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  • Broker snap: easyJet's allocated seating plan is a positive, says Investec

    Wednesday 05 Sep 2012

    Investec has retained its 'buy' rating and 670p target price for easyJet hailing the airline's new allocated seating plan.

  • Nationwide expects UK house prices to remain flat into 2013 -UPDATE

    Wednesday 05 Sep 2012

    UK house prices fell by 0.4% month-on-month in August, according to the latest data from mortgage lender Halifax.

  • London open: BP and ex-div stocks provide a drag early on

    Wednesday 05 Sep 2012

    ECB meeting eyed; Australian, Chinese data disappoints; BP, ex-div stocks weigh on Footsie.

  • Sports Direct sees boost from London 2012

    Wednesday 05 Sep 2012

    Footballs, trainers and hoodies appear to be flying off the shelves at pile-em-high sell-em cheap sports retailer Sports Direct.

  • FedEx issues profit-warning due to global slowdown

    Wednesday 05 Sep 2012

    FedEx issued a profit-warning as the global economic slowdown dragged revenues more than expected.

  • Commodities: Oil captures modest gains

    Wednesday 05 Sep 2012

    Crude oil futures eked out a small gain on Wednesday, in skittish trade, as markets await the European Central Bank's policy meeting and US jobs data due Friday.

  • London pre-open: Stocks set to fall ahead of ECB meeting

    Wednesday 05 Sep 2012

    London's FTSE 100 index is expected to open slightly lower this morning as investors continue to show caution ahead of a pivotal European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy meeting tomorrow.

  • Annual profit jumps at Hargreaves Lansdown

    Wednesday 05 Sep 2012

    Financial services provider and asset management group Hargreaves Lansdown said total assets under administration (AuA) rose seven per cent in the year ended 30th June 2012 while profit jumped 21 per cent despite continued market volatility.

  • Food inflation bottomed out and retailers cut prices in August

    Tuesday 04 Sep 2012

    British shop price inflation picked up slightly in August, to a 1.1% year-on-year rate, according to the latest data released by the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

  • FX round-up: Euro firms ahead of ECB meeting

    Tuesday 04 Sep 2012

    The euro marked decent gains against the dollar on Wednesday on strong hopes that the European Central Bank will announce measures to combat the Eurozone financial crisis.

  • Wednesday newspaper round-up: BoE, BP, Lloyds

    Tuesday 04 Sep 2012

    The Bank of England should keep its monetary powder dry tomorrow as global markets focus on a potentially game-changing policy decision by the European Central Bank, according to The Times’ Shadow Monetary Policy Committee. Sir Steve Robson, the former second permanent secretary to the Treasury, said that the Bank’s policymakers should refrain from cutting rates or pumping more money into the

  • Commodities: Crude slips below $96, gold surges

    Tuesday 04 Sep 2012

    Crude oil futures settled over 1 per cent lower on Tuesday as market winced at weaker than expected US manufacturing data.

  • London midday: Evraz leads fallers on the FTSE 100

    Tuesday 04 Sep 2012

    Investors in 'wait and see mode' ahead of ECB; markets await pivotal US ISM data; Moody's lower EU outlook to 'negative'.

  • Broker snap: Credit Suisse upgrades Petrofac to 'outperform'

    Tuesday 04 Sep 2012

    Following a period of weakness, Credit Suisse has upgraded its rating on the shares of oilfield services group Petrofac from 'neutral' to 'outperform' and raised its target price from 1,750p to 1,800p.

  • Rio Tinto completes sale of Alcan Cable US arm

    Tuesday 04 Sep 2012

    Mining giant Rio Tinto has completed the sale of the North American portion of its Alcan Cable business to General Cable.

  • DS Smith looking for substantial growth

    Tuesday 04 Sep 2012

    Recycled packing company DS Smith said it was trading in line with market expectations and expected substantial year-on-year growth in earnings per share.

  • Olympics failed to boost UK retail sales in August, BRC says

    Tuesday 04 Sep 2012

    UK retail sales values were down by 0.4% on a like-for-like basis in August as compared to 2011, when they were down 0.6% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 1.6%, against a 1.5% rise in August 2011, according to the latest data released today by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG.

  • Monitise doubles revenues...again

    Tuesday 04 Sep 2012

    Monitise, the AIM-listed mobile banking and payments group, has more than doubled revenues for a third year in a row and says that this trend will continue in the coming year.

  • Commodities: Stimulus hopes boost oil and gold

    Monday 03 Sep 2012

    Disappointing manufacturing data from China raised the prospect of central banks taking action to juice-up economic growth, boosting sentiment towards oil and gold.

  • Tuesday newspaper round-up: Fragmentation, EU, Tax-cuts

    Monday 03 Sep 2012

    Interest rates paid by companies in the Eurozone’s weaker economies have surged, highlighting the bloc’s fragmentation as the European Central Bank loses control of borrowing costs. ECB data on Monday showed Spanish small businesses face the highest bank borrowing costs in almost four years – while interest rates paid by German rivals are at record lows. The sharply diverging interest rates have

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