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$3.3trn: Year-to-date M&A
Thursday 22 Dec 2016Softbank’s £24bn purchase of London-listed technology giant ARM was the biggest takeover on the UK stock market in 2016 but it is a drop in the ocean compared to the $3.3trn of deals done worldwide. Global deal values announced so far in 2016 look set to finish the year lower than the $4.4trn in...
140 characters: Politicians on Twitter
Thursday 22 Dec 2016Investors are used to stock market volatility but increasingly face a new challenge – rogue politicians on Twitter. In September 2015, the Nasdaq Biotechnology index fell by 5% on a tweet from Hillary Clinton which said: ‘Price gouging like this in the speciality drug market is outrageous’ and...
46,760: Photo-Me kiosks
Thursday 15 Dec 2016Photo-Me’s ( PHTM ) eponymous vending machines now total 46,760 worldwide – helping half-year profits gain 4.3% to £31m. Around 60% of Photo-Me’s machines are its eponymous photo booths, with the remainder including washing machines and printing kiosks. Photo-Me’s booths may soon have the...
15 year breakthrough for oil
Thursday 15 Dec 2016For the first time since 2001 OPEC has agreed coordinated action with non-member oil producers to support the oil price. The deal between the production cartel and a number of other countries, including Russia, Kazakhstan and Oman, is for a production cut of 558,000 barrels of oil and helped lift...
Government Bond Yields
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FTSE 350 - Best & Worst Performers
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Asia-Pacific Ex Japan Funds
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Cohort needs a second half miracle
Thursday 15 Dec 2016Defence business Cohort ( CHRT:AIM ) will need to generate 76% of its earnings per share in the second half of its April 2017 financial year if it is to hit consensus forecasts. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) in the six months to 31 October fell 16% year-on-year to 5.99p against the 24.5p...
£534,000: Devro directors splash out
Thursday 15 Dec 2016Executives and directors at sausage skin supplier Devro ( DVO ) bought more than half a million pounds’ worth of shares in the company during 2016. According to Shares’ online director dealing tool, chief executive Peter Page, chairman Gerard Hoetmer and finance director Rutger Helbing bought £534,...
49% - Daily Mail’s Euromoney stake
Thursday 15 Dec 2016Publisher Daily Mail ( DMGT ) sold 32.5m shares in Euromoney ( ERM ) , the business-to-business publisher it founded in 1969, reducing its stake to 49%. Chief executive Paul Zwillenberg is expected to spend proceeds from the stake sale on acquisitions, according to analysts, and may look to sell...