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CORRECT: BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Jefferies Starts South32 At Buy, Deutsche At Hold

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Jefferies, Deutsche Bank Start South32 At Buy

LONDON MORNING BRIEFING: BHP Billiton Spin-Off South32 Starts Higher

Two Afren Non-Executives To Retire At AGM In June

Afren Posts Pretax Loss As Lower Oil Prices Hit Business

Sunday newspaper round-up: Lloyds, HSBC, Tesco, Moneysupermarket

Lloyds Banking Group is facing a legal attack over its calamitous takeover of HBOS in 2008. A class action lawsuit, bringing together more than 6,000 investors that owned shares at the time, has been planned to force the company to release emails and other documents dating back to the deal, "to find

LONDON MORNING BRIEFING: Shares Open Firm On Mixed US FOMC Views

Afren To Use Grace Period On Interest Due On 2019 Bonds

Afren Confirms Partner Has Tried To Terminate Nigerian Contract

Shell-BG Group takeover expected to spark M&A fever in oil sector

Shell's £47bn takeover offer for BG Group not only sent shares in the natural gas outfit soaring on Wednesday, but gave other stocks in the sector a big boost. The deal sparked speculation that it may mark the start of a new round of industry consolidation, not seen since the late 1990s, as business

Afren appoints Alan Linn as the new CEO

Oil explorer and producer Afren confirmed on Tuesday the appointment of Alan Linn as its new chief executive. The company said the board has agreed in principle with Linn's appointment, who is expected to take up the position after the $300m bailout agreement has been completed. Afren anticipated th

Sector Movers: Mining, oil stocks recover from pre-Easter slump

Natural resources shares led the London market with mining companies reversing pre-Easter declines in the first day of trading after the festive period. At 15:55 BST on Tuesday, the FTSE 100 was trading up 1.93% or 131.79 points at 6965.25. Mining companies lifted the market, being among the best pe

Afren Confirms Press Reports Alan Linn To Be New Chief Executive

Afren to announce new chief executive this week

Struggling oil production company Afren has reportedly selected its new chief executive and will unveil the appointment this week. According to the Sunday Times, former head of Roc Oil Alan Linn has been selected for the position. The once hugely successful business saw its share price tumble 99% a