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66%: Potential jump in IMI’s 2017 earnings per share
Thursday 02 Mar 2017Earnings per share (EPS) could possibly improve by two thirds this year for fluid dynamics engineer IMI ( IMI ) in a best case scenario. Analysts at Numis Securities believe the company could achieve 100p EPS versus consensus forecast around the 60p mark at present. They foresee a potential ‘jaw-...
24%: US worst offender for cyber-attacks
Thursday 02 Mar 2017Almost a quarter (24%) of DDoS cyber-attacks in the fourth quarter of 2016 originated from the US, according to market research group Statista. Many people assume China and Russia are the major sources of such damaging computer incidents, but they came fourth and fifth respectively after the UK and...
$6.47bn: Warren Buffett’s costly mistake
Thursday 02 Mar 2017The latest shareholder letter from Warren Buffett’s investment business Berkshire Hathaway reveals how one acquisition is ingrained in the legendary investor’s memory for a bad reason. Berkshire paid $434m for Dexter Shoe in 1993 and the value of the business soon went to zero. It paid for the...
10 years: First dividend growth in a decade from Intu
Thursday 02 Mar 2017The UK’s biggest shopping centre owner, Intu Properties ( INTU ) , has lifted its dividend for the first time in 10 years. The payout moves from 13.7p to 14p on the back of 7% increase in underlying profit for 2016 to £200m. The show of faith is at odds with the uncertainty around Brexit and its...
£24.3bn: Personal pension contributions break new record
Thursday 02 Mar 2017The total amount of money invested in personal pensions by employees and employers reached £24.3bn in the fiscal year ending 5 April 2016, a new record and up from £20.3bn a year earlier. Automatic enrolment into pension schemes is certainly a major reason behind the all-time high figure. This...
15.7% jump in UK remortgage approvals in January
Thursday 02 Mar 2017Homeowners are rushing to take advantage of historically low interest rates by locking in new mortgage deals. Lending data from the British Bankers Association shows 28,862 remortgaging approvals in January 2017, up 15.7% year-on-year. There was even momentum in new mortgage approvals, up 2.5%...
FTSE All-Share Sectors
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From $17m to zero: Kenmare Resources’ earnings up in smoke
Thursday 23 Feb 2017It only takes the slightest tweak to commodity forecasts for a miner’s earnings to disappear. That’s exactly what has happened with mineral sand producer Kenmare Resources ( KMR ) which is no longer expected to make any money when it reports 2016 results on 22 March 2017. Investment bank Canaccord...
$205.2bn: The value of failed takeover deals so far in 2017
Thursday 23 Feb 2017A total of 87 takeover deals worth $205.2 billion have been withdrawn globally so far in 2017, according to Thomson Reuters. That compared to 111 deals with a combined value of US$53.6 billion at the same point last year. Kraft Heinz / Unilever ( ULVR ) is this year’s largest withdrawn deal, valued...
General Retailers Shares Performance
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