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Shares down amid further worries of a Greek default
END-OF-DAY REPORT: Leading shares ended the day over 1% lower. Worries about a possible Greek default were back on the agenda with concerns about whether it can put together a deal...
.... with its creditors before the European Union summit which takes place on Monday.
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BP not responsible for all of Transocean's spill liabilities
Oil giant BP must cover some but not all of rig owner Transocean's liabilities for the 2010 blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge has ruled.
BP says the ruling by the US District Court makes it clear that contractors will be held accountable for their actions under the law.
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Marston's resolutions passed at AGM
Marston's has announced that all the resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting were passed on a ...
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Wheelsure resolutions passed at AGM
Wheelsure announced that all resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting were passed. Story ...
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Smiths News resolutions passed at AGM
Smiths News has announced that all resolutions tabled at its annual general meeting were passed. At ...
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Tarsus schedules FY results
International business-to-business media group Tarsus will announce its full year results for the year to ...
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Economic & Market News
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RCM Technology Trust buys back shares
RCM Technology Trust has bought back 25,000 ordinary shares at 305.14p apiece to be held in treasury. ...
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JPMorgan American IT raises £2.84m
JPMorgan American Investment Trust has raised £2.84m, before expenses, through a non pre-emptive placing ...
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Close Brothers transfers treasury...
Close Brothers Group has transferred 4,172 ordinary shares from treasury to participants in its employee ...
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Ascot Mining issues convertible...
Ascot Mining has issued $500,000 of unsecured convertible bonds with a final redemption date of 12 July ...
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Contract Wins / Joint Ventures
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Serco signs £55m British Army contract
Serco Group has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide training and support to ...
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MDM Engineering wins contract in Congo
MDM Engineering Group has been awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM), ...
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HMS Group wins nuclear plant deals...
HMS Group has clinched deals to produce specialist pumps for Baltic and Rostov nuclear power plants ...
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Serco signs £55m British Army contract
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Market Views
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Top risers and fallers at 17:00
FTSE 100 THOMAS COOK GROUP PLC ORD EUR0.10 14.00 3.70% NEXT PLC ORD 10P ...
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Most Traded Stocks by Value at 17:00
RIO RIO TINTO PLC ORD 10P value of shares traded £16,670,823,242 BP. BP PLC $0.25 value of shares ...
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Top risers and fallers between 15:00...
Overall Market JSM INDOCHINA LIMITED ORD USD0.0000 0.03 50.00% DIGITAL LEARNING MARKETPLACE ...
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Top risers and fallers at 16:00
FTSE 100 THOMAS COOK GROUP PLC ORD EUR0.10 13.88 2.81% NEXT PLC ORD 10P ...
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Latest Trading Statements
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Delcam pre-tax profits to be ahead of...
Delcam expects pre-tax profits to be ahead of current market forecasts after record revenues in the second ...
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Motivcom in line with forecasts
Motivcom - a leading business services group - says trading for the year to the end of December was in ...
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Alternative Investment Strategies NAV...
Alternative Investment Strategies' net asset value fell by 0.57% in December. The NAV since inception ...
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Mediwatch profits to be lower than...
Mediwatch warns its pre-tax profits for the year to the end of October will be materially lower than ...
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Broker Views
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Brokers' round-up, buy Moss Bros and...
Peel Hunt initiates buy on Moss Bros Group, target price 50p. Shore Capital initiates buy on Synergy ...
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Collins Stewart initiates buy on...
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UBS upgrades Brown (N) from neutral...
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UBS downgrades InterContinental...
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Bids, Mergers & Takeovers
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Ukraine antimonopoly commission...
Alpcot Agro's acquisition of agricultural producer Landkom International has been cleared by the ...
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ACM receives bid approach
ACM has confirmed that it has received an approach from RS Platou, the private Norwegian ship and offshore ...
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Polyus Gold denies merger rumours
Following press speculation of a possible merger with Polymetal International, Polyus Gold International ...
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Nexus open to Resilience sale
Nexus Management Plc, as part of the strategic review process, is considering a range of alternatives to ...
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Directors' Deals
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Director Deals - Motivcom PLC (MCM)
John Sylvester, Executive Director, bought 20,000 shares in the company on the 27th January 2012 at a ...
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Director Deals - Marks & Spencer...
Kate Bostock, Executive Director, exercised 4,729 shares in the company on the 25th January 2012 at a ...
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Director Deals - Alumasc Group PLC (ALU)
John McCall, Chairman, has transferred in 238,750 shares in the company on the 27th January 2012 at a ...
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Director Deals - Imagination...
Hossein Yassaie, Chief Executive Officer, sold post-exercise 802,000 shares in the company on the 27th ...
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Appointments
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James Murdoch to leave Board of...
James Murdoch has decided not to stand for re-election to the GlaxoSmithKline Board at this year's AGM. ...
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Toll retires from Petro Matad chair
Petro Matad has confirmed the retirement of its Non-Executive Co-Chair Mr Gordon Toll. Toll is ...
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Board room changes at Patsystems
Following the announcement by Pattington that its recommended cash offer for Patsystems has been declared ...
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MRSK Holding appoints chairman
Russia electricity distribution giant MRSK Holding has appointed Georgy Boos as chairman. Boos - who ...
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