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Unilever Q3 results

11:07 a.m. Thu 05 Nov 2009

Unilever’s good organic growth in the third quarter was largely driven by good performance in emerging markets. Organic growth …

Spirent Q3 statement

10:19 a.m. Thu 05 Nov 2009

Telecoms test equipment and testing services supplier Spirent has performed slightly worse in the third quarter than in the first …

Millennium and Copthorne Q3: not worsening as fast

9:16 a.m. Thu 05 Nov 2009

The most encouraging comment in Millennium and Copthorne’s statement on the its third quarter performance is that the rate …

ITV interim statement

8:37 a.m. Thu 05 Nov 2009

The good news in ITV’s interim statement is that advertising revenues are stabilising, an encouraging change from the 11 …

Man Groups H1 not as good as it looks

8:14 a.m. Thu 05 Nov 2009

Man Group’s funds under management have barely changed in the last six months despite it reporting positive returns on …

Cable & Wireless: Demerger and good results

7:52 a.m. Thu 05 Nov 2009

Cable and Wireless has, as rumoured, announced its intention to demerge together with its half year results. As expected (albeit …

Why GM rejected the Opel sale deal

6:08 a.m. Thu 05 Nov 2009

An excellent analysis (although with a strong anti-Russion government slant) on Craig Pirrong’s blog. The key point is that …

Rightmove interim statement

11:07 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

Rightmove’s interim statement for the last four months show continued strong growth, with both page impressions and the number …

Aviva Q3 statement

9:47 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

Aviva’s third quarter results contained good news despite the fall in new business. PVNBP down 11% Embedded value up …

Redrow statement on YTD

9:29 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

House builder Redrow’s statement on the year to date (18 weeks) was as encouraging as the rest of the …

Taylor Wimpey interim statement

9:14 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

House builder Taylor Wimpey’s management statement for the last four months is upbeat, as is much of the current …

Marks and Spencer H1

8:55 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

Marks and Spencer’s half year results show similar trends to Next’s results in the last quarter with like-for-like …

Next Q3: better than expected

8:26 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

Next has had a better third quarter than expected, which looks like a sign of returning consumer confidence. That said …

JD Wetherspoon: cheap but indebted

8:13 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

JD Wetherspoon’s first quarter trading update reports near flat like-for-like sales (+0.3%) with total sales increasing 4.5 …

Logica Q3: signs of turnaround

7:30 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

Logica’s Q3 management statement shows signs of a turnaround, largely driven by outsourcing. Although revenues have fallen 4% (pro-forma …

Gold up on IMF sale to India

6:10 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

The sale of $6.7bn of gold by the IMF to the Reserve Bank of India pushed the price of …

Overnight markets

5:11 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

Asian markets bounced this morning with almost all markets positive. Things look particularly good in India (Bombay Sensitive Index up …

Kraft Q3 and Cadbury

4:44 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

Kraft’s slightly disappointing results yesterday, and the subsequent 3% decline in the share price does not materially affect the …

Halifax house price survey shows strong recovery

3:26 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

The Halifax House Price Index for October shows a monthly rise in house prices of 1.2%, a great deal …

Weir: good quarter, bleak prospects

11:02 a.m. Tue 03 Nov 2009

Weir, which supplies equipment to the mining, oil, gas and electricity generation industries, released a discouraging statement today. Although the …

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