15th Jul 2010 11:40
0632 GMT [Dow Jones] Taiwan's new NT$40 billion 5-year government bond sold at 1.0110%, lower end of 1.0000%-1.0400% band tipped by local trader, boosted by banks buying (banks account for 61.6% for total bond sold vs 55.12% in previous 5-year bond auction), lifting market, says local brokerage trad
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Broker comments in the UK today. Compiled by Dow Jones Newswires Markets Desk, [email protected] Contact us in London. +44-20-7842-9464 [email protected] 1040 GMT [Dow Jones] Experian's (EXPN.LN) 1Q update shows a stronger start to the year than expected and its biggest growth i
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0826 GMT [Dow Jones] Experian (EXPN.LN) deserves a re-rating, says Evolution Securities. "It has delivered the highest level of organic growth for three years, beating consensus expectations of 3-5% and provides a firm footing for confidence in management's mid-single digit organic growth target." E
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Broker comments in the UK today. Compiled by Dow Jones Newswires Markets Desk, [email protected] Contact us in London. +44-20-7842-9464 [email protected] 0826 GMT [Dow Jones] Experian (EXPN.LN) deserves a re-rating, says Evolution Securities. "It has delivered the highest level
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0649 GMT [Dow Jones] Investec upgrades Cookson Group (CKSN.LN) to buy from hold, ahead of its interim results on Aug. 4. Thinks Cookson has been oversold, and 2H '10E and FY '11E will be better than the stock market appears to be anticipating. Says, "the current US 2Q results season, followed by tha
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London's blue chips have opened lower as weak miners overshadow a number of positive company statements. Kazakhmys is leading the fallers, closely followed by Xstrata, Eurasian Natural Resources, Antofagasta, Vedanta Resources, Lonmin and Rio Tinto. On the positive side, global information service
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(Adds detail, analyst comment.) By Jessica Hodgson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K.-based credit-checking company Experian PLC (EXPN.LN) Thursday hailed signs of continued revenue growth recovery in the first three months of its fiscal year in most regions. Experian sa
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0647 GMT [Dow Jones] Experian (EXPN.LN) 1Q figures overall are better than expected, says Shore Capital, although the mix of business shows an increasing divergence in what drives revenues, with interactive services and Latin American business in particular much stronger than expected, while North A
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Broker comments in the UK today. Compiled by Dow Jones Newswires Markets Desk, [email protected] Contact us in London. +44-20-7842-9464 [email protected] 0647 GMT [Dow Jones] Experian (EXPN.LN) 1Q figures overall are better than expected, says Shore Capital, although the mix of
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After London put in a strong finish yesterday there were hopes that the market would resume its advance today but last night's middling performance by US stock markets appears to have put paid to those hopes. Traders are expecting the FTSE 100 to open lower, probably by around 16 points. A cloud
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By Jessica Hodgson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K.-based credit-checking company Experian PLC (EXPN.LN) Thursday hailed signs of continued revenue growth recovery in the first three months of its fiscal year in most regions. Experian said revenue for the three months endi
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Experian PLC (EXPN.LN), a global information services company, said Thursday for the first three months ended June 30 total revenue growth was 7%, with organic revenue growth of 6% at constant exchange rates. MAIN FACTS: -For the first half, company is targeting mid singl
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Global information services company Experian saw improved performance across all its geographic regions except the UK & Ireland in the May to June period. Revenue growth was once again strongest in the Latin America region, up 43% on a year earlier using actual exchange rates. On a constant exchang
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Mothercare, owner of the eponymous retail chain and also the Early Learning Centre brand, is another retailer holding its annual general meeting (AGM) this week, following hot on the heels of J. Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer. Unlike at the Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer AGMs, there is little expecta
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(This article was originally published Tuesday.) By Jeanette Borzo Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Computer security vendor McAfee Inc. (MFE) on Wednesday plans to begin selling a new service that will monitor online records for evidence of consumer identity theft.
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