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Pershing Square names Denton senior director as Curtis exits board
(Alliance News) - Pershing Square Holdings Ltd on Friday said Charlotte Denton will become senior independent director, replacing Bronwyn Curtis, who is stepping down from the board at the company's ...
London close: Stocks mixed after turbulent tariff-fuelled week
On London's equity markets, gold miners were in the green as the price of the metal climbed, boosting shares in Fresnillo, Hochschild Mining and Endeavour Mining, which advanced 6.49%, 4.18% and 6.43% ...
Bakkavor gives Greencore more time to make firm takeover offer
(Alliance News) - Bakkavor PLC on Friday said it has granted suitor Greencore PLC an extension to the deadline for it to make a firm takeover offer, as the convenience food making peers discuss a ...
PRESS: Shein London IPO backed by UK's FCA watchdog - Reuters
Reuters reported that Shein has informed the China Securities Regulatory Commission of the FCA backing. However, the Chinese regulator is yet to give a green light. The executive chair of Shein last ...
BP says energy production down in first quarter of 2025 on asset sales
(Alliance News) - BP PLC on Friday said in a trading update that it estimates that upstream production in the first quarter of 2025 was down from the fourth quarter of 2024.
London midday: Stocks march higher again following brief dip on China retaliation
(Sharecast News) - London stocks were back in the black by midday on Friday, having briefly moved lower after China announced it was raising tariffs on US goods to 125% from 84%. The FTSE 100 was up 0 ...
AIM WINNERS & LOSERS: Metals One gets GBP3 million in equity fundraise
(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM on Friday.
LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: Stocks up but tariff concerns remain
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Friday, while the UK government hopes for a deal to soften the blow of US tariffs. It would take an "extraordinary deal" for the UK to ...
Gemfields plans equity rights issue after swing to loss in 2024
Gemfields skipped paying dividend for 2024, after paying out 0.857 US cents for 2023. Loss per share widened to 7.0 US cents in 2024 from 0.8 cents in 2023, while headline loss per share was 2.1 cents ...
LONDON BRIEFING: FTSE 100 called up but UK retail footfall drops
(Alliance News) - London stocks were called to open higher on Friday, but "trade war uncertainties" continue to haunt market participants. US stocks closed lower as "mood in the US turned increasingly ...
LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks rebound as market welcomes tariff U-turn
In New York, markets gave up a chunk of Wednesday's stellar gains. At the time of the London equities close, the DJIA was down 3.1%, the S&P 500 index was 3.8% lower, while the Nasdaq Composite was ...
LondonMetric buys long-let M&S logistics warehouse for GBP74 million
(Alliance News) - LondonMetric Property PLC on Thursday said it has acquired a long-let Marks & Spencer Group PLC logistics warehouse for a total of GBP74.0 million.