18-05-2012

Miners have been firmly under a cloud since Goldman Sachs lowered its forecast for second quarter growth in China's gross domestic product (GDP) to 7.9% from 8.5% previously, but today several stocks were seen to be rising.

18-05-2012

G4S, the international security solutions supplier, has lined up John Connolly, the chairman of consultant engineer AMEC, to be its next Chairman to replace Alf Duch-Pedersen, who recently announced his impending retirement.

16-05-2012

As leaders in Athens accepted the need for a new general election to end a national stalemate, the International Monetary Fund said Europe's leaders should prepare for the possibility of a Greek departure from the single currency. Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, warned she was "technically prepared for anything" and said the utmost effort must be made to ensure any Greek exit was orderly. The effect was likely to be "quite messy" with risks to growth, trade and financial markets. "It is something that would be extremely expensive and would pose great risks but it is part of options that we must technically consider," she said. Raising tensions still further, Germany warned Greek voters that the wrong result in next month's election will force their country out of the single currency, according to The Telegraph.

15-05-2012

- Greece fails to form coalition - Eurozone GDP unchanged in first quarter - IAG falls after downgrade, miners track metals prices lower

15-05-2012

Airline company IAG was pressured into the bottom spot after JP Morgan Cazenove downgraded its recommendation from overweight to neutral.

15-05-2012

- Eurozone GDP flat in first quarter - German GDP surprises to the upside - UK trade deficit narrows slightly

15-05-2012

- German GDP surprise to the upside - Eurogroup rules out Greek exit - G4S on track to meet full-year guidance

15-05-2012

City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open fairly flat, up just four points from yesterday's close of 5,466 when the index hit its lowest level in the year-to-date amid widespread fears Greece will exit the euro.

15-05-2012

International security solutions firm G4S said profits in the first three months of 2012 were, as expected, at similar levels to the corresponding period of last year.

10-05-2012

Abcam, Aveva, BAE, BT, Croda, Derwent, Experian, G4S, IHG, Old Mutual, Pendragon, Sage, SuperGroup, Weir

09-05-2012

- Greek politics weighs on sentiment - Merkel tells Greece to stick to austerity - Sage, Weir fall heavily after updates

09-05-2012

- Weir and Sage fall heavily - ITV, Sainsbury, Glencore higher after updates - Footsie hits new YTD lows on euro concerns

24-04-2012

G4S, the international security solutions supplier, is to sell all of its Polish businesses.

11-04-2012

- Spanish, Italian yields fall on ECB intervention speculation - Barclays leads banks higher after upgrade - UK retail sales values rise in March

22-03-2012

Late in 2010 Nick Buckles, chief executive of G4S, told Martin Waller, who writes The Times´ Tempus column, that he had no idea how anyone made money working for the UK Border Agency dealing with asylum seekers. He had just lost a small contract to an underbidder which had offered an apparently suicidal price. Yesterday terms were revealed for the five-year contracts won by G4S and others with the Border Agency, dealing with asylum seekers. Clearly a lot has happened in almost 18 months. The new contracts are larger and so more attractive. The shares sell on a respectable 11 times earnings, which is not much to set the pulses racing though prospects for growth long-term are still there. It will be a dull slog from here, adding bolt-ons across the globe. But sometimes boring is good — though I doubt Mr Buckles would agree, Tempus says.

16-03-2012

- Footsie finishes the week up 1.4 per cent - Eurozone debt crisis eases, US data mixed - Essar closes up 10 per cent

16-03-2012

- RBS up over five per cent after upgrade - Tullow Oil strikes again off the coast of Ghana - Footsie up 1.4 per cent on the week

16-03-2012

4imprint, Aegis, Antofagasta, Bunzl, Diageo, First Quantum, Hikma, Home Retail, Hunting, G4S, Glencore, Greggs, Kazakhmys, Kingfisher, Petrofac, Premier Farnell, RBS, RPS, Shire, Xstrata, Yule Catto.

14-03-2012

- Miners outweigh financials to drag Footsie lower - Fed expects 'moderate' growth in 2012 - Osborne considering 100-year gilts

14-03-2012

Credit Suisse has downgraded security giant G4S from outperform to neutral, saying that there is now limited upside to its new target price of 300p, up from 285p previously.