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Germany to host Euro 2024 after seeing off Turkey bid
Germany will host the Euro 2024 tournament after beating Turkey in a vote by Uefa’s executive committee on Thursday.
Bango shares dip after confirmation CFO will leave in November
Mobile commerce firm Bango saw its shares dip on Thursday after confirming that chief financial officer Rachel Elias-Jones will leave on 12 November.
Macron would welcome UK back into EU if it changes its mind
French president Emmanuel Macron said he would welcome the UK back into the European Union if voters were to change their minds in a second Brexit referendum.
London close: FTSE climbs on rising dollar, falling yields
London stocks roused themselves from a small early slump on Thursday, edging towards a five-week high thanks to the pound weakening and oil prices remaining strong.
WTO downgrades world trade forecasts for 2018 and 2019
The World Trade Organization have cut their forecast for global commerce for 2018 and 2019 on Thursday due to negative effects coming from the trade tensions between China and the US.
Europe close: Shares up despite drag from Italian bank stocks, budget row
Shares on the Continent closed higher on Thursday on expectations of a strong Wall Street opening and despite a sharp fall in Italian bank stocks driven by ongoing government budget battles.
Broker tips: St James' Place, Thomas Cook, Daily Mail and General Trust
Analysts at Berenberg sounded an exceedingly 'bullish' note on shares of St James' Place, highlighting what they believed were the significant valuation gaps which concerns around Brexit and market levels had opened up vis-a-vis logic or the company's 'fundamentals'.
Liberum downgrades DMGT in 'a tricky call'
Analysts at Liberum downgraded Daily Mail and General Trust on Thursday over concerns regarding its Middle Eastern events operations and changing trends in online advertising.
Director dealings: Bunzl's North American chief executive lowers stake
Bunzl's North American president and chief executive Patrick Larmon disposed of 28,500 ordinary shares in the multinational distribution and outsourcing company.
FTSE 250 movers: Indivior takes a dive, Just Group boosted by peer's news
London's FTSE 250 was down 0. 45% at 20,343. 88 in afternoon trade on Thursday.
Carnival sinks as guidance disappoints after record third quarter
Cruise giant Carnival sunk as fourth quarter earnings guidance came in below expectations.
Goldman Sachs new online retail bank
Goldman Sachs has rolled out its Marcus online retail bank into the UK customers.
UBS upgrades Thomas Cook following 'steps in the right direction'
Analysts at UBS reset their expectations on package holiday outfit Thomas Cook on Thursday, upgrading the firm to 'neutral' as the broker highlighted its new management initiatives and operating model as "steps in the right direction".
US open: Modest gains at the bell following latest Fed interest hike
Wall Street trading kicked off with some modest gains on Thursday as investors digested news of the Fed's third interest hike this year and thumbed through a sea of economic reports, including an update to the nation's second-quarter GDP.
US durable goods orders jump in August, boosted by aircraft
Orders for goods made to last more than three year soared last month, boosted by orders for civilian and military aircraft.
FTSE 100 movers: Carnival sinks on lower Q4 guidance; Centrica escapes with wrist slap
FTSE blue chip stocks crept into positive territory after an early slump on Thursday, with the 100 index up by 0. 3%.
Rosslyn Data Technologies ends year in line with expectations
‘Big data’ technology company Rosslyn Data Technologies updated the market on Thursday, announcing that its results for the year ended 30 April were expected to be released on 1 October.
Arena buys The Structure Group assets and rest of Hong Kong operation
Arena Events Group has expanded its product portfolio with the acquisition of the UK and Middle East temporary structures business from the Structure Group of Companies (TSG), it announced on Thursday.
Sector movers: Bond proxies rise, financials and airlines wobble
Telecoms and utilities sectors were uniformly higher on Thursday, while financial stocks were among the losers, as markets adjusted to comments from the US central bank.
Urals Energy flags delay at South Dagi
Independent exploration and production company Urals Energy updated the marker on its drilling activities at South Dagi on Thursday, reporting that, further to its announcement on 10 September, it viewed the initial results of the analysis of core samples taken from its first exploratory well as being “promising”.