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Broker tips: UK banks, Housebuilders, Countrywide
Monday 30 Sep 2013
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) said that the top-line recovery across the European banking sector should be the most striking in the UK, helped by the ongoing improvement in the macro-economic picture.
Electrocomponents posts modest half-year sales rise
Monday 30 Sep 2013
Electronics and maintenance products supplier Electrocomponents posted half year sales growth of one per cent after a solid performance from Continental Europe and North America outweighed weakness in the UK.
Spectris to buy NanoSight for 15m pounds
Monday 30 Sep 2013
Spectris, which supplies precision instrumentation and controls, has agreed to buy NanoSight.
Monday newspaper round-up: Italy, China manufacturing, Help to Buy
Friday 27 Sep 2013
Enrico Letta, Italy’s centre-left Prime Minister, is seeking urgently parliamentary support for a new government after centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi pulled his ministers out of their five-month-old coalition, risking a financial market backlash. Mr Letta held crisis talks on Sunday night with Giorgio Napolitano, head of state, who earlier said he would explore all alternatives before
Persimmon to cut down on Welsh developments
Friday 27 Sep 2013
Persimmon, the FTSE 100 listed house builder, will no longer construct properties in the south Wales valleys as they fail to generate sufficient profit.
FTSE 100 movers: IMI jumps on appointment of new CEO
Friday 27 Sep 2013
Engineering group IMI rose into the top spot after hiring former Weir boss Mark Selway as its new Chief Executive. He will take the reins from company veteran Martin Lamb who will step down at the end of this year after nearly 13 years at the helm.
Heathrow boss hits out at Gatwick over runway competition
Friday 27 Sep 2013
The boss of Heathrow airport, Colin Matthews, has launched a scathing attack on rival Gatwick as the two battle it out to win permission for a new runway in the south-east.
Broker snap: Rio Tinto remains cheap, Nomura sees buyback in 2015
Friday 27 Sep 2013
Nomura has reiterated its 'buy' rating and 3,700p target price for diversified mining group Rio Tinto, saying that the company may be able to find the happy balance between growth and returns.
London open: Stocks fall as caution sets in ahead of data
Friday 27 Sep 2013
Markets opened lower on Friday morning following a choppy week as traders choose to head into the weekend with caution ahead of a barrage of economic data from the Eurozone and US later on.
Sector movers: Miners bear brunt of market sell-off
Friday 27 Sep 2013
Mining stocks were bearing the brunt of the market-wide sell-off on Friday as traders adopted a cautious approach ahead of the weekend.
FTSE 250 movers: Premier Farnell climbs on UBS comments
Friday 27 Sep 2013
Shares in Premier Farnell gained strongly on Friday after analysts at UBS said that an acceleration of growth at the electronic components firm should be "around the corner".
Carney sees no need for QE as economy shows signs of recovery
Friday 27 Sep 2013
Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, has reportedly said that he sees no reason to continue quantitative easing following signs that the UK economy is on the up.
London close: Stocks rise despite more unbalanced UK economy
Thursday 26 Sep 2013
London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 14.06 points at 6,565.59, rebounding after hitting a two-week low of 6,551.53 on Wednesday.
Friday newspaper round-up: Carney, Nationalisation, Help to Buy
Thursday 26 Sep 2013
Mark Carney, the Bank of England Governor, sees no need for more stimulus for the economy given the gathering pace of the recovery, sending the pound higher. He said the central bank would consider the case for adding to the 375bn pounds it has already pumped into the economy should the recovery falter: "But my personal view is, given the recovery has strengthened and broadened, I don't see a
UK services output almost back to pre-crisis levels in Q2
Thursday 26 Sep 2013
The UK index of services increased at a 1.8 per cent pace year-over-year during July, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Richmond Fed President supports October start to tapering
Thursday 26 Sep 2013
The US central bank´s policy of quantitative easing now faces constraints on its usefulness for delivering economic stimulus. Yet it also entails greater risks.
Ladbrokes shares fall on fresh profit warning - UPDATE
Thursday 26 Sep 2013
Ladbrokes warned investors that digital profits would be about half the size that the market had been expecting, sending shares in the bookmaker sharply lower.
UK economy grew slightly less than forecast in the second quarter -UPDATE
Thursday 26 Sep 2013
The UK economy grew in line with market expectations in the second quarter, the Office for National Statistics revealed on Thursday.
Ladbrokes warns on digital profits but divi safe
Thursday 26 Sep 2013
Ladbrokes has warned that 2013 profits for its digital operations would come in a long way below current market forecasts.
TUI Travel raises full-year profit guidance as profits fly
Thursday 26 Sep 2013
A strong high season this summer and heartening early bookings for winter holidays has led tour operator TUI Travel to hike its profit guidance for the full year.
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