LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>WPP</strong>, up 0.5%. Shares in the media buying giant have risen after France-based P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - WPP PLC Wednesday said that Kantar, its wholly-owned data investment management arm, has sold Center Partners in the US to Qualfon Inc. The media buying giant said Center Partners is a customer sales and support company which made revenue of almost USD110 million in Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> Tuesday set out its defence against a GBP63 billion takeover offer from US rival Pfizer Inc, urging its investors to be patient because it is set to grow quickly after it invests in its pipeline and transforms the company over the next few Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Media buying giant WPP PLC Tuesday said it has agreed to buy Quirk, South Africa's largest independently-owned digital marketing agency. It didn't provide any financial details for the acquisition. Quirk has five agencies in Africa and in London, and employs 2 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>InterContinental Hotels</strong> Group saw its share price jump Friday after the company declared a USD750 million special dividend and reported strong results for its first quarter. <br /><br />IHG's dividend comes after the firm completed two asset disposals Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - WPP PLC said Friday its media investment management company, GroupM, has acquired a majority stake in Turkish mobile media agency and mobile technology company, aMVG (Aerodeon). aMVG (Aerodeon) specialises in developing mobile media strategies and technologies. < Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - WPP PLC said Thursday it has acquired Twist Image Multimedia Inc, a Canadian creative digital marketing agency. The media buying giant said the deal strengthens its position in Canada and continues its strategy of developing services in new markets and sectors and s Read More
(An item published at 1224 BST misstated the direction of the markets. The correct version follows) LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Pearson</strong> leads the FTSE 100 as we head into afternoon trading Friday after the company maintained its full-year adjusted earnings per share guidanc Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Pearson</strong> leads the FTSE 100 as we head into afternoon trading Friday after the company maintained its full-year adjusted earnings per share guidance for 2014, as it said it had seen a "solid start to the year" in a statement ahead of its annual general Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Media buying giant WPP PLC Friday reiterated its forecasts for 2014, as it saw revenues rise in the first quarter to end-March, although the strengthening of sterling continued to hamper growth. WPP expects like-for-like revenue to grow strongly, and "gross margin o Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened lower Friday on heightened concerns about the standoff in Ukraine.<br /><br /><strong>William Hill</strong> said it will close 109 gaming shops in response to the UK government's hike to machine gaming duty, putting 420 employees at risk. William Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open slightly lower Friday, following a volatile session on Thursday, as concerns about the escalating crisis in Ukraine threaten to overshadow yet another batch of broadly positive US corporate earnings reports. Stock markets in Europe and the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed Thursday at its highest level for more than six weeks, boosted by some strong quarterly earnings results from US companies. <br /><br />However, European markets moved sharply off their highs late in the session as tensions in Ukraine ratcheted up.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - WPP PLC said Tuesday that it had acquired Italy-based sales automation software company XTEL Group via its retail data, analytics and consulting business Kantar Retail. XTEL posted revenues of EUR8.3 million for 2013, with gross assets of EUR800,000 as at December 3 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BARCLAYS CUTS SAINSBURY PRICE TARGET TO 365 (410) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT' <br />----------<br />JEFFERIES CUTS TESCO PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Marks and Spencer</strong> Group PLC is planning to open 250 new stores outside the UK over the next three years, as part of its global expansion plans.<br /><br />M&S currently operates a total of 455 stores in 53 territories outside the UK, as well as nin Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - WPP PLC Wednesday said its Kantar Media research and analytics business has acquired Spanish social media data analytics agency The Data Republic S.L. No financial details were provided. WPP said the deal will give it access to The Data Republic's proprietary Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Weir Group</strong>'s takeover approach to Finnish rival Metso is the biggest of a flurry of deals and potential deals announced Tuesday, with <strong>GKN</strong> acquiring the William's Formula 1 team parent's hybrid engine unit and <strong>Capita</strong> bo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br /><br /><strong>Aberdeen Asset Management</strong>, up 6.1%. The asset manager estimates net outflows slowed to ap Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - WPP PLC said Tuesday it has acquired Paris-based digital marketing company X-Prime via its marketing communications agency JWT. X-Prime had revenue of EUR4.7 million for 2013, with gross assets of around EUR3.2 million. WPP didn't provide financial details of Read More