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  • Tuesday tips round up: Aveva, Wincanton and Bovis Homes

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    Tempus in The Times says that the launch last month of Aveva Group’s Everything3D product is its most significant since the first computer-aided design software was unveiled in 1973, six years after the company was spun out of Cambridge University.

  • Asian Citrus squeezed again

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    Shares in Chinese orange plantations owner Asian Citrus Holdings were squeezed again on Monday after it emerged last Friday that an investment vehicle controlled by executive directors had cut its stake in the company.

  • London midday: Stocks rise but markets cautious ahead of Eurogroup

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    Greece approves 2013 budget; Japanese GDP worse than expected; markets await Eurogroup meeting this afternoon.

  • Japanese economy shrinks in third quarter

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    Japan's economy suffered its largest quarterly contraction during the third quarter since a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the country in March of 2011.

  • Essar Energy feeling warm glow at Vadinar

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    Essar Energy, the India-focused integrated energy company, has now commissioned the second of two units at its Vadinar Phase 2 (P2) power generation project in Gujarat state.

  • Broker snap: Credit Suisse ups target for IAG, but uncertainties remain

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    Credit Suisse has raised its target price for International Consolidated Airlines Group, otherwise known as IAG, but has retained its 'neutral' stance on the stock.

  • London open: Stocks rise as Greece approves budget

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    Greece approves 2013 budget; Japanese GDP worse than expected; miners fall but Polymetal bucks the trend.

  • Monday newspaper round-up: Greece, Barclays, Britvic

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    Greek lawmakers approved the country's 2013 austerity budget early Monday, an essential step in Greece's efforts to persuade its international creditors to unblock a vital rescue loan installment without which the country will go bankrupt. The budget passed by a 167-128 vote in the 300-member Parliament. It came days after a separate bill of deep spending cuts and tax hikes for the next two years

  • Interserve on course in mixed conditions

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has traded in line with expectations in the second half of 2012. prompting the board to leave full year guidance unchanged.

  • Admiral director stocks up following upbeat note from Merrill Lynch

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far.

  • FTSE 100 movers: Polymetal rises on positive update

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    Mining firm Polymetal International leapt into the top spot after announcing that it has extended the life-of-mine projections for its Khakanja and Omolon mines in Russia by two years after releasing the first set of ore reserves estimates for its Tsokol, Ozerny, Avlayakan, and Dalniy deposits.

  • Taylor Wimpey on track in stable market

    Monday 12 Nov 2012

    Home builder Taylor Wimpey said the UK housing market remained stable and it was on track to meet full year expectations.

  • IAG cutting 4,500 jobs in effort to save Iberia - UPDATE

    Friday 09 Nov 2012

    British Airways owner International Consolidated Airlines Group, otherwise known as IAG, has revealed details of a 'transformation plan' to get its loss-making Spanish airline Iberia back on track, which includes the laying off of 4,500 employees.

  • US close: Stocks edge higher after confidence data

    Friday 09 Nov 2012

    US stocks ended Friday's session slightly higher but finished the week around two per cent down, as ongoing concerns about the 'fiscal cliff' and the Eurozone continued to cloud the outlook for the global economy.

  • Sunday newspaper round-up: Royal Mail, Xstrata, Google

    Friday 09 Nov 2012

    Royal Mail will unveil a sharp jump in profits this week, accelerating plans for a privatisation next year that could raise 2bn pounds. Officials and bankers working on the sale say Tuesday’s figures are the crucial test of whether the business will be ready for a float in the third quarter of 2013. Industry sources indicated the test had been passed, and that the government has sanctioned a

  • Sunday share tips: Aviva, Staffline, G4S

    Friday 09 Nov 2012

    Shares in Aviva, the UK’s largest insurer, have underperformed as investors demanded more action to get the business back on track. This long-awaited process now appears to have arrived. The group’s third-quarter results were in line with market expectations. The company is currently without a chief executive, as the scalp of former chief executive Andrew Moss was taken during the

  • London midday: Greek concerns hammer stocks again

    Friday 09 Nov 2012

    Greek bailout delay worries sink markets; Chinese inflation data leaves door open for more stimulus; Admiral gains after upgrade; IAG rises on Iberia plans.

  • London and Stamford to merge

    Friday 09 Nov 2012

    Investment trust London and Stamford Property is to merge with rival trust Metric in a deal that will leave it with three quarters of the enlarged company.

  • Europe midday: France in recession

    Friday 09 Nov 2012

    -Banks deposit 257.8bn euros overnight at ECB

  • Broker snap: Randgold under pressure to hit guidance, says Nomura

    Friday 09 Nov 2012

    Nomura has cut its target price for gold miner Randgold Resources from 7,400p to 7,075p and retained its 'reduce' rating on the stock, saying the business needs to execute to maintain its premium rating.

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