London close: Flat finish for FTSE 100

20th Jul 2010 16:42

There was plenty of movement in both directions Tuesday, but Footsie closed just a few points lower. Government spending cuts and their effect on the profits on the big players in the public sector is the day's big story after Cable & Wireless Worldwide warned that the coalition government's emerge

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London afternoon: Cautious note from De La Rue

20th Jul 2010 14:25

Footsie lost more ground over the lunch time session with barely a fifth of the blue-chip index's constituents remaining in the red, and many of those are miners. Government spending cuts and their effect on the profits on the big players in the public sector is the day's big story after Cable & Wi

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Small caps round-up: Acta, Hampson, Leni Gas & Oil ...

20th Jul 2010 12:35

Clean energy products group Acta has signed an agreement to supply generators that produce clean hydrogen to Girelli Bruni, a company that installs equipment on forecourts of petrol stations in Italy. Aerospace group Hampson has appointed US national Norman Jordan, chairman and chief executive of L

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London midday: Public sector specialists hit

20th Jul 2010 12:10

Sovereign debt worries are haunting investors again after Hungary cut back its treasury bill offering by 10bn forints to 35bn. European stock markets took a step back on the news while expectations of a weak opening on Wall Street has also sparked some selling. Cable & Wireless Worldwide is the bi

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Xcite Energy Contract For The Ocean Nomad Semi-Submersible Rig

20th Jul 2010 07:42

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Xcite Energy PLC (XEL.LN), said Tuesday that Xcite Energy Resources Ltd has entered into a binding contract for the Ocean Nomad semi-submersible rig to drill the 9/3 billion-R well on the Bentley field. MAIN FACTS: -With an expected spud date around the middle of Septembe

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PRESS RELEASE: Xcite Energy Limited ("Xcite Energy" or the "Company") Rig Contract-Ocean Nomad

20th Jul 2010 07:00

ABERDEENSHIRE, UK--(Marketwire - July 19, 2010) - This Announcement Is Not for Release, Publication or Distribution in or Into the United States Xcite Energy is pleased to announce that Xcite Energy Resources Limited ("XER") (TSX-V: XEL) (LSE: XEL) (AIM: XEL) has entered into a binding contract

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Xcite Energy Pact To Drill Bentley Field 9/3b-R Well

2nd Jul 2010 07:09

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Xcite Energy Ltd (XEL.LN), said Friday that it has entered into an agreement for the Ocean Nomad semi-submersible rig to drill the 9/3b-R well on the Bentley field, with an expected spud date around the end of August subject to the current rig program. MAIN FACTS: -The Co

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PRESS RELEASE: Xcite Energy Limited ("Xcite Energy" or the "Company") Rig Contract-Ocean Nomad

2nd Jul 2010 07:04

ABERDEENSHIRE, UK--(Marketwire - July 01, 2010) - This Announcement Is Not for Release, Publication or Distribution in or Into the United States. Xcite Energy (TSX-V: XEL)(LSE: XEL)(AIM: XEL) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement for the Ocean Nomad semi-submersible rig

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PRESS RELEASE: Xcite Energy Limited ("Xcite Energy" or the "Company") Transfer of Shareholdings

17th Jun 2010 07:00

ABERDEENSHIRE, UK--(Marketwire - June 16, 2010) - This Announcement Is Not for Release, Publication or Distribution in or Into the United States Each of Richard Smith, Rupert Cole and Stephen Kew, the three executive directors of Xcite Energy (TSX-V: XEL) (LSE: XEL) (AIM: XEL), have entered i

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Small caps round-up: Xcite, ReNeuron, CPL Resources

28th Jan 2010 11:25

Shares in Xcite Energy jumped after the oil group said its subsidiary Xcite Energy Resources has concluded an agreement with BP subsidiary BP Oil International to market and sell Xcite's crude oil from the Bentley field in the North Sea. ReNeuron group climbed after the stem cell developer said Pha

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Tuesday tips round-up: Bunzl, Asos, Pennon

19th Jan 2010 06:42

Boring it may be, but Bunzl ? the distributor of carrier bags, plastic cutlery, protective masks and thousands of other disposable items for grocers, cleaners and caterers ? is one of the stock market's best barometers. Left to its own devices, its sales can be relied upon to grow just ahead of GDP,

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