11th May 2020 08:53
(Sharecast News) - eSports provider Gfinity has partnered with BT to co-produce a new entertainment-based competitive gaming series - the BT Sport FIFA Challenge.
Read more7th May 2020 12:11
(Sharecast News) - Broadband provider Virgin Media and mobile phone group O2 are to merge in a $31bn deal, owners Liberty Global and Telefonica announced on Thursday.
Read more7th May 2020 07:42
(Sharecast News) - BT pulled its dividend on Thursday due to the coronavirus pandemic, as it posted a drop in full-year profit and revenue.
Read more6th May 2020 16:49
(Sharecast News) - Financial markets' focus on Thursday will be on the Bank of England as rate-setters at the Old Lady on Threadneedle Street announce their latest monetary policy decisions.
Read more5th May 2020 13:27
(Sharecast News) - Stagecoach Group: Canaccord upgrades to buy with a target price of 110p.
Read more3rd May 2020 21:44
(Sharecast News) - The City is braced for a cut to BT's £1.5bn dividend - a move that would send pain through its army of retail shareholders after a wave of blue-chips slashed payouts amid the Covid-19 crisis. The board meets this week to decide whether to keep the dividend, one of the 20 biggest in the FTSE 100 index. More than 40 leading companies have cancelled £16.5bn of payouts this year, according to the broker Peel Hunt, including all the banks. Shell stunned the market by cutting its dividend by two-thirds on Thursday. - Sunday Times
Read more15th Apr 2020 12:01
(Sharecast News) - Almost one-third of FTSE 100 companies have cut or scrapped their dividends during the coronavirus crisis, leaving investors relying on 10 companies for two-thirds of the index's likely payouts in 2020, research shows.
Read more30th Mar 2020 14:40
(Sharecast News) - Barclays cut its price targets for BT, TalkTalk and Vodafone as the bank reviewed risks to telecoms companies' guidance and dividends from the Covid-19 crisis.
Read more30th Mar 2020 11:44
(Sharecast News) - Cineworld Group: JP Morgan downgrades to neutral with a target price of 90p.
Read more24th Mar 2020 09:07
(Sharecast News) - BT said it was in talks to sell its French domestic operations to Computacenter as the telecoms group seeks to focus on services for international organisations.
Read more13th Mar 2020 07:02
(Sharecast News) - BT chief executive Philip Jansen said he had tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus and self-isolated.
Read more11th Mar 2020 15:27
(Sharecast News) - BT Group topped gainers on the top-flight index after the Chancellor confirmed plans to invest ?5bn on rolling out full-fibre broadband across Britain - a major plank of the Conservative election manifesto.
Read more25th Feb 2020 13:02
(Sharecast News) - BT is likely to cut its dividend by 30% from 2021 to reduce debt and help clinch favourable full-fibre broadband (FTTP) regulation, Jefferies analysts said.
Read more10th Feb 2020 14:40
(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Jefferies sounded a 'bullish' note on UK equities, telling clients that "Brexit is done but UK equities are not".
Read more10th Feb 2020 12:52
(Sharecast News) - Consort Medical: RBC Capital Markets upgrades to sector performer with a target price of 1,010p.
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