
* Prince Harry to travel alone to London



July 4 (Reuters) - British clothing retailer Next is preparing to launch a takeover bid for luxury department store chain Harvey Nichols, Sky New...


(Alliance News) - Andy Burnham has said he will not call a general election if he becomes UK prime minister, but revealed he will seek to persuade Lab...

LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - Outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer said whoever succeeds him would have to devote as much time to international crises...

July 4 (Reuters) - British clothing retailer Next is preparing to launch a takeover bid for luxury department store chain Harvey Nichols, ...

* Benchmarks touched pre-war lows on Thursday

* STOXX 600, Germany's DAX at all-time high



(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed a winning week on the front foot, while the DAX 40 hit a new best level, as fears of a US rate increase faded.


LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Britain, Italy and Japan awarded a £4.6 billion ($6.14 billion) contract to industry joint venture Edgewing to build the...


* Global stocks head for best week in two months as Fed rate hike chances dim

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Two Romanian men whom British prosecutors said were acting as proxies for the Iranian government were given lengthy jail...



LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Two Romanian men whom British prosecutors said were acting as proxies for the Iranian government were on Friday jaile...


LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Payments platform Fiserv and service station operators including BP have warned their U.S. partners and store owners not...


LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Pop superstar Madonna released her fifteenth studio album on Friday, "Confessions II", a sequel to 2005's "Confessions ...


DUBLIN, July 3 (Reuters) - Irish corporate tax receipts rose by 1% year-on-year in June, a key month when around one-fifth of the year's total is u...


BRUSSELS, July 3 (Reuters) - NATO leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump are set to affirm an "ironclad commitment" to collective defence unde...


* New car registrations rose to 215,921 units in June, New AutoMotive said


(Alliance News) - Andy Burnham will face an online question session on Friday after hinting he would be prepared to hike taxes for out-of-town busines...

(Sharecast News) - Citi raised its target price on Wizz Air to 1,200p from 1,000p on Friday, but kept its 'neutral/high risk' stance as it cut its nea...



(Sharecast News) - Shore Capital upgraded Close Brothers on Friday to 'buy' from 'hold' and lifted the price target to 495p from 490p as it pointed to...


(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday:


(Sharecast News) - Citi raised its target price on Wizz Air to 1,200p from 1,000p on Friday, but kept its 'neutral/high risk' stance as it cut its nea...


* Platform not registering export declarations since July 1, industry letter shows


(Sharecast News) - Gold prices were on course to post their first weekly rise in five months on Friday after a weaker-than-expected non-farm payrolls ...


(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were mixed at midday on Friday, in a quiet day on the financial markets during a US holiday, as Fresnillo ben...


* Yen stabilises against dollar with liquidity thinned by holiday


TOKYO, July 3 (Reuters) - Some Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay global producers premiums of $395 per metric ton over the benchmark pric...


(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened slightly higher on Friday, in the wake of Thursday's US jobs report, with financial markets shut in th...