UK Dividends Calendar - Week Ahead
1st Jul 2014 15:01
LONDON (Alliance News) - WPP PLC said Thursday its operating company XM Asia has acquired a majority stake in Vietnamese digital creative agency Sofresh Co Ltd. Sofresh has a range of clients including Diageo PLC, GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Unilever PLC. It had revenues of VND35.7 billion in 2 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Media buying giant WPP PLC Tuesday said brand, media and communications research division Millward Brown has bought Netherlands-based marketing strategy consultants EffectiveBrands Holding BV. It didn't give any financial details of the transaction. EffectiveB Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Media buying giant WPP PLC Thursday said its wholly-owned operating company Grey, a global marketing communications agency, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Circus Peru SA, the largest independent advertising agency in Peru. The company did not provide a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>J Sainsbury</strong> Wednesday reported another drop in like-for-like sales, its second consecutive quarterly decline after nine years of unbroken sales growth. <br /><br />The UK's third-largest supermarket chain by market share posted a 1.1% decline in like-f Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>J Sainsbury</strong> PLC reported another drop in like-for-like sales, its second consecutive quarterly decline, after nine years of u Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>J Sainsbury</strong> PLC reported another drop in like-for-like sales, its second consecutive quarterly decline, after nine years of u Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Sainsbury's</strong> leads FTSE 100 gainers at the open Wednesday despite reporting its second consecutive decline in quarterly sales.<br /><br />However, the overall market has opened lower, depressed by a group of ex-dividend stocks such as <strong>Vodafone</ Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Media buying giant WPP PLC Wednesday said its marketing communications agency JWT has bought a majority stake in South African creative agency The Hardy Boys, a further move to increase revenue from digital media. It didn't give any financial details of the deal.</p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed fractionally lower Tuesday, after yet another low-volume session, with communications services provider<strong> BT Group</strong> the biggest faller in the index after <strong>British Sky Broadcasting Group</strong> fought back in the battle over sp Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Media buying giant WPP PLC Tuesday said its wholly owned research and analytics business Kantar Media acquired a majority stake in London-based Precise Media Group Holdings Ltd. Precise, a provider of media monitoring and evaluation services, posted revenues of GBP2 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - WPP PLC said Thursday that its wholly-owned operating company, Bates CHI&Partners, has agreed to acquire the business and assets of Temple Advertising Private Limited, a boutique advertising agency based in Bangalore, India. Temple was co-founded in 2004 by Manmohan Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed mixed Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 at its lowest closing level in over a week, as investors continued to exercise caution ahead of Thursday's central bank meetings and Friday's monthly US jobs report.<br /><br />The listed UK supermarkets were among th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Smith & Nephew</strong>, up 1.8%. The medical technology company is once again t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are trading mixed Wednesday, as investors remain wary ahead of major risk events still to come this week, in the form of the European Central Bank policy decision on Thursday and the US jobs report on Friday. By mid-morning Wednesday, the FTSE 100 is down Read More