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Tuesday preview: Host of economic data to flood market
Monday 15 Jul 2013
Tuesday will be flooded with economic data in the US, Europe and the UK.
UK has more million-earning bankers than rest of EU UPDATE
Monday 15 Jul 2013
Britain had more than 2,400 bankers earning one million euros or more in 2011 – more than three times the total for the rest of the European Union.
London midday: Banks, miners provide a lift after China data
Monday 15 Jul 2013
Cyclical stocks welcomed in-line gross domestic product (GDP) figures from China on Monday morning with the FTSE 100 nearly hitting seven-week highs early on.
Broker snap: GSK brands are good opportunity for AG Barr, says Panmure
Monday 15 Jul 2013
Panmure Gordon has kept its 'hold' rating for AG Barr but said that a deal to buy GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) soft drinks brands could be the catalyst needed for it to turn more positive.
London open: FTSE 100 near seven-week high after China data
Monday 15 Jul 2013
Worries about a sharp slowdown in China temporarily eased on Monday morning, pushing the FTSE 100 to levels not seen in nearly seven weeks.
Salamander Energy abandons well in Gulf of Thailand
Monday 15 Jul 2013
Salamander Energy’s shares dropped after saying it plugged and abandoned its G4/50-4 exploration well in the Gulf of Thailand.
Monday newspaper round-up: Tesco, BP, Morrison
Monday 15 Jul 2013
Tesco is looking to open its first store that combines a large Tesco Extra and a Dobbies garden centre in October, The Times reported.
HSBC to sell German private banking assets
Monday 15 Jul 2013
Global banking giant HSBC has announced its intention to offload its private banking division in Germany.
AstraZeneca CFO leaves to join BG Group
Monday 15 Jul 2013
AstraZeneca’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Simon Lowth is stepping down to join oil and gas firm BG Group.
Morrisons boss urges government to act on online tax
Monday 15 Jul 2013
Morrison Supermarkets Chief Executive Dalton Philips has urged Britain’s government to address the tax imbalance between internet and high street retailers.
BlackRock to advise on RBS assets
Friday 12 Jul 2013
BlackRock has been appointed by Britain’s finance ministry to assess Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for the possible break-up of the state-backed lender into a good bank and bad bank.
Treatt FD treats himself to large helping of shares
Friday 12 Jul 2013
Richard Hope, Group Finance Director of flavour and fragrance specialist Treatt, has forked out almost £61,000 on shares in the company as it looks to begin a new chapter.
Sunday newspaper round-up: ITEM Club, Morrison, Invensys
Friday 12 Jul 2013
When it issues its summer report, tomorrow, top economic forecaster ITEM Club will argue the economic recovery is real and solid and forecast that exports could jump by almost 5 per cent in 2014. The Club, which is independent, but bases its forecasts on the Treasury’s own economic model, will predict the economy will grow 1.1 per cent this year rising to 2.2 per cent in 2014. Peter Spencer,
London midday: Markets extend gains despite concerns over China
Friday 12 Jul 2013
Strong gains in the financial sectors were lifting markets higher on Friday despite concerns over a slowdown in China, as investors continued to focus on dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Broker snap: Nomura names Prudential as top pick in UK life sector
Friday 12 Jul 2013
Nomura has upgraded its rating for insurance and financial services group Prudential by two notches from 'reduce' to 'buy', labelling it as its favoured choice in the UK life sector.
Invensys shares soar on news of Schneider takeover talks - UPDATE
Friday 12 Jul 2013
Shares in Invensys soared after it confirmed it had received a cash and paper takeover approach from France’s Schneider that valued the British engineering group at more than three billion pounds.
London open: Markets extend gains after record highs on Wall Street
Friday 12 Jul 2013
Markets looked set to end the week on a high note with financial stocks lifting the FTSE 100 higher in early trading on Friday, as sentiment was buoyed by record highs on Wall Street last night.
Sunday share tips: Mothercare, G4S, Eckoh
Friday 12 Jul 2013
At Mothercare´s annual meeting - this Thursday - new Chief Executive Simon Calver is expected to deliver a progress report on his planned three-year turnaround. Critically, given that the outcome for the full-year is forecast to be a drop of 2.5 per cent in like-for-like sales, it would be surprising if the figures this week are much different, writes The Sunday Times´s Matthew Goodman.
JLIF agrees largest portfolio acquisition since IPO
Friday 12 Jul 2013
John Laing Infrastructure Fund (JLIF) has agreed its largest portfolio acquisition since its initial public offering in 2010.
Oxford Instruments reports slow start to the year
Friday 12 Jul 2013
Oxford Instruments, which provides technology for research, had a slow start to the year but sales have picked up, according to a trading update for April 1st to date.
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