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Small-caps: French Connection out of fashion
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:42:54 GMT
Troubled retailer falls after revealing disappointing Christmas results late on Friday which it said negated its positive first-half growth
FTSE lower as investors remain cautious
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:07:44 GMT
Shares edge lower with Barclays out of favour on concerns that it might kick off the bank earnings season on a downbeat note
Investors seek Bumi talks with Bakries
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:49:00 GMT
Shareholders want the Bakrie family and their partner Samin Tan to withdraw a motion calling for Nat Rothschild to be ousted from the company’s board
Randgold to spend $1bn developing mines
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:27:51 GMT
Gold miner seeks to double dividend as increased production of the precious metal combined with high prices more than trebled annual profits
Small-cap week: Coms surges on Smith share deal
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:48:24 GMT
Internet telephone service provider gains 168% after chief executive of MXC Capital increases stake
Unilever agrees to return to negotiations
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:34:48 GMT
Unilever feels the ‘time is right’ to see if Acas can help resolve the dispute after it closed its final salary scheme
Small-caps: Game bounces back
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:42:44 GMT
Agreement with lenders lifts troubled retailer while brewer Fuller’s rises after announcing the purchase of 15 pubs from Enterprise Inns for £22.9m
Bakrie vehicle moves to oust Rothschild from Bumi
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:50:00 GMT
Dramatic move is a setback for the UK financier, who had pledged to clean up corporate governance at the coal miner
Chartists have a cross to bear
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:29 GMT
Analysts’ favourite is little help in spotting trends, says David Schwartz
Broadband take-up boosts BT earnings
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:10:12 GMT
Pension deficit widens £1.6bn, but pre-tax profit for third quarter is up 48% at the UK telecoms group
RBS fights Libor dismissal claim by trader
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:51:39 GMT
Bank says former Singapore employee was guilty of gross misconduct for ‘improperly influencing’ rate setting
Insurers head gains with FTSE eyeing 6,000 level
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:11:11 GMT
London makes broad-based gains with only six FTSE 100 stocks falling as US jobs data and purchasing managers’ surveys lift sentiment
Small caps: Porvair buoyed by profits surge
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:54:59 GMT
Company sales bolstered by solid performance of its higher-margin metal filtration division
Miners power FTSE to six-month high
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:01:07 GMT
ENRC misses out on rally fuelled by Glencore and Xstrata’s proposed merger while disappointing results elsewhere drag on London index
Small-caps: MXC chief share buy lifts Coms
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:40:45 GMT
Internet telephone company’s shares jump 72.7% after Ian Smith, chief executive of MXC Capital, increases direct and indirect holdings to 27.6%
AstraZeneca unveils plans to cut 7,300 jobs
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:43:47 GMT
Anglo-Swedish drugs group, which pledged a $4.5bn share buy-back, reports 2% fall in revenues as competition from generics bites
Earnings doubts hang over Hong Kong rally
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:53:15 GMT
Falling margins and slow revenue growth cloud the outlook for the apparently buoyant Hang Seng and analysts say there are reason to be cautious
GlobeOp shares soar after purchase by TPG
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:42:30 GMT
US private equity group is to buy the London-listed hedge fund administrator for £508m, marking its return to the UK financial services sector
Small-caps: Takeover delay hits Synchronica
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:57:39 GMT
Smartphone messaging software maker slips 13% on news that offer from Myriad has yet to be agreed
Tognum venture powers Rolls-Royce to record high
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:36:06 GMT
Enginer maker’s marine acquistion with Daimler helps London index to its biggest gain in a month in a broad-based rally