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BG Group Q3 results

9:53 a.m. Wed 28 Oct 2009

BG Group’s Q3 profits fell sharply, as was expected, on lower gas prices. The impact of prices is very …

Reckitt Benckiser Q3 results

7:48 a.m. Wed 28 Oct 2009

Reckitt Benckiser continued its seemingly unstoppable growth with sales up 7% at constant exchange rates and EPS up 26%. The …

BP Q3 results

8:14 a.m. Tue 27 Oct 2009

BP’s Q3 results were a little better than expected, and the shares are up 1.8% so far today …

Yell fails to agree with creditors

7:58 a.m. Tue 27 Oct 2009

Yell has, worryingly, been forced to extend its deadline for lenders to agree to its proposals for re-financing. This follows …

ARM Q3 results

7:31 a.m. Tue 27 Oct 2009

Processor designer ARM’s Q3 revenues were down 8% in dollar terms, but the weak pound lead to a 5 …

Electrocomponents sales down, gross margin stable

7:43 a.m. Fri 17 Jul 2009

Electrocomponents’ revenues have declined steeply, down 17% year-on-year in the first half, as should be expected from a cyclical. Gross …

British Airways convertibles issue

7:14 a.m. Fri 17 Jul 2009

British Airways is borrowing £300m by issuing convertibles. The potential dilution is significant as the bonds will be convertible into …

Burst Media: positive view on internet advertising

9:39 a.m. Thu 16 Jul 2009

AIM listed internet ad network Burst Media returned to year-on-year growth in the second quarter, which is a positive indication …

Mitchells & Butlers: slow growth

8:53 a.m. Thu 16 Jul 2009

Mitchells & Butlers, which owns a number of pub chains including Harvester, All Bar One and O’Neill’s, produced like-for-like …

Enterpise Inns continues selling

8:36 a.m. Thu 16 Jul 2009

Enterprise Inns continues to pay off debt by selling pubs and there has been “no material change in the underlying …

Shire Gaucher treatment fast tracked

8:07 a.m. Thu 16 Jul 2009

Shire pharmaceuticals has received fast track designation from the FDA for its treatment for type I Gaucher disease — a severe …

Autonomy continues to grow

7:53 a.m. Thu 16 Jul 2009

Autonomy’s strong revenue growth in the first half was partly the result of the acquisition of Interwoven, but both …

Burberry sales decline

10:35 a.m. Wed 15 Jul 2009

Burberry’s sales fell 4% at constant currencies in the first quarter, with performance varying a great deal between retail …

Wetherspoon: expansion and better margins

10 a.m. Wed 15 Jul 2009

Pub operator JD Wetherspoon saw a 0.8% drop in like for like growth in the fourth quarter: not drastic …

Northern Foods: organic growth

9:34 a.m. Wed 15 Jul 2009

The food and beverages sector continues to produce good news, with Northern Foods’ “like-for-like” (organic at constant currency excluding discontinued …

Rio Tinto: tough quarter for aluminium

8:51 a.m. Wed 15 Jul 2009

Rio Tinto has cut production, especially of aluminium, as demand continues to be weak. The company has yet to say …

London Stock Exchange profits continue resilient

8:06 a.m. Wed 15 Jul 2009

The Londons Stock Exchange continued to see lower revenues from the lack of IPOs, other bull market activity, and the …

Synergy Health

9:40 a.m. Tue 14 Jul 2009

Sterilization outsourcer Synergy Health expects to completely reverse last year’s decline in margins by this autumn, but this is …

Volume and revenue growth at Britvic

8:37 a.m. Tue 14 Jul 2009

Britvic (they also sell Pepsi, Robinson’s, and a lot else) had a good quarter with both volumes and prices …

Melrose: little changed

7:57 a.m. Tue 14 Jul 2009

Melrose plc issued a brief trading statement today that largely confirmed that things remain much the same. Debt has fallen …

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