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UK consumer confidence falls back to April lows
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
UK consumer confidence fell for the third month in a row in August, according to new figures published this morning by consultancy GfK NOP.
Norcros sells land to Morrisons
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
Norcros, the home products group behind Tritons showers, is to sell land to Morrisons, the supermarket chain, in a deal which could be worth £2.6m.
Market overview: FTSE 100 builds on gains
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
1025: UK stocks continue to advance, building on hopes of further action by the monetary authority stateside. Likewise, there is market chatter today as regards the need for further stimulus in the US (Martin Wolf at the FT) and from the ECB (Gross at PIMCO). On the other hand, James Mackintosh at the FT writes today on how long-term valuation methods show US equities to still be overvalued. UK
ANT cuts losses
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
Digital TV software provider, ANT, cut its losses in the first half of 2011.
Market overview: FTSE 100 up 5
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
0835: The blue chip index fell has edged higher in early trading, led by Smith & Nephew, GKN and Man Group. Tesco is wanted after selling its business in Japan. Bwin.party has moved higher despite the online gaming firm reporting that high gaming taxes hit earnings in the first half. Real estate investment trusts British Land, Hammerson, Land Securities and Capital Shopping Centres were among
Below-target production at Norseman Gold
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
Australia-focused miner Norseman Gold swung to a significant pre-tax loss of A$27.2m in the year ended 30 June, compared with a profit of A$1.1m the year before, after full-year gold production came in below expectations at 50,173 ounces.
Market overview: FTSE 100 builds on gains
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
1025: UK stocks continue to advance, building on hopes of further action by the monetary authority stateside. Likewise, there is market chatter today as regards the need for further stimulus in the US (Martin Wolf at the FT) and from the ECB (Gross at PIMCO). On the other hand, James Mackintosh at the FT writes today on how long-term valuation methods show US equities to still be overvalued. UK
Wednesday tips round-up: Computacenter, Bunzl, Booker...
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
Mike Norris, the chief executive of Computacenter, claims to be more pleased by the successful transition of the group’s British operations to a new IT programme, which went live yesterday morning, than he is with interim figures yesterday, says the Tempus team at the Times. But the upgrade, which follows a similar process in Germany and with France soon to follow, does remove a block on the
London pre-open: Equities spin their wheels
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
US equities may have rallied after the release yesterday of the minutes from the last meeting of the Federal Reserve's rate setting committee, but London's traders seem disinclined to get too excited, with spread betting sites indicating the top-share index will nudge up 8 or 9 points at the opening.
US close: Stocks rally after Fed minutes
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
Stocks moved into the blue by the close of trade after minutes from the last meeting of the Federal Reserve showed policymakers considered stimulus measures to kickstart the world’s biggest economy.
Russia delays still hurting JKX
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
Eastern Europe-focused oil group JKX Oil & Gas posted a decline in half year profit as it completes its Russian redevelopment project.
British consumer confidence at rock bottom
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
UK consumer confidence fell for the third month in a row in August, according to new figures.
Tesco sells Japan interests
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
Tesco is to sell its Japanese interests having concluded that it “cannot build a sufficiently scalable business” there.
British consumer confidence at rock bottom
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
UK consumer confidence fell for the third month in a row in August, according to new figures.
London pre-open: Equities spin their wheels
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
US equities may have rallied after the release yesterday of the minutes from the last meeting of the Federal Reserve's rate setting committee, but London's traders seem disinclined to get too excited, with spread betting sites indicating the top-share index will nudge up 8 or 9 points at the opening.
Wednesday tips round-up: Computacenter, Bunzl, Booker...
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
Mike Norris, the chief executive of Computacenter, claims to be more pleased by the successful transition of the group’s British operations to a new IT programme, which went live yesterday morning, than he is with interim figures yesterday, says the Tempus team at the Times. But the upgrade, which follows a similar process in Germany and with France soon to follow, does remove a block on the
Wednesday newspaper round-up: ExxonMobil/Rosneft, Cable, BofA...
Wednesday 31 Aug 2011
ExxonMobil has formed an Arctic exploration partnership with Rosneft, the Russian state oil company, in a strategic coup over rival BP. In return, Exxon, the world’s largest oil company by market capitalisation, will give the state-controlled Russian group minority stakes in projects in the US Gulf of Mexico, in onshore fields in Texas and elsewhere, according to the Financial Times.
US close: Stocks rally after Fed minutes
Tuesday 30 Aug 2011
Stocks moved into the blue by the close of trade after minutes from the last meeting of the Federal Reserve showed policymakers considered stimulus measures to kickstart the world’s biggest economy.
US midday: Stocks move off lows, some doubts persist
Tuesday 30 Aug 2011
The main US equity benchmarks are now giving back some ground (Dow Jones Industrial: -33, Nasdaq Comp.: -4, S&P 500: -5), following yesterday’s gains and the release, earlier this afternoon, of a very weak reading on consumer confidence stateside. They are, nonetheless, off their lows of the session.
S&P cuts Eurozone growth estimates
Tuesday 30 Aug 2011
US ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) lowered its growth estimates for the Eurozone but signaled that it will not dip back into recession.
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