While the French CAC 40 Index rose by 0.3 percent, the German DAX Index advanced by 0.8 percent and the U.K.’s FTSE 100 Index shot up by 1 percent. Crude oil prices rose Friday amid concerns of supply disruptions from Nigeria, as workers threatened to strike at a crucial production facility.
The rest of the world is enjoying a bull market, but the FTSE 100 is being held back by weak overseas earnings thanks to the pound’s gains, and fears over the outcome of the Brexit negotiations. Meanwhile, the Fed is cutting government bond holdings and increasing interest rates – this means that a lot …
Centrica PLC logo Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Centrica (OTCMKTS:CPYYY) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research report report published on Thursday, November 30th. According to Zacks, “Centrica is a top thirty FTSE100 company with growing energy businesses in the UK, North …
CEO Secrets: Tech start-ups should concentrate on their core business and fight on one front at a time, says Stefano Tresca
Kristina Karlsson set up her stationary business following a eureka moment, and it has since gone global.
People in less affluent regions spend more as a proportion of income on Christmas, analysis suggests.
MPs warn a crackdown on pension cold-calling may not happen until 2020 unless ministers take action.
From smoked salmon to smartphones, 2017 is shaping up to be an expensive Christmas for consumers.
Japan BSI Large Manufacturing Index +9.7 In Q4; Large All Industry Index +6.2
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Bitcoin rises 17% to above $18,000 on its futures debut, a move seen as legitimising the currency.
Japan M2 Money Stock +4.0% On Year In November; M3 +3.4%
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Germany’s spy agency says China is using the site to gather information on politicians.
Overall credit card spending in New Zealand climbed a seasonally adjusted 1.4 percent on month in November, Statistics New Zealand said on Monday.
That beat forecasts for a gain of 0.76 percent following the upwardly revised 0.7 percent increase in O…
In his Sunday Times column, Ian Cowie wonders whether investors could be facing a ‘Santa rally’ or a ‘Christmas crash’ this month. Since the FTSE 100 index was established in 1984, he notes, it has risen in 27 out of 33 Decembers – at an average increase of 2.5%, compared with an overall average …
Japan will on Monday release preliminary November numbers for machine tool orders, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. In October, machine tool orders surged 49.8 percent on year.
Japan also will see November figures for mon…
verall credit card spending in New Zealand was up a seasonally adjusted 1.4 percent on month in November, Statistics New Zealand said on Monday.
That beat forecasts for a gain of 0.76 percent following the upwardly revised 0.7 percent increase in Oct…
When David Bellamy was asked by Lord Rothschild to join a three-man company in 1991 he never expected to wind up running a FTSE 100 business from an 18th-century palace. “Did I have any notion that we’d be a FTSE 100? No I didn’t,” recalls Bellamy, the chief executive of British wealth …
New Zealand Overall Card Spending +1.4% In November; Retail Spending +1.2%
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The spreads unit of the FTSE 100 firm includes I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Stork, and Flora. US firms KKR and Apollo Global, and CVC Capital Partners are thought to be preparing bids after advancing to the last stage of the auction process. The sale of the said unit was launched following a hostile …
Equiniti Group PLC logo Berenberg Bank initiated coverage on shares of Equiniti Group (LON:EQN) in a report issued on Wednesday, November 29th, Marketbeat Ratings reports. The brokerage issued a buy rating and a GBX 345 ($4.64) price target on the stoc…
As Jerome Powell prepares to take over the Federal Reserve, is the era of central bank independence ending?
LONDON: A breakthrough in Brexit talks helped British shares surge ahead of European peers on Friday as sterling fell back, dented by investors banking their gains in the currency which has swung violently as negotiations unfolded. The blue chip FTSE 1…
The FTSE 100 company is a key contractor on the world’s most expensive defence programme, the US-led F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project. The UK’s deal with Qatar also includes an agreement with MBDA for Brimstone and Meteor missiles and Raytheon’s Paveway IV laser-guided bomb. Qatar signed a …
The move will help safeguard thousands of jobs at BAE Systems, mainly at Warton in Lancashire.
The Brexit secretary says he wants a tariff-free trade deal, as Labour suggests paying for market access.
The FTSE 100 firm reported sales growth across its three core sectors of 5.7%, lifting sales 4.8% for the year to date. In 2017 Croda has benefitted from the majority of its sales come from outside of the UK, which has been boosted by the fall in sterl…
Former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital, aged 74, after collapsing in prison.
Traders also cheered the deal, adding £18.9billion to the value of the blue chip FTSE 100 index, while the pound touched six-month highs against the euro before giving up the gains. The early-morning breakthrough in came after months of pressure from big business, with major banks threatening to …
Croda, the FTSE 100 chemicals company has been inventing useful stuff since 1925, writes James Ashton in The Sunday Telegraph’s Questor column. It has four manufacturing sites and this year committed £27m to expand its Hull plant. The firm’s shares are on a strong run for several reasons including …
