Thursday newspaper round-up: RBS, Bank of Japan, Microsoft...
7th Mar 2013 06:40
According to The Telegraph, up to 17.5m RBS customers were left without their money on Wednesday night were unable to access their accounts or withdraw money after the bank's systems crashed. The bank issued on Twitter read: 'We are aware of the problems our customers are having and apologise, we wi
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
5th Mar 2013 07:15
Abcam: Investec raises target price from 466p to 484p and keeps a buy recommendation. Numis revises target price from 470p to 530p and maintains its buy ratng. Access Intelligence: Merchant Securities initiates with a target price of 7p and a buy recommendation. Amlin: Canaccord Genuity raises tar
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: RBS, Bumi, easyJet
17th Feb 2013 16:03
George Osborne was yesterday said to be considering a mass giveaway of the government's shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland before the next general election. Reports suggested that taxpayers would each receive a pre-election boost of several hundred pounds under proposals being worked on by the Tre
Read moreWednesday broker round-up UPDATE
13th Feb 2013 07:47
API Group: Numis shifts target price from 70p to 67p downgrading to hold. Barclays: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 386p to 400p keeping an overweight rating. Credit Suisse increases target price from 250p to 290p, while leaving its neutral rating unchanged. JP Morgan ups target price from
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
11th Feb 2013 07:41
Aquarius Platinum: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 82p to 83p keeping a buy recommendation. AstraZaneca: JP Morgan cuts target price from 2970p to 2750p and retains an underweight rating. Avation: WH Ireland ups target price from 120p to 140p, while its buy recommendation is kept. Bellway:
Read moreThomas Cook European online chief named new CEO of Mecom subsidiary
8th Feb 2013 11:50
Susan Duinhoven has been named as the Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of Wegener, a wholly owned subsidiary of the FTSE Small Cap-listed company Mecom. Duinhoven is succeeding Truls Velgaard, whose decision to step down was announced in January by the group. She is cur
Read moreNearly third of Thomas Cook shareholders vote against pay
8th Feb 2013 07:51
Almost one third of shareholders voted against travel operator Thomas Cook's proposed remuneration report at an annual general meeting held on Thursday February 7th. Some 29.7% of shareholders - representing approximately 130m votes- voted against the report, indicating that shareholder anger about
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
8th Feb 2013 07:19
Aggreko: HSBC upgrades to neutral with a target price of 1650p. Anglo American: HSBC ups target price from 1950p to 2240p and upgrades to overweight. Antofagasta: HSBC reduces target price from 1200p to 1160p, while upgrading to neutral. ARM Holdings: Credit Suisse increases target price from 780
Read moreFriday tips round-up: Icap, Dairy Crest, Centrica
8th Feb 2013 06:57
Tempus yesterday pointed out that one of his picks for 2013, Lamprell, was up 53 per cent so far and suggested investors might take some profits. A second, Thomas Cook, is up 78 per cent so far, after yesterday's update. For him the best option for nervous investors may be that 78 per cent in five w
Read moreBroker snap: Credit Suisse ups target price on Thomas Cook
7th Feb 2013 14:08
Shares in Thomas Cook got an extra boost on Thursday after Credit Suisse gave it a significantly higher target price of 93p (from 36p previously) on the back of a 'solid' first quarter performance. During the period the company identified cost savings of a further £60m, which Credit Suisse said li
Read moreThomas Cook shares rocket as losses narrow in first quarter - UPDATE
7th Feb 2013 08:49
UK travel company Thomas Cook Group on Thursday posted operating losses for the first quarter, but showed vast improvement over the past year. Shares soared 15.73% to 82.75p at 13:45 after the group reported an operating loss of £69.8m of the last three months of 2012, a 23% improvement on the £9
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
1st Feb 2013 07:55
Afren: HSBC shifts target price from 190p to 200p, while reiterating an overweight rating. Antofagasta: Exane BNP reduces target price from 1500p to 1350p maintaining an outperform rating. Antrim Energy: Westhouse Securities lowers target price from 70p to 65p and reiterates a buy recommendation.
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
25th Jan 2013 07:03
Aberdeen Asset Management: Goldman Sachs upgrades to buy with its target price at 360p. APR Energy: JP Morgan lowers target price from 1005p to 950p, while its overweight rating is left unchanged. Brooks Macdonald Group: Numis ups target price from 1400p to 1470p and retains a hold recommendation.
Read moreBerkeley Non-Exec acquires stake in group
17th Jan 2013 16:59
Veronica Wadley, a Non-Executive Director of house builder group Berkeley, has bought stake in the firm with the acquisition of 2,200 shares. Purchased on behalf of her spouse, the shares cost 1,831p a time, giving a total cost of £40,282. The transaction marks her only stake in the firm. In D
Read moreWednesday tips round-up: Thomas Cook, GKN, Lamprell
2nd Jan 2013 07:59
In his column on Tuesday morning the Times´s Tempus sets out his 10 stock picks for the coming year. This time he is concentrating on what he terms, "strong performers with a good dividend yield," which he suspects will play well if interest rates remain low, a couple of corporates he believes the m
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