LONDON (Alliance News) - Housebuilders lead a surprisingly upbeat UK equities market Monday, occupying six of the top ten spaces in the FTSE 350, buoyed by an extension to the UK government's Help to Buy scheme.<br /><br />Chancellor George Osborne confirmed that the government's flagship Help Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Persimmon</strong>, up 4.7%. The housebuilder's share price has jumped following c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Monday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Vodafone</strong> Group PLC confirmed that it will acquire Grupo Corporative Ono S.A for EUR7.2 billion, as part of its strategy to build Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK and European stocks are making gains Monday, while the price of gold has eased slightly from its six-month high, as global markets appear to take the expected result from a referendum in Crimea in their stride. By mid-day Monday the FTSE 100 is up 0.4% at 6,555.9 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Monday despite the Crimea voting at the weekend to join Russia.<br /><br /><strong>Vodafone</strong> confirmed Monday it will acquire Grupo Corporative Ono for EUR7.2 billion, bringing the UK mobile phone giant a fibre network that connects 7. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vodafone Group PLC Monday confirmed that it will acquire Grupo Corporative Ono S.A for EUR7.2 billion, as part of its strategy to build a unified communications provider in Spain. The company said it expects to achieve cost and capex synergies from the acquisition o Read More
NEWBURY (Alliance News) - British telecom giant Vodafone Group PLC has reached a deal to buy Spanish cable operator Grupo Corporativo Ono SA for about 7.2 billion euros or USD10.01 billion, including the assumption of debt, according to media reports on Sunday. The deal will likely be announced b Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The strong start to the year for UK initial public offerings continued Friday as <strong>Boohoo.com</strong> became the fifth UK retailer to float in 2014, conditional dealings for oil rigs company <strong>Gulf Marine Services</strong> got under way, and <strong>OneSav Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vodafone is conducting an accelerated due diligence over Spanish cable operator Ono, but a possible takeover has been complicated after Ono approved plans to list on the Madrid stock exchange next month, Dow Jones reported Thursday citing people close to the situation.</p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Friday on geopolitical worries ahead of the weekend, despite some good news for UK companies. <br /><br />The US government on Thursday decided to lift the ban on <strong>BP</strong> from federal government contracts imposed after the Deepwater Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vodafone PLC Friday said the integration of recent acquisition Kabel Deutschland with its own German operation will start from April 1 after it registered the required takeover documents, the last step in the takeover process. In a short statement, the company said Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vodafone PLC Wednesday said Company Secretary Rosemary Martin acquired an interest in 4,240 shares at the price of 248.2736 pence each. Following this transaction, Martin now has an interest in 459,928 shares. Shares in the mobile phone company were down 0.7% Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vodafone Group PLC Wednesday said General Counsel and Company Secretary Rosemary Martin bought 10,275 shares at a price of 247.45 pence per share. As a result of the above, Martin now has an interest in 455,688 shares. Shares in the mobile phone network were d Read More
NEWBURY (Alliance News) - Swedish telecom firm Ericsson AB Wednesday announced that it has received a 5 year agreement from British telecom giant Vodafone Group PLC as part of Vodafone's Project Spring organic investment programme initial phase. The company said the network transformation c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY CUTS UNITED UTILITIES TO 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' ('OVERWEIGHT') <br />----------<br />UBS STARTS RANDGOLD RESOURCES WIT Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Wednesday ahead of UK GDP figures at 0930 GMT. <strong>ITV</strong> reported strong 2013 results and expressed confidence for 2014, but its shares are down 4.2% at the open on disappointment in the size of its special dividend.<br /><br / Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 665 (715) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />CANACCORD CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 750 (825) P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 has recorded its highest closing price since 1999. Although opening lower, some positive European data and a strong start to equities trading in the US gave London's leading index a boost, sending the FTSE 100 higher for the seventh consecutive day, recording Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br /><br /><strong>Vodafone Group</strong>, up 6%. Vodafone's shares have jumped after the 6-for-11 consolidation of i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's major stock indices are lower Monday, while the AIM All-Share is outperforming its main market peers to record gains. There is no UK economic data out on Monday, but some positive European data has boosted the euro against the dollar. Major equity markets a Read More