UK Dividends Calendar - Week Ahead
31st Mar 2014 05:32
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK regulators have now confirmed they will investigate whether the country's major energy companies are preventing effective competition in the market, a decision that prompted British Gas parent Centrica to warn that the review could delay crucial investments in new i 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>Old Mutual</strong>, up 0.5%. The group has agreed to sell Skandia Germany and S Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Tullow Oil PLC Thursday said it failed to find commercial levels of oil at the Emong-1 exploration well and the Etuko-2 well, both on-shore in Kenya. The FTSE 100 oil and gas company said the Emong-1 exploration well in Block 13T was drilled to a final depth of 1,39 Read More
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) - Shares have opened lower Thursday following a weak close in NY on Wednesday.<br /><br /><strong>Babcock International</strong> is leading the FTSE 100 lower after announcing a GBP1.10 billion rights issue to fund the GBP920 million acquisition of helicopter firm Avinci Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 looks set to post its sixth consecutive daily rise Friday, as it nears its 2014 high amid a continuing rally in stock markets around the world, largely driven by the recovery of the world's largest economy.<br /><br />The focus in London Friday has been on Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br /><strong>Royal Dutch Shell</strong> has reached a binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses, excluding Aviation, to Dutch-owned oil trader Vito Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories xxxxday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br /><strong>Royal Dutch Shell</strong> has reached a binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses, excluding Aviation, to Dutch-owned oil trader Vit Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Tullow Oil PLC Friday said the 7222/11-2 well on the Langlitinden prospect in Norway, in which the British company has a 15% stake, will be plugged and abandoned after the operator of the well failed to find commercial levels of oil or gas. Operator and 20% owner of Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Bank Of Scotland Group is one of the top gainers early Friday on a report that it will shrink dramatically, while GlaxoSmithKline is off to a good start after one of its new drugs was recommended for approval in Europe.<br /><br />The London equity markets are hi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CITIGROUP CUTS ROLLS-ROYCE TO 'NEUTRAL' ('BUY') <br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS TATE & LYLE PRICE TARGET TO 775 (900) 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 />GOLDMAN CUTS BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PRICE TARGET TO 3408 (3420) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br /> Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks indices have closed flat Wednesday at the end of a relatively subdued session for equities. Meanwhile the pound made its strongest gains of the year against both the dollar and the euro after the Bank of England increased its economic growth forecasts for UK.</p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney Wednesday said the central bank still thinks interest rates will have to remain where there are for some time for come, as he changed the bank's trigger for discussing rate rises to the takeup of "spare capacity" in the economy rath Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Tullow Oil PLC Wednesday said its pretax profit fell significantly in its recent full year, due to lower disposal gains and higher exploration write-off charges. The major oil and gas company said pretax profit fell 72% to USD313 million for the twelve months ended 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>Babcock International</strong> Group, up 2.4%. The company has confirmed its jo Read More