BAE Systems Buys Back 465,000 Shares To Hold In Treasury
6th Jul 2010 07:56
LONDON (Dow Jones)--BAE Systems PLC (BA.LN) said Tuesday it has purchased 465,000 of its ordinary shares via The Royal Bank of Scotland NV (London Branch). MAIN FACTS: -BAE intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. -Volume weighted average price paid per share: 308.01 pence -
Read moreBAE Systems Buys Back 1.69M Shares At 307.84P
2nd Jul 2010 17:32
LONDON (Dow Jones)--BAE Systems PLC (BA.LN) said Friday it has purchased 1,690,000 of its ordinary shares via The Royal Bank of Scotland NV (London Branch). MAIN FACTS: -BAE intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. -Volume weighted average price paid per share: 307.84 pence
Read moreBAE Systems Buys Back 1.51M Shares At 308.72P
1st Jul 2010 17:53
LONDON (Dow Jones)--BAE Systems PLC (BA.LN) said Thursday it has purchased 1,510,000 of its ordinary shares via The Royal Bank of Scotland NV (London Branch) and intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. MAIN FACTS: -Volume weighted average price paid per share: 308.72 pence -Sha
Read moreBAE factory closure to cost 260 jobs
1st Jul 2010 14:06
A lack of orders for military vehicles has forced BAE Systems to shut down its factory in Leicester, putting 260 staff out of work. The company has said other vehicle factories in Newcastle, Telford and Wolverhampton will stay open, although they'll need more deals with the Ministry of Defence to k
Read moreBAE Systems Buys Back 1.26M Shares At 319.2P >BA.LN
30th Jun 2010 17:48
LONDON (Dow Jones)--BAE Systems PLC (BA.LN) said Wednesday it has purchased 1,255,000 of its ordinary shares via The Royal Bank of Scotland NV. MAIN FACTS: -BAE intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. -Volume weighted average price paid per share: 312.9 pence -Shares closed
Read moreBAE SYSTEMS Buys 2.0M In Own Shares
29th Jun 2010 17:26
LONDON (Dow Jones)--BAE Systems Plc (BA.LN), announced Tuesday it has purchased 2,000,000 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence at a volume weighted average price paid per share of 313.6017 pence. MAIN FACTS: -BAE Systems intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. -Shares closed Tuesday at
Read moreLondon close: Footsie dives on economic concerns
29th Jun 2010 16:31
London's leading shares ended with heavy losses as concerns about the global economy resurfaced again. Traders were nervy in Europe about bank payments that need to be made to the European Central Bank this week, while triple-digit falls on Wall Street added to London's woes. As in London, US in
Read moreLondon afternoon: Stocks dive deeper
29th Jun 2010 14:27
Expectations of a triple-digit fall on the Dow Jones index when Wall Street opens has added to London's woes. As in London, US investors are concerned that China's economy is not likely to grow at the rate previously anticipated. US based research group the Conference Board said overnight that its
Read moreLondon midday: Footsie waves goodbye to 5,000
29th Jun 2010 12:06
Footsie fell below 5,000 as mining shares tanked in the morning session on concerns that China's economy is not likely to grow at the rate previously anticipated. US based research group the Conference Board said its China leading economic index rose just 0.3% in April, a sharp revision down from
Read moreLondon open: Footsie slides lower
29th Jun 2010 08:56
London has followed US and Asian markets lower with only AstraZeneca in the blue at present. It was suggested as a possible takeover company for a US company by Standard & Poor's, along with BAE Systems and Balfour Beatty. US companies clearly are interested in UK assets judging from Emerson's 375
Read moreUK Fraud Office Wants BAE Deal Settled Before End-summer - FT
29th Jun 2010 07:22
LONDON (Dow Jones)--The director of the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office has said he is determined to press ahead with a deal to fine BAE Systems PLC (BA.LN), the Financial Times reports Tuesday. The SFO hopes to bring the matter to court before the summer break after months of legal argument includi
Read moreTuesday newspaper round-up: BP, AstraZeneca, Car industry
29th Jun 2010 06:43
Fresh tensions erupted between BP and the Kremlin last night after the British oil giant was forced to deny reports that Russia's Deputy Prime Minister had suggested its chief executive was on the verge of resignation. Just hours before Tony Hayward was due to meet Igor Sechin in Moscow for talks
Read moreBAE SYSTEMS Buys 1.4M In Own Shares
28th Jun 2010 16:58
LONDON (Dow Jones)--BAE Systems Plc (BA.LN), announced Monday that it has purchased 1,400,000 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence at a volume weighted average price per share of 318.6303 pence. MAIN FACTS: -BAE Systems plc intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. -Shares closed Monday
Read moreBAE Systems Set To Cut Jobs After Contract Loss - Report
27th Jun 2010 12:45
LONDON (Dow Jones)--BAE Systems PLC (BA.LN) is planning to cut hundreds of jobs at its U.K. vehicles business, the Sunday Telegraph reports. The planned job cuts come after BAE lost out on a key armoured vehicle deal to U.S. rival General Dynamics earlier this year and ahead of the squeeze on mi
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: G20, Prudential, BA
27th Jun 2010 12:10
George Osborne is to push for a delay in global banking reform to get a deal on levels of liquidity and capital needed by banks so that multi-billion taxpayer funded bail-outs are not needed again, says the Sunday Telegraph. The Group of Eight rich nations backed countries in their drive to strike
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