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Tue 07 Sep 2010
First quarter figures from equipment rental firm Ashtead should generate full year earnings estimate upgrades, Singer Capital Markets believes, with the outlook for the company looking promising.
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Tue 07 Sep 2010
First quarter figures from equipment rental firm Ashtead should generate full year earnings estimate upgrades, Singer Capital Markets believes, with the outlook for the company looking promising.
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Tue 07 Sep 2010
Shares in Scottish speciality pharmaceuticals company ProStrakan slumped by a third on Tuesday morning after the chief executive (CEO) walked the plank after the company ran into a number of problems. KBC Peel Hunt responded by cutting its recommendation to ‘hold’.
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Tue 07 Sep 2010
Well-received results from Sports Direct and a rise in shop sales have failed to lift the retail sector.
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Tue 07 Sep 2010
The buy case for veterinary products group Dechra Pharmaceuticals is increasingly compelling, FinnCap believes, after the group posted a 10% rise in annual profit Tuesday morning and hiked its dividend 18%.
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Tue 07 Sep 2010
Goldman Sachs has downgraded its rating on the travel operator TUI saying it sees value elsewhere in the sector.
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Tue 07 Sep 2010
1405: Shares in Cable & Wireless have fallen back following gains yesterday when the telecoms group was lifted by bid talk. With the US expected to fall as trading resumes following the long weekend, Footsie remains stuck in the red, down 40 at 5,399.
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Tue 07 Sep 2010
Even though a number of holiday companies have issued profits warnings in recent weeks, easyJet has seen its passenger traffic increase, and yesterday reported that the number of passengers taking its planes last month increased by 8.4% compared to August last year.
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Tue 07 Sep 2010
Barclays risks a confrontation with the Government today when it confirms that Bob Diamond, Britain’s best-paid banker, is to become its chief executive.
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Mon 06 Sep 2010
A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far.
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Mon 06 Sep 2010
Costa Coffee and Premier Inn owner Whitbread issues an interim management statement on Tuesday covering its second quarter.
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Mon 06 Sep 2010
The oil & gas sector is going well, with BP among the risers after yesterday announcing it has recovered the blow-out preventer from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Mon 06 Sep 2010
Panmure Gordon has raised its earnings estimates for bookie William Hill but is still a seller of the shares, as it believes the market is being over optimistic on the prospects for the high street part of the business.
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Mon 06 Sep 2010
Panmure Gordon has raised its earnings estimates for bookie William Hill but is still a seller of the shares, as it believes the market is being over optimistic on the prospects for the high street part of the business.
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Mon 06 Sep 2010
Broker Daniel Stewart is patting itself on the back after predicting that the volume estimates and chances of success ratings for Chariot Oil and Gas’s Namibian assets were too low, after the company upgraded both on Monday morning.
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Mon 06 Sep 2010
Conveyor belt maker Fenner is enjoying a decent recovery in its underlying markets, says FinnCap, and with the shares having drifted lower of late the stock is currently priced at an attractive level, the broker believes.
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Mon 06 Sep 2010
1630: Close London rose for the seventh session in a row Monday, racking up a new four-month high in the process, but enthusiasm waned near the close, leaving leading shares near their worst levels of the day. With no help from the US – Wall Street is shut for Labor Day – Argos and Homebase group Home Retail was best of the bunch ahead of Thursday’s results, helped by a Seymour Pierce upgrade from “sell” to “hold”. BP also improved on further bid talk and speculation it’s about to sell its stake in Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay. Miners like Rio Tinto and Kazakhmys proved a drag, though the sector suffered broad losses. The FTSE 100 ended up 11 at 5,439.
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Mon 06 Sep 2010
Willie Walsh has identified 12 airlines as potential acquisition targets once he completes the merger of British Airways and Iberia this year.
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Sun 05 Sep 2010
Over the next couple of years it’s possible that the online gaming industry will emerge from its troubled past and boom again as it did in the early years of this century. With this in mind, the Mail on Sunday reckons the London-listed online bookmaker Sportingbet might be worth a flutter.
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Sun 05 Sep 2010
Two of Britain’s best-known company bosses are poised to step down in a dramatic changing of the guard in FTSE 100 boardrooms.
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