Rupert Murdoch said to be lining up another BSkyB takovever bid
27th Jan 2014 14:01
Rupert Murdoch is said to be considering another bid for outright control of BSkyB, according to The Daily Telegraph. The media tycoon owns 39.1% of BSkyB and has been trying to gain a controlling stake since 2010. The acquisition would allow a merger with Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia, where Murd
Read moreLondon midday: BG Group drags FTSE 100 to six-week low
27th Jan 2014 11:23
- Stocks sink as EM-inspired sell-off continues - BG Group disappoints with 2014 guidance - AT&T quashes Vodafone bid rumours - ARM Chairman steps down, ITV downgraded techMARK 2,758.25 -1.13% FTSE 100 6,569.62 -1.41% FTSE 250 15,523.71 -1.14% UK stocks dropped to their lowest levels in nearly six
Read moreLondon open: Markets drop as sell-off continues, BG Group plummets
27th Jan 2014 08:28
- FTSE 100 at lowest level since December 18th - Japan registers record annual deficit in 2013 - BG Group disappoints with 2014 guidance - AT&T quashes Vodafone bid speculation techMARK 2,762.54 -0.98% FTSE 100 6,581.53 -1.23% FTSE 250 15,547.29 -0.99% The sell-off that began at the end of last we
Read moreAT&T scotches talk of bid for Vodafone
27th Jan 2014 07:09
US telecoms giant AT&T has quashed talk about a takeover of Vodafone by ruling out a bid for the British mobile phone company. There had been speculation that AT&T would stage a bid for Vodafone to expand its presence in the European market. AT&T's Chairman and Chief Executive Randall Stephenson h
Read moreMonday newspaper round-up: ECB, Vodafone, Rolls Royce
27th Jan 2014 06:35
Mario Draghi has signalled that he would be prepared for the European Central Bank to fight deflation in Europe by buying packages of bank loans to households and companies. Such a move would mark a sharp departure from traditional quantitative easing and provide a potential fix to the collapse in b
Read moreMonday newspaper round-up: Vodafone, China GDP, Barclays
20th Jan 2014 07:20
Britain's biggest telecoms company has put its audit contract on the market for the first time in 26 years, as politicians at home and in Brussels ramp up the pressure on companies to break cosy ties with the firms that check their books. Vodafone, the second-biggest public company in Britain, has a
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Lloyds, Tesco, Mothercare, Legal & General
19th Jan 2014 15:44
The government could sell its next batch of Lloyds Banking Group shares as early as mid-February, the Sunday Telegraph said. The sale would be a book-build for institutional investors followed by a large offer to retail investors. Labour leader Ed Miliband's call for the breakup of Britain's biggest
Read moreBroker snap: UBS sees upside from merger opportunities BSkyB
14th Jan 2014 10:41
The share price of broadband and pay-TV group British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) was making decent gains on Tuesday morning after analysts at UBS upgraded their rating on the stock from 'neutral' to 'buy'. The bank said that competitive concerns that have been hanging over the stock have already been
Read moreLondon midday: Stocks gain strongly as investors await US data, Tullow jumps
10th Jan 2014 11:21
- Tullow lifted by Statoil speculation - UK data misses forecasts - Focus on Fed ahead of non-farm payrolls techMARK 2,794.53 +0.72% FTSE 100 6,750.46 +0.88% FTSE 250 16,088.05 +0.87% UK investors were in a confident mood on Friday morning with markets gaining strongly ahead of the all-important D
Read moreLondon open: Tullow leads gains ahead of US jobs report
10th Jan 2014 08:26
- Tullow rises on Statoil speculation - Broker rating changes move stocks early on - Taper in focus as US jobs report due this afternoon techMARK 2,785.01 +0.37% FTSE 100 6,725.63 +0.51% FTSE 250 16,016.63 +0.42% UK stocks gained strongly on Friday morning as investors prepared themselves for the
Read moreSunday share tips: Vodafone, Carnival, LiteBulb
22nd Dec 2013 17:19
Things are going to get more exciting for Vodafone in 2014 after the mobile phone company agreed to sell its stake in Verizon Wireless, the Sunday Times's Danny Fortson wrote in his Inside the City column. Vodafone now looks digestible for potential bidders. AT&T is rumoured to be interested and an
Read moreFriday tips round-up: AstraZeneca, Vodafone
20th Dec 2013 14:24
New AstraZeneca Chief Pascal Soriot made another decisive move on Thursday to return the company quickly back to growth, by acquiring the 50 per cent he did not already own of the firm's global diabetes joint-venture with Brystol Myers Squibb for 4.3bn dollars. The disease, which now afflicts 350m p
Read moreAberdeen Deputy CEO trousers 5.4m pounds as shares 10-year high
19th Dec 2013 14:39
It was revealed that Aberdeen Asset Management's Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Andrew Laing sold 2.6m pounds in shares earlier this week as well as selling 2.7m pounds-worth of new shares awarded in his long-term bonus plan. Aberdeen shares recently hit heights not seen since 2001. Down th
Read moreSector movers: Inmarsat, Vodafone lift mobile telecoms higher
9th Dec 2013 13:50
Mobile telecommunications stocks were on the rise on Monday as the share price of satellite operator Inmarsat jumped after the successful launch of its first Global Xpress (GX) satellite. The company confirmed that the Inmarsat-5 F1 satellite, which was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kaza
Read moreLondon close: Stocks surge as strong US data offsets taper fears
6th Dec 2013 16:55
- FTSE 100 rebounds strongly on US jobs beat - Taper expectations brought forward - Oil, housing stocks provide a lift techMARK 2,670.64 +0.85% FTSE 100 6,551.99 +0.83% FTSE 250 15,317.05 +1.05% After falling to an eight-week low the previous session, the FTSE 100 rallied on Friday after a much be
Read more