Thomas Cook ShareCast News (TCG)

Thursday broker round-up - UPDATE

Ashtead, ASOS, AZ Electronic, Booker, Britvic, Caretech, CRH, CVS, Ferrexpo, First Derivatives, Go-Ahead, Hays, Informa, Interserve, JLT, Ladbrokes, Lloyds, Michael Page, Mothercare, Petrel, Rexam, Shell, SAB, Spirent, SThree, Thomas Cook, William Hill, Workspace, Xchanging
[18 Oct '12]

Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Bank capital, Direct Line

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has stamped her seal of approval on Greece's austerity plan and vowed to stand by the country as "partner and friend", signalling almost certain approval for the next tranche of EU-IMF Troika aid. The German leader - protected by 6,000 police - braved hostile crowds in Syntagma Square and Nazi insults in the Greek press as she made her first visit to Athens since the debt crisis erupted three years ago. The Frankfurter Allgemeine newspape
[10 Oct '12]

London close: Dull end to sparkling quarter

- Direct Line to float at somewhere between 160p and 195p

- FSA probe into LIBOR scandal has little effect on banking shares

- LSE bowled a googly by the European Securities and Markets Authority
[28 Sep '12]

Sector movers: Mixed fortunes in Travel & Leisure

Goals Soccer Centres, the 5-a-side football centre operator, has expanded its issued share capital by around one-twentieth through a discounted placing of shares.
[28 Sep '12]

London midday: Back to square one

It is more or less back to square one for Footsie after a bright start.
[28 Sep '12]

Late bookings surge at Thomas Cook

Shareholders apprehensive about the trading update from struggling package tour operator Thomas Cook can come out from behind the sofa; the summer 2012 late bookings have been good.
[28 Sep '12]

London close: Equities cruise higher

- Bid speculation pushes Weir higher

- Carnival's results not as bad as feared

- Gilts see morning's gains dissipate as equities rally
[25 Sep '12]

Thomas Cook plans to sell and lease back Belgium property

Travel group Thomas Cook Group has agreed to sell and lease back an office property in Belgium to Koramic Real Estate.
[25 Sep '12]