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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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%
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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