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TRADING UPDATES: Vaultz to raise funds via placing and retail offer
Vaultz Capital PLC - operating company building a scalable, revenue-generating business through participation in Bitcoin network infrastructure - Plans to raise GBP0.5 million via placing at 15.5 ...
London close: Stocks finish choppy Tuesday session higher
London stocks ended higher on Tuesday, recovering from earlier losses as investors grew more optimistic about progress in US trade negotiations. The FTSE 100 index rose 0.28% to close at 8,785.33 ...
PRESS: AstraZeneca CEO Soriot wants to move listing to the US - Times
Citing multiple sources, the Times said AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot has spoken privately of his preference to move the FTSE 100 company's listing on a number of occasions and has even discussed ...
Physiomics deepens ties with existing client as inks new contract
The Oxfordshire, England-based mathematical modelling company said it has inked an 18-month contract worth GBP98,600 with an existing, unnamed client that will see it apply PK/PD modelling and ...
Sainsbury sales beat forecast as market share hits near decade high
By segment, Sainsbury’s sales growth was 4.9% year-on-year versus consensus of 3.7%, including Grocery sales growth of 5.0% on-year ahead of 3.8% consensus and General Merchandise & Clothing sales ...
PRESS: Standard Chartered faces lawsuit over thefts from Malaysia fund
(Alliance News) - Standard Chartered PLC faces a lawsuit filed in Singapore on Monday that seeks more than USD2.7 billion from the bank over its alleged role in the theft of funds from Malaysia's ...
LONDON BRIEFING: SSE and National Grid mull new Ofgem investment plan
In early corporate news, Drax taps a former Shell vice president as its new chief financial officer, and energy firms SSE and National Grid respond to a planned investment programme by UK energy ...
LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks mostly red after weak house price data
(Alliance News) - London's stocks were mostly a notch lower at midday on Tuesday, dragged down by housebuilders after a soft UK house price reading, and as industrial firms brace for the introduction ...
UPDATE: Final phase of "Not for EU" food labelling comes into force
(Alliance News) - The final phase of post-Brexit food labelling on products being shipped from Great Britain to Northern Ireland has been introduced. The "Not for EU" labels, an element of the Windsor ...
London midday: Stocks turn lower as housebuilders retreat
S&P Global said that manufacturing production was lower for the eighth straight month, as companies scaled back output in response to "weak market conditions, clients offsetting higher costs through ...
Global Smaller Cos Trust underperforms benchmark in "difficult year"
Global Smaller declared a 2.30p per share final dividend, a rise of 8.0% from 2.13p. It means its total dividend for the year is 3.00p, up 6.8% from 2.81p. It is its 55th successive dividend hike, the ...
EARNINGS: Wynnstay profit up; Supreme hails "strong performance"
Wynnstay Group PLC - Powys, Wales-based agricultural supplies and specialist merchanting firm - It hails a "significant improvement" in the first half of its financial year. Pretax profit in the six ...