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08-11-2011
The offer by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign perked up share prices on the other side of the pond.
16-09-2011
Industrial conglomerate United Technologies is 'lining up' financing for a US acquisition that could shape up as the diversified manufacturer's biggest takeover in a decade, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter, Reuters reports.
09-11-2010
A US presidential commission investigating the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has found no evidence to support charges that BP and its rig partners put profits ahead of safety.
08-11-2010
Shares were on balance slightly lower as trading closed, with investors continuing to pause for breath following the strong gains seen last week on the back of the renewal of quantitative easing in the US.
08-11-2010
The Footsie drifted lower over the lunchtime session, hitting a new low for the day, as the afterglow of the Fed's quantitative easing boost begins to fade. There was also an element of caution ahead of this week's Group of 20 meeting in South Korea.
08-11-2010
Property repair and maintenance company Rok has gone into administration and the shares have been suspended.
11-10-2010
Maintenance and building services group Rok has had some welcome news in the form of a major contract from the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
16-09-2010
BP may abandon plans to drill for oil in deep water off the Shetland Islands amid continuing criticism of the company over its safety practices, Tony Hayward revealed last night. In one of his final public appearances as chief executive of the oil producer, Mr Hayward told the Commons Energy Select Committee that BP had "not made a final decision" on whether to proceed with the drilling of its North Uist prospect, writes the Times. Lying 60 miles off Shetland, it would be one of the deepest wells drilled in UK waters.
19-08-2010
The interim results from oil services firm Wellstream illustrate the decline in demand that continues to hit the group, FinnCap says, but the company has a strong market position and the stock is worth buying, the broker believes.
19-08-2010
Panmure Gordon has almost doubled its target price for Rok , though given the maintenance and building services group's shares have lost a third of their value this month, the broker's move is by no means a ringing endorsement.
18-08-2010
Dana Petroleum is under pressure from investors to state whether it plans to buy a string of North Sea oil projects and so clear the way for Korea's state-owned oil corporation to make a £1.6 billion hostile bid. The Times has learnt that Schroders Dana's biggest shareholder has asked the company publicly to outline details of a deal to buy oilfields from Suncor Energy, of Canada.
17-08-2010
Footsie moved higher on a good day for company earnings across the markets, with British insurer Resolution chipping in with a healthy first half profit.
17-08-2010
A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far.
17-08-2010
Leading shares gave away more of their early gains over the lunchtime session, despite expectations of a firm start on Wall Street.
17-08-2010
Mining stocks and insurers drove the market higher this morning, though prices came off the top just before midday.
17-08-2010
Maintenance and building services group Rok slashed its dividend after a sharp fall in profits in a year that was marred by economic weakness, bad weather and accounting failings in one of its businesses.
12-08-2010
BP has agreed to put up its US production revenues, which account for about a quarter of its annual output, as collateral to guarantee the $20bn compensation fund for victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, under a deal with the White House unveiled on Wednesday, says the FT.
11-08-2010
An already downbeat Footsie's woes were compounded by a poor start on Wall Street and the leading share index closed with triple-digit losses.
11-08-2010
Expectations of a weak start on Wall Street have put the kybosh on any hopes of a recovery in London over the lunch time session, after leading shares endured a tough morning in the wake of downbeat statements from the Federal Reserve (last night) and the Bank of England (this morning).
11-08-2010
Property repair and maintenance company Rok said it has suspended its CFO with immediate effect after 'serious failings' at its Plumbing Heating & Electrical business which will bring underlying pre-tax profit for the year significantly below market expectations.
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