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  • Interserve maintains guidance after MoD award

    Monday 14 Nov 2011

    Support services and construction group Interserve has maintained its guidance for 2011 after revealing trading in the second half of the year has been in line with expectations.

  • Reactions to the changes in the Italian government

    Monday 14 Nov 2011

    Elections are not expected in Italy until 2013. Mario Monti, the newly chosen Prime Minister, will therefore have 18 months to approve the necessary pension, labor, and public sector reforms that financial markets and its European neighbours are demanding.

  • Picture brighter at ITV

    Monday 14 Nov 2011

    ITV, Britain’s biggest private terrestrial broadcaster, has seen revenues rise 4% in the nine months to the end of September compared to the same period of 2010.

  • Cranswick cost pressures eat into profit

    Monday 14 Nov 2011

    UK pork products supplier Cranswick served up a 3% increase in half year revenue while profits succumbed to input cost pressures.

  • Picture brighter at ITV

    Monday 14 Nov 2011

    ITV, Britain’s biggest private terrestrial broadcaster, has seen revenues rise 4% in the nine months to the end of September compared to the same period of 2010.

  • BG raises production estimate on Carioca discovery

    Monday 14 Nov 2011

    Oil and gas firm BG Group has raised its estimate of potential production from its Carioca discovery, off the coast of Brazil, after an extended well test.

  • Monday newspaper round-up: Iraq, CBI, Easy Jet, France

    Monday 14 Nov 2011

    The British government and former BP boss Tony Hayward yesterday waded into the legal battle over control of the oil in Kurdistan, calling on Baghdad to stop obstructing the development of the region's hydrocarbon reserves. The calls came as Baghdad renewed its threat to throw Exxon Mobil out of the country after the US giant cut a deal to explore for oil and gas in the rocks of its arch

  • WPP in second round of financing at IGA

    Monday 14 Nov 2011

    WPP, the highly acquisitive advertising firm led by Sir Martin Sorrell, has participated in a second round of financing to maintain its minority interest in InGameAdvertising (IGA) in China.

  • London pre-open: Stocks on the front foot

    Monday 14 Nov 2011

    London is set to pick up where it left off at Friday's close, with City sources predicting the FTSE 100 will open up 31 points from yesterday's close of 5,545.

  • FX round-up: Euro jumps as Italy approves reforms

    Monday 14 Nov 2011

    The euro pushed higher against major currencies on Friday, wiping out most the week's losses, as investors cheered new hopes that Europe's debt crisis has taken a turn for the better.

  • Commodities: Crude inches towards 4-month high

    Monday 14 Nov 2011

    Crude oil futures rose closer to $100 a barrel on Friday as concern about the euro zone debt crisis eased and investors mulled declining oil and fuel inventories in the US.

  • US close: Stocks up on Italy, consumer confidence

    Friday 11 Nov 2011

    Wall Street closed Friday's session with strong gains (Dow: +2.19%, S & P 500: +1.95%, NASDAQ: +2.04%) after the relaxation of risk premiums in the peripheral countries of the Eurozone and some positive economic data closer to home.

  • Sunday newspaper round-up: EFSF, Interserve, Iraq, L&G, StanChart

    Friday 11 Nov 2011

    The Ministry of Defence will this week award contracts worth up to £420m to Interserve to maintain four overseas military bases. The group will provide electrical, mechanical and building services for bases in Cyprus, Ascension Island, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands, where Prince William is to serve a six-week tour of duty. The contracts are worth an estimated £60m a year for five years, with

  • Broker tips: HSBC, AMEC, IMI

    Friday 11 Nov 2011

    In a stark research note issued this morning, Evolution Securities has reiterated its sell recommendation for banking giant HSBC, saying simply, "HSBC isn't working!"

  • Sunday share tip round-up: Cape, Anglo Pacific Group

    Friday 11 Nov 2011

    Cape, the industrial cleaning and supplies provider, informed in its latest trading update of some pressures on margins in the Middle East which could crimp earnings. There was also a surprise one-off charge relating to a contract in the North Sea and three contracts were subject to delays in the underlying projects. The Telegraph’s Questor team believes however that the resulting fall in the

  • US consumer confidence edged up in November

    Friday 11 Nov 2011

    The University of Michigan’s preliminary consumer confidence index for the month of November has come in at 64.2, following on a reading of 60.9 the month before, according to Reuters.

  • Bonds: Italian yields fall to 6.47%

    Friday 11 Nov 2011

    The level of Italy’s closely-watched bond yields fell today after the nation’s senate approved its austerity package, critical to bring the chaotic situation in the country’s debt markets under control.

  • House prices rose in England and Wales, despite market seizure

    Friday 11 Nov 2011

    House prices in England and Wales rose by 0.2% on month in October (-1.3% on the year), according to residential property services firm LSL Property Services. Nonetheless, adds LSL, the price rise seen masked a sharp fall in property transactions, which registered a sharp fall of 6% on year as market activity “seized up.” Furthermore, the company has highlighted the fact that a “2-tier market” is

  • FTSE 100 Movers: Schroders tops the list

    Friday 11 Nov 2011

    Schroders was the top riser after Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock to hold from sell, and even though Credit Suisse cut its target to 1,390p from 1,450p.

  • Broker tips: HSBC, AMEC, IMI

    Friday 11 Nov 2011

    In a stark research note issued this morning, Evolution Securities has reiterated its sell recommendation for banking giant HSBC, saying simply, "HSBC isn't working!"

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