Monday broker round-up

30th Jul 2018 13:17

(Sharecast News) - Sophos Group: Numis upgrades to add with a target price of 580p.

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BT Sport misses out on NBA and UFC

30th Jul 2018 09:06

(Sharecast News) - BT Sport will lose the rights to broadcast NBA basketball and UFC fights after the company withdrew from negotiations this weekend.

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BT impresses with first quarter despite weaker revenue, pensions gaffe

27th Jul 2018 07:22

(Sharecast News) - BT Group reported a 2% decline in underlying revenue and a 3% improvement in adjusted profits as regulated price reductions in Openreach and declines in its enterprise businesses offset growth in the consumer business.

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Wednesday broker round-up

25th Jul 2018 13:57

(Sharecast News) - Unite Group: Numis downgrades to hold with a target price of 900p.

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Tuesday broker round-up

24th Jul 2018 13:17

(Sharecast News) - Britvic: Shore Capital Markets downgrades to hold.

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BT offers discounts to ISPs in push for faster broadband

24th Jul 2018 07:04

(Sharecast News) - BT Group has offered discounts for internet service providers to upgrade customers to faster broadband as the government seeks to overhaul Britain's digital network.

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Government to spend up to £5bn on broadband for rural Britain

23rd Jul 2018 10:07

(Sharecast News) - The government has said it will spend up to £5bn to bring full-fibre broadband to all parts of Britain by 2033.

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Friday broker round-up

17th Feb 2017 09:19

(ShareCast News) - AstraZeneca: Jefferies reiterates Buy with a target price of 5250p. BT Group: Jefferies reiterates Hold with a target price of 325p. Standard Life: Macquarie reiterates Outperform with a target price of 450p. Cobham: Goldman Sachs reiterates Sell with a target price of 88p. Dra

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ASDA Mobile goes 4G under renewed BT deal

15th Feb 2017 16:02

(ShareCast News) - Telecommunications provider BT announced an extension to its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement, using its EE network, with Walmart-owned supermarket chain ASDA on Wednesday. The FTSE 100 firm said the new deal will include access to 4G services for the first time, a

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FTSE 100 movers: Rio Tinto zips higher as Reckitt Benckiser falls

10th Feb 2017 17:10

(ShareCast News) - FTSE 100 is higher on Friday afternoon thanks to a string of mining behemoths led by Rio Tinto congregating atop the risers' list, albeit offset by a motley group of fallers led by consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser. London's top tier index closed 0.40% higher to 7,258.75 poin

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BT's continental Europe chief quits amid Italy scandal fallout - report

10th Feb 2017 14:36

(ShareCast News) - Telecoms giant BT Group's continental Europe chief, Corrado Sciolla, has resigned amid the fallout of an accounting scandal at its Italian business, a report says. Sciolla was reported in late January to have variously stepped down or left the company. He was now, having apparent

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UBS slashes projections for BT Group's 2017-19 equity free cash flows

10th Feb 2017 13:28

(ShareCast News) - UBS marked down shares of BT following the group's recent profit warning, telling clients it remained wary of various other possible sources of risk too. As a result of the former, analyst Polo Tang trimmed his earnings per share estimates for the period covering between 2017 and

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Friday broker round-up

10th Feb 2017 10:35

(ShareCast News) - British American Tobacco: Berenberg upgrades to Buy with a target price of 5670p. Smith & Nephew: Jefferies reiterates Buy with a target price of 1350p. BT Group: UBS maintains Neutral with a target price of 325p. Ashmore Group: UBS maintains Buy with a target price of 390p. Da

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Directors dealings: BT Group's HR head picks up shares after Italian debacle

6th Feb 2017 16:29

(ShareCast News) - Alison Wilcox, BT Group's head of Human Resources, picked up some shares in the company on 3 February two days after the telecoms group brought on board Sir Brendan Barber and Edward Astle as independent members of its newly formed board, created as part of an Ofcom-guided strateg

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BT builds up Openreach board to reestablish 'trust and credibility'

1st Feb 2017 07:09

(ShareCast News) - BT announced on Wednesday that Openreach had appointed Sir Brendan Barber and Edward Astle as independent members of its newly formed board, created as part of an Ofcom-guided strategy to improve autonomy and independence at the telecoms infrastructure firm. The FTSE 100 company s

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