(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca submits a US regulatory application for a lung cancer treatment developed with Hutchmed. Close Brothers reports a narrowed annual loss but withholds its dividend amid motor finance uncertainty, while Zigup raises its annual profit expectations after a strong start to the year. Read More
Halo Minerals PLC - London-based mineral development company - Announces the completion of the BIOS Mining & Infrastructure has completed a Class 3 engineering and cost update for its Playa Verde copper and gold tailings reprocessing project in Chile. The update puts estimated capital expenditure at about USD92.80 million, excluding VAT, and operating costs at USD2.20 per pound of recovered copper. The project is based on processing about 5.0 million tonnes of material per year over an initial seven-year operating life, with annual production targeted at about 8,640 tonnes of recovered copper and 1,400 ounces of gold. Halo says the indicative implementation period is about 18 months, with the study assuming start-up in October 2028. The company says it is now progressing the remaining technical, commercial and financing workstreams needed for a final investment decision, including an updated Competent Person's Report, value engineering, permitting, commercial contracting and financing. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open slightly higher on Tuesday, as UK shop price inflation eased and investors digested an expected interest rate hike from the Reserve Bank of Australia. Read More
(Alliance News) - Argentina's President Javier Milei threatened Monday to sue the UK over an oil project near the Falkland Islands, the British-administered territory over which Buenos Aires claims sovereignty. Read More
(Alliance News) - Andy Burnham will pledge to tackle the issues politicians "usually avoid" in his first leader's speech at the Labour Party conference amid mounting speculation the pensions triple lock could be reformed to fund social care. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings for London-listed companies, issued on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings for London-listed companies, issued on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings reports by London-listed companies, issued on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London closed mixed on Monday, with housebuilders the clear winners after the UK government unveiled a new equity loan programme for first-time buyers. Read More
Investec PLC and Ltd - Sandton-based financial services company - Says it will start buying back non-redeemable, non-cumulative, non-participating preference shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange from Tuesday. Investec has noted that it may repurchase up to a maximum of 20% of the preference shares in issue as at September 17. Investec will issue a further announcement once the repurchases, on a cumulative basis, constitute 3% of the preference shares in issue or the repurchases have closed. Read More
(Alliance News) - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday he would hold an emergency government meeting after five men were arrested over a suspected bomb plot at an airbase used by the US. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings for London-listed companies, issued on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - Iran on Monday denied involvement in a suspected bomb plot at a UK airbase used by the US, as counter-terror police said five men in their mid-20s arrested nearby were all London-based Britons. Read More
(Alliance News) - Fast-fashion retailer Shein reported Monday that its operating profit, or adjusted earnings before interest and taxes, dropped 50.4% in the first half of this year. Read More
Ninety One PLC and Ltd - London and Cape Town-based money manager - Forty Two Point Two, an investment vehicle of five Ninety One executives, acquires 108,442 shares at 209.58 pence apiece, worth GBP227,256, on Thursday and Friday last week. Directors include Chief Executive Hendrik du Toit and Finance Director Kim McFarland. Read More