Editor's Picks
London midday: Footsie drops to three-week low
Thursday 29 Mar 2012
- GDF looks to buy remaining stake in Int'l Power - Imperial has smoking second quarter - Travel groups drop on the FTSE 250
General strike may cost Spain up to four billion euros
Thursday 29 Mar 2012
The Spanish government announced this morning that the country's general strike convoked by labour unions is moving along "normally" with no major incidents so far.
FirstGroup plummets as UK Bus flounders in the north
Thursday 29 Mar 2012
Transport firm FirstGroup says lower economic activity in the north of England is putting pressure on its UK Bus business but North American operations are progressing.
Foods strength outweighs dairy weakness at Dairy Crest
Thursday 29 Mar 2012
Cheese and milk producer Dairy Crest said trading in its fourth quarter has remained in line with company expectations as a strong performances from its foods businesses compensates for hedawinds at its dairies division.
HomeServe close to restarting outbound calls
Thursday 29 Mar 2012
HomeServe, the struggling home emergency insurance and repairs group, has said that full-year profits will be in line with market expectations, which have come down slightly since the group's last update.
Go-Ahead in the race for Thameslink but Thameside is a no go
Thursday 29 Mar 2012
Mixed news for FTSE 250 transport firm Go-Ahead as it is shortlisted to bid for the new Thameslink franchise but is not invited to bid for the Essex Thameside contract.
Thursday tips round-up: Kenmare, Petropavlovsk, Ophir Energy
Thursday 29 Mar 2012
Questor in the Telegraph ponders Kenmare, the Mozambique titanium dioxide miner with one main asset, the Moma mine.
IMPs has smokin' second quarter
Thursday 29 Mar 2012
Cigarettes maker Imperial Tobacco said it improved its revenue and profit momentum as it entered the second half of its financial year.
London close: UK GDP, Eurozone concerns weigh on stocks
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
- UK Q4 GDP weaker than first thought - RSA leads ex-div stocks lower - Comments from ECB's Weidmann weigh on markets
Broker snap: Investec downgrades Smith and Nephew to hold
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
Investec has this morning downgraded its rating for medical devices maker Smith and Nephew from buy to hold and cut the target price slightly from 663p to 660p.
Spain’s budget: An excuse for the bulls or a load of bull?
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
With the days of laurels and togas left behind and no bitter taste of hemlock on the lips (at least until some sequel to the Greek tragedy is produced), the markets’ eyes shift to Spain and its current bullring: the 2012 budget.
Institutions pay premium for new Ophir shares
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
African energy firm Ophir Energy got away a share placing at a premium to its prevailing share price as it raised funds to part-finance an expanded drilling programme in 2013/14.
Government comes under fire for fuel advice
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
The government has come under fire for telling motorists to top up their tanks, after Francis Maude, a Cabinet Office Minister, suggested drivers would be better off storing petrol in a jerrycan.
FTSE 250 movers: Spots knocked off Domino
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
Titanium feedstock miner, Kenmare Resources, leapt on news of a sharp increase in revenues and a return to the black in 2011.
WPP ups stake in Chime
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
Global advertising giant WPP is slowly increasing its stake in smaller rival Chime Communications, the public relations, advertising and communications group chaired by Lord Bell, said to be Margaret thatcher's favourite public relations man when she was in her iron-booted pomp.
London midday: Stocks slip after UK GDP data
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
- UK Q4 GDP weaker than first thought - RSA leads ex-div stocks lower - Defensives in demand
UK fourth quarter GDP weaker than thought - UPDATE
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
The UK economy did worse in the last three months of 2011 than previously thought with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revising down its GDP estimates.
Wednesday tips round-up: Compass, Enquest, Rio Tinto
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
Tempus in The Times defends catering and contract cleaning group Compass from rather pernickety analyst notes about slowing growth.
Carillion bags contracts with Centrica and Gatwick
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
Support services firm Carillion has won two support services and construction contracts worth a total of 95m pounds.
Top-line LFL sales growth slows at Domino's Pizza
Wednesday 28 Mar 2012
Like-for-like (LFL) sales growth at pizza delivery firm Domino's Pizza has tailed off a touch in the last six weeks.
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