Rolls-Royce restores payout as says turnaround two years ahead of plan

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC on Thursday said it is moving with ‘pace and intensity’, as it reinstated its dividend, launched a new share buyback, and delivered...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 09:16

LSEG annual profit rises as it guides for continued growth in 2025

London Stock Exchange Group PLC on Thursday reported higher profit for 2024 as revenue increased across all its business segments, while the company expressed...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 09:07

WPP expects lower revenue in 2025 as client spend weakens late in 2024

WPP PLC on Thursday guided flat to lower revenue in 2025, as it said ‘weaker client discretionary spend’ in the fourth quarter of last year...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 09:05

Mandelson tells US: ’We don’t need to fight over trade’

Peter Mandelson hailed Donald Trump as a ‘very consequential president’ as the UK sought to avoid battles on tariffs with the White House.

The newly installed...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 05:12

Buy Nexus Infrastructure for its big recovery potential

Nexus Infrastructure 

(NEXS:AIM) 134p

Market cap: £12.9 million

Micro-caps rarely feature as Great Ideas in Shares, but we have made an exception for civil engineering...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00

Why management change matters and the importance of compounding

Always quoteworthy, Warren Buffett once said: ‘I try to invest in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00

Plans for a state-backed rival continue to rattle Trainline investors and analysts

Trainline (TRN) 320p 

Loss to date: 1.6%

Since we flagged the stock’s appeal in February last year, shares in online ticketing platform Trainline (TRN)...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00

Glencore slips to multi-year lows on weak coal price as it mulls London exit

FTSE 100 commodity trader and mining outfit Glencore (GLEN) is languishing close to multi-year lows in the wake of its latest disappointing results (19 February)....

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00

Industry M&A highlights the potential on offer at Intertek

Intertek (ITRK) £52.30

Market cap: £8.5 billion

Apparently, prior to its ultimately unconsummated tie-up talks with SGS (SGSN:SWX), France’s Bureau Veritas’(BVI:EPA) first choice was...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00

Buffett keeps his powder dry as Berkshire Hathaway’s cash pile tops record $134 billion

US investment giant Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B:NYSE) continued to raise cash from its marketable equites portfolio in the final quarter of 2024, pushing its cash hoard to...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00

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