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FTSE ends a dull range-bound session with little change
END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares closed a range-bound session flat, with the market struggling to find a focus as profit-takers took the cream off yesterday's strong gains, with Wall Street lacking momentum.
At the close of play, the FTSE100 was up just 4.63 points at 5,371.04 with the ...
Go-Ahead clocks up a billion passenger journeys for 1st time
Bus and train operator Go-Ahead reported passenger revenue growth in all companies, clocking up over one billion annual passenger journeys for the first time in the group's history. Operating profit for the year was £102.0m
The group said it continued strong cash management and had a robust ...
All News
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Director Deals - British Land Co PLC...
Chris Grigg, Chief Executive Officer, has transferred in 657 shares in the company on the 2nd September ...
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Director Deals - British Land Co PLC...
Graham Roberts, Financial Director, has transferred in 657 shares in the company on the 2nd September 2010 ...
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Director Deals - British Land Co PLC...
Tim Roberts, Executive Director, has transferred in 657 shares in the company on the 2nd September 2010 at ...
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Director Deals - Throgmorton Trust...
Simon Beart, Non Executive Director, has re-invested 31 shares in the company on the 2nd September 2010 at ...
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Latest Results
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Go-Ahead corrects dividend figures
Go-Ahead Group has amended the dividend figures given in its earlier final results statement. The ...
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McBride adjusted operating profit up 38%
Household and personal care products provider McBride reported a 38% rise in adjusted operating profit to ...
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Annual growth at Eaga
Green support services company Eaga said it enjoyed continued revenue and profit growth in the year to ...
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Hays maintains divi
Recruitment specialist Hays reported net fees of £557.7m for the year to end-June, down 17% from £670.8m ...
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Economic & Market News
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GlobeOp Financial in shares issue
GlobeOp Financial Services has issued 42,503 ordinary shares under its 2006 equity incentive plan and ...
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Telekomunikacja Polska issues bonds...
Telekomunikacja Polska has issued short term bonds totalling PLN210m to its subsidiary, PTK Centertel, in ...
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City of London Investment declares...
City of London Investment Trust has declared a first interim dividend of 3.25p per ordinary share for the ...
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US gas storage up at 3,106bn cu ft
US working gas in storage rose to 3,106bn cu ft in the week ending 27 August, according to Energy ...
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Contract Wins / Joint Ventures
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Formation reduces interest in JV
Formation Group's interest in JV Finance Ventures Limited has been reduced from 50% to 36.88%. This ...
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£1.1m contract win for Motive TV
Motive Television has signed a £1.1m live sports production contract with Irish national commercial ...
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Fusion IP reveals Absynth Biologics...
University IP commercialisation firm Fusion IP's biotechnology company Absynth Biologics has signed a ...
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Focus Solutions signs deal with...
Software specialist Focus Solutions Group has signed a new contract with a major global retail bank ...
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Market Views
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Top risers and fallers at 17:00
FTSE 100 MAN GROUP USD0.03428571 229.00 5.77% AUTONOMY ORD SHS 1/3P ...
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Most Traded Stocks by Value at 17:00
RIO RIO TINTO ORD 10P value of shares traded £20,420,073,189 BLT BHP BILLITON ORD $0.50 value of ...
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Top risers and fallers between 15:00...
Overall Market VIPERA ORD 1P 7.75 14.81% 1PM ORD GBP0.0006818 ...
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Top risers and fallers at 16:00
FTSE 100 MAN GROUP USD0.03428571 229.70 6.10% AUTONOMY ORD SHS 1/3P ...
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Latest Trading Statements
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Invesco Property Income adjusted NAV...
Invesco Property Income Trust adjusted net asset value per share stood at -5.38p at the end of June ...
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Serica Energy to spud Kutai well
Oil company Serica Energy says the Dambus-1 well in the Kutai basin offshore Indonesia will shortly be ...
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Dart trading ahead of expectations
Aviation services and distribution group Dart said it was trading ahead of current market expectations. ...
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Range Resources starts second well...
Mineral exploration company Range Resources says production and sales have started from its second well at ...
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Broker Views
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Broker moves round-up
Admiral upgraded to buy from neutral at UBS, target price upped to 1752p from 1387p. African Barrick Gold ...
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Eaga downgraded to hold from buy at...
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Go-Ahead Group cut to hold from buy...
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McBride upped to buy from hold at...
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Bids, Mergers & Takeovers
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Datatec offers R97m for Comztek Holdings
International information and communications technology group Datatec has made a conditional offer to ...
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OFT clears IDOX takeover of Grantfinder
The Office of Fair Trading has cleared public sector software supplier IDOX's acquisition of ...
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Xstrata Zinc withdraws from bid talks
Xstrata Zinc has withdrawn from acquisition talks with Noranda Income Fund following disagreement over the ...
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Bright Futures takes over Yes Dining
Independent contract catering firm Bright Futures Group has taken over Yes Dining for a total ...
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Directors' Deals
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Director Deals - British Land Co PLC...
Chris Grigg, Chief Executive Officer, has transferred in 657 shares in the company on the 2nd September ...
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Director Deals - British Land Co PLC...
Graham Roberts, Financial Director, has transferred in 657 shares in the company on the 2nd September 2010 ...
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Director Deals - British Land Co PLC...
Tim Roberts, Executive Director, has transferred in 657 shares in the company on the 2nd September 2010 at ...
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Director Deals - Throgmorton Trust...
Simon Beart, Non Executive Director, has re-invested 31 shares in the company on the 2nd September 2010 at ...
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Appointments
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RAB Capital appoints chief executive
RAB Capital has promoted Charles Kirwan-Taylor to chief executive. He was previously chief investment ...
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OUAL managing director resigns
The managing director or Omega Insurance Holdings' managing agency, Omega Underwriting Agents Ltd, Andrew ...
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Chariot appoints new chairman
Chariot Oil & Gas co-founder and non-executive director Adonis Pouroulis has been appointed non-executive ...
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Chapelthorpe FD resigns
Chapelthorpe finance director Andy Weatherstone has resigned from the board with effect from 30 September ...
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