LONDON (Alliance News) - British Sky Broadcasting confirmed Monday that it is working on the potential acquisition of 21st Century Fox's interests in Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that talks about the pot Read More

UBM Acquires Mexican Construction Tradeshow Expo CIHAC

12th May 2014 08:36

LONDON (Alliance News) - UBM PLC said Monday that it had acquired construction tradeshow Expo CIHAC from Mexican construction industry trade association Centro Impulsor de la Construcción y Habitación A.C. The event marketing and communication services company also has signed an agreement w Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: BSkyB Confirms Deutschland, Italia Merger Talks

12th May 2014 07:29

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened cautiously higher Monday, amid a lack of economic data and with a wary eye on developments in Ukraine. BSkyB confirmed press reports that has approached its major shareholder 21st Century Fox about buying Sky Deutschlan Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Panmure Upgrades British American Tobacco To Buy

30th Apr 2014 09:10

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- GOLDMAN RAISES WILLIAM HILL PRICE TARGET TO 395 (385) PENCE - 'BUY' ---------- DEUTSCHE BANK RAISES WHITBREAD PRIC Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: BP Profit Down, But Payout Up Again

29th Apr 2014 13:15

LONDON (Alliance News) - BP Tuesday said its pretax profit fell 73% in the first quarter, due to lower revenues and after last year's result was buoyed by the sale of its stake in TNK-BP, but it raised its quarterly dividend for the second time in six months and said further s Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Experian Up And Intertek Down As CFO Switches

29th Apr 2014 11:09

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Shire, up 3.6%. The pharmaceutical company is the leading riser in the blue-c Read More

UBM Reiterates 2014 Guidance Despite First Quarter Revenue Decline

29th Apr 2014 08:05

LONDON (Alliance News) - UBM PLC Tuesday reiterated its guidance for 2014 despite seeing revenues decline in the quarter to end-March, hit by currency exchange movements, events running later than in 2013, and restructuring in its marketing services. UBM posted revenue of GBP163.0 million i Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: St James's Place Reports Strong Net Inflows

29th Apr 2014 07:33

LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Tuesday following positive leads from US and Asian markets and amid a slew of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 company trading updates. St. James's Place has reported a surge in funds under management in the first quarter and Read More

MARKET COMMENT: UK Stocks Called Higher Ahead Of UK GDP Data

29th Apr 2014 06:33

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open slightly higher Tuesday, adding to the modest gains posted on Monday, as investors await the latest reading of UK gross domestic product. The FTSE 100 closed modestly higher on Monday after it received a boost from pharmaceutical companies, Read More

MARKET COMMENT: FTSE 100 Closes Higher As AstraZeneca Soars

28th Apr 2014 16:31

LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's blue-chip index closed modestly higher Monday, outperforming its smaller peers, after its sixth-largest constituent by market capitalisation, AstraZeneca, rose sharply after US drugs giant Pfizer Inc confirmed that it has now twice approached Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: SocGen Raises AstraZeneca Price Target By 33%

28th Apr 2014 09:14

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- CREDIT SUISSE CUTS DIAGEO TO 'NEUTRAL' ('OUTPERFORM) - PRICE TARGET 1950 (2200) PENCE ---------- BERENBERG RAISES SHI Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Citigroup Issues Mixed Ratings On Mining Sector

3rd Mar 2014 10:14

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- BERNSTEIN CUTS RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 115 (130) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM' ---------- CITIGROUP CUTS RSA INSURANCE P Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Serco Up, Aggreko Down As CEO Switches Companies

28th Feb 2014 11:57

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Old Mutual, up 5.1%. The life-insurance and investment company said its 2 Read More

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