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Monday newspaper round-up: Russia, manufacturing Astra Zenaca
Monday 05 Dec 2011
Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party appears to have lost the trust of millions of Russians after early results showed it had won less than 50% of the vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday. Russia’s central election commission last night said United Russia was leading the elections with 49.99% of the vote with 75 per cent of precincts reporting. Such a result, it would mean Mr Putin’s
Lonmin strikes wage agreement with union
Monday 05 Dec 2011
Lonmin, the South Africa-focused platinum miner, has agreed a two-year wage settlement with the National Union of Mineworkers in Johannesburg.
ISM services comes in ahead of expectations
Monday 05 Dec 2011
The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) non-manufacturing sector purchasing managers index for the month of November has come in at 52.0 percentage points versus last month’s reading of 52.9.
Michael Page issues profit warning
Monday 05 Dec 2011
Michael Page International (MPI), the FTSE 250 recruitment firm, has issued a profit warning for the fourth quarter claiming the Eurozone crisis has “reduced client and candidate confidence”.
Lonmin strikes wage agreement with union
Monday 05 Dec 2011
Lonmin, the South Africa-focused platinum miner, has agreed a two-year wage settlement with the National Union of Mineworkers in Johannesburg.
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher, all eyes on the euro
Monday 05 Dec 2011
The Footsie is expected to make moderate gains from the open, as a pivotal week in the Eurozone crisis kicks off. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are due to meet in Paris today to discuss the centralised control of Eurozone budgets ahead of a key EU summit on Friday.
Lonmin strikes wage agreement with union
Friday 02 Dec 2011
Lonmin, the South Africa-focused platinum miner, has agreed a two-year wage settlement with the National Union of Mineworkers in Johannesburg.
Monday newspaper round-up: Russia, manufacturing Astra Zenaca
Friday 02 Dec 2011
Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party appears to have lost the trust of millions of Russians after early results showed it had won less than 50% of the vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday. Russia’s central election commission last night said United Russia was leading the elections with 49.99% of the vote with 75 per cent of precincts reporting. Such a result, it would mean Mr Putin’s
Commodities: Oil and gold settle higher
Friday 02 Dec 2011
Crude oil futures rose on Friday as investors cheered a drop in the US unemployment rate to below 9% and as markets eye the euro zone summit.
Sector movers: Banks jump, defensives sold
Friday 02 Dec 2011
The banking sector, a category typically sensitive to the outlook for the global economy – and more recently, developments in the Eurozone - was the best performing sector today, after comments from European leaders over ‘fiscal union’ helped to ease fears over the sovereign debt crisis.
Lonmin strikes wage agreement with union
Friday 02 Dec 2011
Lonmin, the South Africa-focused platinum miner, has agreed a two-year wage settlement with the National Union of Mineworkers in Johannesburg.
FTSE 100 Movers: Banks lead the way higher
Friday 02 Dec 2011
Banking giants Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered were all making strong gains, in line with the broader European banking sector, as fears over the Eurozone crisis eased.
Recruitment firms take a battering following SThree slowdown
Friday 02 Dec 2011
The biggest faller on the FTSE 250 this afternoon is the IT and finance recruitment specialist SThree, down 8.36% following an announcement that earnings growth had slowed in the group’s final quarter.
FX round-up: Euro hampered by EU summit nerves
Friday 02 Dec 2011
Trepidation ahead of the euro zone summit sent the single currency lower against the dollar and other major currencies on Friday.
Robust US November employment report, Barclays says
Friday 02 Dec 2011
US non-farm payrolls rose by 120,000 during the month of November, according to the latest data published today by the Department of Labour.
Europe mid-session: Europe fight back continues
Friday 02 Dec 2011
European stocks rose on Friday morning, building on the gains seen through most of the past week.
London midday: Banks lead risers ahead of US jobs data
Friday 02 Dec 2011
The Footsie was trading close to its highest levels of the day at midday as markets await a key jobs report from the US, which some are expecting to beat consensus forecasts.
Shire falls after press attention
Friday 02 Dec 2011
Shire, the second best performer on the FTSE 100 this year, was among the worst performing stocks today, not helped by the Financial Times (FT) which pointed out some risks for the stock.
Footsie to reach 6,200 by end of 2012, says Citi
Friday 02 Dec 2011
Despite the heightened volatility in stock markets which has been experienced since the summer, Citigroup Global Markets has maintained its 2012 year-end target price for the FTSE 100 at 6,200.
Friday broker round-up - UPDATE
Friday 02 Dec 2011
Standard Chartered: Nomura reiterates buy recommendation and 1,800p target.
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