LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Wednesday after two days of losses, following a firm close on Wall Street Tuesday.<br /><br />Among corporate newsmakers at the open,<strong> Rolls-Royce</strong> Holdings PLC said it has won a USD100 million contract from the US Department Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Spirent Communications PLC Wednesday said Chief Executive Officer Eric Hutchinson and Chief Financial Officer Rachel Whiting acquired shares under the company share plan at a price of GBP1.009000 per share.<br /><br />Details are outlined below.<br /><br /> <table c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Cable tying and protection company HellermannTyton Group PLC saw its shares fall Thursday after Doughty Hanson sold its remaining stake in the business. Doughty was joined by some members of the HellermannTyton management team in selling 46.9 million shares, or a 21 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and Monday:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />LIBERUM RAISES AGGREKO PRICE TARGET TO 1735 (1500) PENCE - 'HOLD'<br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES CENTRICA TO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS PEARSON PRICE TARGET TO 1,200 (1,400) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />SOCGEN CUTS PEARSON PRICE TARGET TO 1030 (12 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN CUTS RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 115 (130) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM' <br />----------<br />CITIGROUP CUTS RSA INSURANCE P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - A large number of companies resumed or hiked shareholder payouts on the biggest day of the UK earnings season Thursday, as earnings generally headed higher thanks to the gradual economic recovery in 2013.<br /><br />Housebuilders Barratt Developments and Redrow both re 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>Capita</strong>, up 5%. The British outsourcing company said its 2013 pretax pro Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES WEIR PRICE TARGET TO 2250 (2040) PENCE - 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES WEIR GROUP PRIC Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Spirent Communications PLC Thursday signalled confidence in its new strategy to return to high single-digit organic growth in 2014 as it raised its full-year dividend Thursday, despite seeing pretax profit decline in 2013. The communications technology company poste Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened slightly lower Thursday amid a flurry of corporate results. <br /><br /><strong>RBS</strong>, <strong>RSA Insurance</strong> and <strong>WPP</strong> are competing to be the biggest FTSE 100 losers following earnings announcements and, in the case of Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Spirent Communications PLC said Tuesday that Chief Executive Officer Eric Hutchinson and Chief Financial Officer Rachel Whiting had acquired shares through the company's share purchase plan 2005 at a price of 102.4600 pence per share Monday.<br /><br />The transactions Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's inflation rate has fallen below the Bank of England's 2% target for the first time in more than four years Tuesday, a decrease that will support governor Mark Carney's recent prediction that the bank's interest rate won't rise for some time to come.<br /><br / Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Communications technology company Spirent Communications PLC Tuesday said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business of DAX Technologies Corp, for a cash consideration of USD37.0 million. The group said the acquisition will be funded from exi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened lower Thursday, following the decision of the US Federal Reserve to continue tapering its asset purchases.<br /><br />A large number of UK company reports at the open have seen a positive statement from <strong>BSkyB</strong>, up 2.4% at the open, Read More