LONDON (Alliance News) - Stocks are lower across Europe Thursday, while the dollar is stronger, as investors grow increasingly concerned about the escalating situation in the Ukraine, as armed men seize government and parliament buildings in the Crimea region, raising the Russian flag. "US Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES WEIR PRICE TARGET TO 2250 (2040) PENCE - 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES WEIR GROUP PRIC Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened slightly lower Thursday amid a flurry of corporate results. <br /><br /><strong>RBS</strong>, <strong>RSA Insurance</strong> and <strong>WPP</strong> are competing to be the biggest FTSE 100 losers following earnings announcements and, in the case of Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - WPP PLC Thursday reported a near 20% rise in pretax profit to GBP1.3 billion and a 6% boost in revenue after making good progress despite currency headwinds and tough market conditions Revenue for the full-year rose 6.2% to over GBP11.01 billion, supported by like-f Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Advertising and PR giant WPP PLC Wednesday said its digital investment arm has bought up a minority stake in US content marketing software company, Percolate Industries Inc. Ahead of its full-year results Thursday, WPP said the new stake in Percolate will enable mul Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is Tuesday threatening to snap the seven-day winning streak that took it to its highest close since 1999 Monday, hit by renewed concerns over growth in China.<br /><br />The index, like European peers, is down as investors take profits out of the recent ra Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Irish building-materials group<strong> CRH</strong> PLC said it swung to a loss in 2013, as bad weather hurt trading and it progressed with a re Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Advertising and PR giant WPP PLC said Tuesday, ahead of its full-year results on Thursday, that its wholly owned operating company JWT is acquiring creative digital marketing company Lemon Sky in Poland. WPP did not disclose any financial details about the acquisiti Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />S&P CAPITAL IQ RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 3800 (3700) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />SO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN RAISES SAINSBURY TO 'OUTPERFORM' ('MARKET-PERFORM.') - TARGET 430 PENCE <br />----------<br />UBS CUTS SSE SCOTTISH & Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - WPP PLC said Monday that it will acquire Netherlands-based media trading firm Bannerconnect via its wholly-owned operating company Xaxis. The company said that Bannerconnect's technology platform Bright is complementary to Xaxis' global capabilities. The company was Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Global equity markets have turned lower once again Thursday after the Federal Reserve cut its massive monthly bond-buying by a further USD10 billion late Wednesday, taking it down to USD65 billion, from USD85 billion in November.<br /><br />Equity markets had risen in Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Media buying giant WPP PLC Thursday said its Tenthavenue unit has bought a majority stake in a South African mobile activation and rewards company Jupicorp Proprietary Ltd. It didn't give any financial details. Jupicorp, which trades as The Mobile Airtime and Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PRICE TARGET TO 2200 (1800) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT' <br />----------<br />NUMIS RAISES LONDON Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />NOMURA CUTS DIAGEO PRICE TARGET TO 2200 (2250) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES ANGLO AMERICAN TO 'BUY' ('NEUTRA Read More