Unilever’s good organic growth in the third quarter was largely driven by good performance in emerging markets. Organic growth …
Telecoms test equipment and testing services supplier Spirent has performed slightly worse in the third quarter than in the first …
The most encouraging comment in Millennium and Copthorne’s statement on the its third quarter performance is that the rate …
The good news in ITV’s interim statement is that advertising revenues are stabilising, an encouraging change from the 11 …
Man Group’s funds under management have barely changed in the last six months despite it reporting positive returns on …
Cable and Wireless has, as rumoured, announced its intention to demerge together with its half year results. As expected (albeit …
An excellent analysis (although with a strong anti-Russion government slant) on Craig Pirrong’s blog. The key point is that …
Rightmove’s interim statement for the last four months show continued strong growth, with both page impressions and the number …
Aviva’s third quarter results contained good news despite the fall in new business. PVNBP down 11% Embedded value up …
House builder Redrow’s statement on the year to date (18 weeks) was as encouraging as the rest of the …
House builder Taylor Wimpey’s management statement for the last four months is upbeat, as is much of the current …
Marks and Spencer’s half year results show similar trends to Next’s results in the last quarter with like-for-like …
Next has had a better third quarter than expected, which looks like a sign of returning consumer confidence. That said …
JD Wetherspoon’s first quarter trading update reports near flat like-for-like sales (+0.3%) with total sales increasing 4.5 …
Logica’s Q3 management statement shows signs of a turnaround, largely driven by outsourcing. Although revenues have fallen 4% (pro-forma …
The sale of $6.7bn of gold by the IMF to the Reserve Bank of India pushed the price of …
Asian markets bounced this morning with almost all markets positive. Things look particularly good in India (Bombay Sensitive Index up …
Kraft’s slightly disappointing results yesterday, and the subsequent 3% decline in the share price does not materially affect the …
The Halifax House Price Index for October shows a monthly rise in house prices of 1.2%, a great deal …
Weir, which supplies equipment to the mining, oil, gas and electricity generation industries, released a discouraging statement today. Although the …