Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE
17th Dec 2013 08:14
Advanced Medical Solutions: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 102p. Antofagasta: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 1110p to 1035p, while staying with its buy recommendation. ASOS: Panmure Gordon increases target price from 5950p to 6126p, while downgrading fr
Read moreTrinity Mirror says PA Group to sell weather arm
16th Dec 2013 07:27
Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror said British news agency owner PA Group is selling its weather forecasting business MeteoGroup. Trinity Mirror, which produces the Daily and Sunday Mirror and The People, said PA, in which it has a 21.5% stake, was selling the weather operation to global growth in
Read moreJohn Menzies renews distribution contract with Trinity Mirror
2nd Dec 2013 07:10
Aviation services and distribution firm John Menzies announced on Monday that its newspaper and magazine wholesaling division has renewed and renegotiated contract terms with Trinity Mirror Group. Menzies Distribution has secured a new agreement which will see it continue to distribute the Mirror's
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
14th Nov 2013 09:21
Afren: Goldman Sachs moves target price from 260p to 270p and retains its strong buy recommendation. APR Energy: Citi raises target price from 1250p to 1350p reiterating a buy recommendation. Atkins: Investec places both its target price (prev.: 1025p) and its reduce rating under review. Babcock
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
8th Oct 2013 11:39
Aviva: Alphavalue shifts target price from 366.70p to 366.20p downgrading from reduce to sell. Barclays: Credit Suisse reinitiates with a target price of 280p and a neutral recommendation. BHP Billiton: Alphavalue reduces target price from 1972.70p to 1732p downgrading from add to reduce. Chesnar
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
19th Sep 2013 08:20
ASOS: Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 3400p to 6200p and upgrades to buy. Associated British Foods: Jefferies raises target price from 1650p to 1750p and retains a hold recommendation. Barclays: Alphavalue upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 344.20p. BHP Billiton: Nomura
Read moreMonday broker round-up
16th Sep 2013 12:13
AEC Education: WH Ireland places both its target price (prev.: 11p) and its recommendation under review. Aggreko: Citi reduces target price from 2100p to 2000p leaving its buy recommendation unaltered. Allergy Therapeutics: Panmure Gordon lowers target price from 18p to 16p, while keeping its buy
Read morePolice begin inquiry into alleged Trinity Mirror phone hacking
12th Sep 2013 08:26
Police have begun investigating alleged phone hacking by former Sunday Mirror staff, the newspaper's owner has confirmed. Trinity Mirror said its subsidiary, MGN, which publishes the Sunday Mirror, was being investigated by the Metropolitan Police (Met). The Met is at a "very early stage in invest
Read moreZoopla said to be eyeing a London listing
9th Sep 2013 18:26
Zoopla is said to be considering a stock-market flotation that could value the online property website at up to 1.3bn pounds, the latest in a string of recent listings by property firms looking to take advantage of the current 'boom' in the UK housing market. Government stimulus measures such as th
Read moreUnilever director builds stake
20th May 2013 16:30
Ann Fudge, a non-executive director of consumer goods company Unilever has purchased 1,350 American depository receipts, each of which represents one ordinary share. The shares were bought at 2,843.50p each for £38,387 in total. At the end of last month the Anglo-Dutch group admitted that grwoth
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
16th May 2013 07:43
Barratt Developments: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 336p to 327p, while leaving its buy recommendation unaltered. BG Group: Credit Suisse raises target price from 1150p to 1190p keeping a neutral rating. BT Group: Berenberg takes target price from 280p to 375p and retains a buy recommenda
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: FTT, GDP, Vodafone
21st Apr 2013 18:15
The Chancellor has launched legal action to block the European Union-wide levy on financial transactions (FTT) which traders fear could have a devastating impact on the City. More specifically, Osborne is worried by the fact that the levy will apply even to those countries who opt out of the agreeme
Read moreTuesday newspaper round-up: Boston, Barclays, Petrol prices...
16th Apr 2013 06:49
Three people are said to have been killed and over a hundred injured by two explosions near the finishing line of the Boston marathon yesterday. "The White House said the incident would be handled as an 'act of terror'. If confirmed as terrorism, it would be the most dramatic such incident on the ma
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
25th Mar 2013 07:12
Amur Minerals Corporation: HB Markets initiates with a speculative buy. ARM Holdings: Bank of America Merrill Lynch reiterates buy and 1,145p price target. AstraZeneca: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 2800p to 3100p and keeps a hold recommendation. Exane BNP ups target price from 3100p to 3
Read moreTrinity Mirror full year earnings slide
14th Mar 2013 08:21
National newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror said annual profit and revenue fell sharply and, while it expects the trading environment to remain difficult, it will continue to invest in the business and pay down long term debt. The Daily Mirror publisher said pre-tax profit fell to £18.9m for the 52
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