Cobham ShareCast News (COB)

London midday: Stocks rise ahead of EU summit

- Miners wanted on Chinese stimulus speculation

- Fitch downgrades Japanese rating

- Markets await EU summit tomorrow, OECD backs eurobonds
[22 May '12]

London open: Footsie jumps one per cent early on

- ECB provides 100bn euros to Greece

- Markets await EU summit

- Miners, financials on the up early on
[22 May '12]

Cobham extends Thrane offer period

Defence technology group Cobham has extended the offer period for shareholders in Danish satellite communications outfit Thrane and Thrane to sell up.
[22 May '12]

Cobham secures majority of Thrane and Thrane

Defence technology group Cobham says that the acceptance conditions set out in the terms of its revised offer for Danish satellite communications outfit Thrane and Thrane have now been satisfied.
[8 May '12]

Friday newspaper round-up: RBS, Horizon, Italy

Royal Bank of Scotland will on Friday confirm it has all but repaid the £163bn in emergency loans it received from British and US taxpayers during the financial crisis. The part-nationalised lender, which is 82pc state-owned following a £45bn taxpayer bailout, will complete the loan repayments next week. An announcement will be made during the company's first-quarter update on Friday, where RBS' pre-tax losses are expected to fall below £50m. The figure will compare favourabl
[4 May '12]

Cobham's revised bid pays dividends

FTSE 250 defence technology firm Cobham has won the support of the board of Thrane and Thrane after revising its bid terms for the Danish firm.
[3 May '12]

Cobham wins US Navy antenna contract

Defence technology firm Cobham has been awarded a 39m-dollar contract to manufacture a transmitter-antenna for the US Navy and Marine Corps' electronic warfare aircraft.
[30 Apr '12]

Cobham CFO announces departure

Aerospace and defence firm Cobham has announced the departure of its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Warren Tucker.
[26 Apr '12]