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FTSE 100 modestly higher in cautious pre-holiday trade
MORNING REPORT: The headline index was modestly higher in cautious early trade today, with activity expected to be light ahead of the long weekend break. Banks and miners put in a muted ...
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Close Brothers increases Assets under Management to £9.2bn
Financial services company Close Brothers said it achieved another good performance in the third quarter to end-April. The Banking division saw solid growth, with the loan book increasing to ...
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The Press Roundup
A brief summary of Friday's main business headlines... Extensive coverage of market slump, HSBC settlement doubts, Halfords, FlyBe, ENRC, Tesco.....
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3i to acquire BIFM
Private equity firm 3i Group said today it has made an irrevocable offer to Barclays Bank to acquire Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management.
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Kellan culls losses
Specialist recruitment company Kellan Group said that operating loss narrowed from £5.4m in 2011 to £2.1m in the year to end-December 2012.
Continued streamlining with administrative expenses (including...
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Economic & Market Headlines
- BBA, CBI and EEF say FTT is a “tax on growth”
- Kennedy reviewing investment opportunities
- Computacenter to return £75m to shareholders
- FLASH: John Lewis store sales up 8.8% at £64.97m Week 16
- Economy likely to remain subdued for some time, says BCC
- FLASH: Waitrose sales up 7% at £115.32m Week 16
- Falcon Oil & Gas to increase stake in FOGA
Latest Trading Statements
- Max Petroleum says drilling starts at UTS-5 well
- Minco hits elevated zinc-lead at Northern Pennines
- H&T warns of hit from volatile gold price
- S&U trading in line, strong progress in Motor Finance
- Close Brothers increases Assets under Management to £9.2bn
- FLASH: H&T pleased with overall pledge book performance
- FLASH: S&U trading in line, strong progress in Motor Finance
Latest Company Results
- Digital Barriers schedules FY results
- HVPE schedules full-year results
- Hon Hai consolidated net income up
- Cherkizovo adjusted earnings down 54%
- FLASH: Hon Hai consolidated net income up
- FLASH: Cherkizovo adjusted earnings down 54%
- Global Market net income falls
Latest Broker Views
- Brokers' round-up: First Group in focus
- FLASH: Canaccord upgrades PayPoint to buy from hold, target 999p from 881p
- FLASH: Numis starts Avingtrans at buy, target 145p
- FLASH: Nomura cuts Kingfisher to reduce from neutral, target 280p from 270p
- FLASH: Exane BNP cuts ARM Holdings to neutral from outperform, target 1000p
- FLASH: Numis cuts Mothercare to add from buy, target 405p from 350p
- FLASH: Nomura lifts Thomas Cook Group to neutral from reduce, target 159p from 105p
Latest Newspaper Headlines
- Who's Myleene's mystery man? Star leaves awards do holding hands with a suited male source: The Daily Express
- Business news and markets: live source: The Telegraph
- Co-op Bank freezes loans to small firms source: The Daily Mail
- Millions of holidaymakers face higher costs abroad as the pound falls against 80% of global currencies source: The Daily Mail
- My brother-in-law is buying his dad's house cheaply - is this a problem? source: The Daily Mail
- Business news and markets: live source: The Telegraph
- Final salary pensions bullet dodged as EU mothballs solvency rules source: The Daily Mail
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