LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Babcock International</strong> Group PLC said it has agreed to buy helicopter form Avincis Group for GBP920 million from Investindustri Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices are lower Thursday but range-bound as investors keep one eye on developments in Ukraine, while the pound has jumped to a six-day high against the dollar after stronger-than-expected UK retail sales data. Following US President Barack Obama's speech Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK energy industry regulator Ofgem proposed Thursday an independent investigation into the UK's energy market by the Competition and Markets Authority, asking the CMA to investigate "once and for all" whether there are barriers to effective competition with the "Big Six" Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS RAISES KINGFISHER PRICE TARGET TO 440 (420) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />HSBC RAISES KINGFISHER PRICE TARGET TO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed mixed Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 ending the day almost perfectly flat, as investors were starved of any fresh UK macroeconomic data.<br /><br />London's major stock indices all opened the session firmly higher as traders were by buoyed by a positive Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - SSE PLC Wednesday announced a major asset-disposal plan, cost-cutting initiatives, and a freezing of UK household energy bills ahead of its full-year results next week. The major UK energy supplier said that as part of a new value programme, which is focused on simp Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK government has raised a further GBP4.20 billion from its second sale of <strong>Lloyds Banking</strong> Group PLC shares, meaning it has now recouped GBP7.41 billion of the roughly GBP21 million that taxpayers injected into the bank during the financial crisis.< 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>Standard Life</strong>, up 5.2%. The company has agreed to buy Ignis Asset Mana Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br /><strong>----------</strong><br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />The UK government said it has raised GBP4.2 billion in its sale of a second tranche of <strong>Lloyds Banking</strong> Group Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK and European stocks are pushing higher Wednesday, with life insurers leading the UK gains in the absence of any significant data hurdles and amid improved investor sentiment after Tuesday's bumper reading of US investor sentiment. There continues to be background Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - SSE PLC Wednesday announced a major asset-disposal plan, cost-cutting initiatives, and a freezing of UK household energy bills ahead of its full-year results next week. The major UK energy supplier said that as part of its value programme, it is now planning asset a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Wednesday, as the UK government completed its second sales of shares in <strong>Lloyds Bank</strong>. <br /><br />The UK government said it has raised GBP4.2 billion from the sale, meaning it has now recouped GBP7.41 billion of the roughly GBP Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to continue higher Wednesday after gaining on Tuesday on the back of some strong earnings, reasonable economic data, and the absence of any further escalation of problems in Ukraine. US consumer confidence reached a six-year high on Tuesday. Inves Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MACQUARIE STARTS NATIONAL GRID WITH 'UNDERPERFORM' - PRICE TARGET 750 PENCE <br />----------<br />JEFFERIES RAISES PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Major European stocks indices, including the UK's FTSE 100, closed firmly in the red Monday as investors shrugged off strong gains in Asia amid intensifying concerns over the health of the Chinese economy and the crisis in Crimea.<br /><br />Tensions in Ukraine continu Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - SSE PLC Monday said non-executive Director Susan Rice bought 120 shares through its scrip dividend scheme at a price of 1,314 pence per share. Rice's interest following this transaction is 6,215 shares. The stock closed at 1,475.00 pence Monday, down 35.00 pen Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Monday.<br />----------<br />C<strong>OMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Electronics retailer <strong>Dixons Retail</strong> PLC and mobile phone retailer <strong>Carphone Warehouse</strong> Group PLC said that the Tak Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened mixed Monday despite a strong lead from Asian markets, as tensions in Ukraine continue to concern investors.<br /><br /><strong>Kentz</strong> Corp said its pretax profit increased in 2013 driven by revenue growth at its Technical Support Services di Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Two major consumer groups are calling for regulators to further investigate the UK's "broken" energy market, according to the BBC on Monday. Both Which? and the Federation of Small Businesses have said that nine out of 10 consumers think the firms need further probi Read More