Friday said that Claire Jenkins, a non-executive Director of the company sold 500 shares on Thursday, at a price of 914.6 pence per share. Jenkins now holds a total of 19,500 shares. Shares in the sports clothing retailer closed 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) - Stock indices across the UK and Europe are mixed Thursday, showing little reaction to Chinese stimulus measures, while the pound has fallen in the wake of weaker-than-expected UK service sector data, and the euro is flat as a pancake ahead of the European Central Bank ann Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shareholders of the UK's biggest sporting goods retailer by revenue, Sports Direct International PLC, have rejected a GBP72.5 million share bonus package for Mike Ashley, the company's founder, deputy chairman and biggest shareholder. The package was due to be put t 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) - Shareholders of Sports Direct International PLC have rejected a GBP72.5 million bonus package for the company's s founder, deputy Chairman and biggest shareholder, Mike Ashley, The Financial Times wrote Wednesday. Sports Direct, the UK's biggest sports goods retaile Read More