Botswana Diam Share News (BOD)

Tate & Lyle divisional head pockets half a million on share sale

Tate & Lyle's President of speciality food ingredients has sold 74,588 shares in the sugar and sweetener giant after the shares were released under the group's performance share plan. Olivier Rigaud, who took up his current role at the sugars and sweeteners group in June 2010, traded the shares in

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: ASOS Drops 27% After Profit Warning

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.
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Smith & Nephew, up 5.1%. Hot on the heels of Stryker Corp denying plans

Botswana Diamonds Identifies Targets In Orapa

LONDON (Alliance News) - Botswana Diamonds PLC Thursday said it has identified targets for further testing at its PL117/2011 site in the Orapa region of Botswana following first results of its joint venture exploration programme at the site. The diamond mining company said the first phase o

Botswana Diamonds To Get USD340,000 From Liquidation Of Interest In Bugeco

LONDON (Alliance News) - Botswana Diamonds PLC Monday said it will soon receive around USD340,000 from the liquidation of its interest in Bugeco, a private Belgian company which held an interest in an exploration concession in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Botswana held a 35% shareholdi

Botswana Diamonds Wins Five New Prospecting Licenses In Botswana

LONDON (Alliance News) - Botswana Diamonds PLC said Tuesday that it had won five new prospecting licences in the Orapa region of Botswana, covering a total area of 1,357 square kilometres. It will explore the new licences under its ongoing joint venture with Russian diamond mining giant Alr

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Glaxo, Shell Lift Dividends Despite Weak Profits

LONDON (Alliance News) - GlaxoSmithKline PLC Wednesday reported a drop in revenue and net profit for the first quarter due to asset sales and a decline in sales of pharmaceuticals in the US, but the company also raised its dividend and reiterated its full-year profit guidance

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Shell, Tullow Oil Lead FTSE 100 Risers

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.
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Royal Dutch Shell, up 4.7%. The oil and gas giant said its earnings almost

Botswana Diamonds Achieves Positive Results From PL117 Site

LONDON (Alliance News) - Botswana Diamonds PLC Wednesday said it has achieved positive results from initial analysis of exploration at its PL117 site in Orapa. The diamond miner, which is yet to produce any revenues, said the initial fieldwork was completed on time and on budget and showed

Botswana Diamonds Pretax Loss Narrows, Announces Development Budget

LONDON (Alliance News) - Botswana Diamonds PLC Monday said its pretax loss narrowed slightly in its first-half as expenses fell and announced that the budget has been agreed for its 2014 development budget. The diamond miner, which is yet to produce any revenues, said its pretax loss narrow

Botswana Diamonds Completes Initial Planned Fieldworks At PL117/2011

LONDON (Alliance News) - Botswana Diamonds PLC Wednesday said its initial planned fieldworks at its joint venture prospecting licence PL117/2011 in Botswana have been completed on time and on budget. The diamond miner said that the PL117/2011 site is a 2.9 square kilometre zone identified a

Botswana Diamonds Says Work On Licence PL117 In Orapa Area Started

LONDON (Alliance News) - Botswana Diamonds PLC Tuesday said work on licence PL117 in the Orapa area has started and its geologists have completed the advance work and procured the necessary equipment. The geologists of its joint venture partner, Alrosa, will join them, in the Orapa region,

Outgoing Pearson US education chief profits from recent highs

The Chief Executive of Pearson's US education division, Will Ethridge, who is due to leave at the end of the year, sold almost a tenth of his shares in the company it was announced on Wednesday afternoon. Ethridge, who has been at the company since 2008 and is due to depart after a management shake

Botswana Diamonds Narrows Losses But Warns Ambitions Constricted By Finances

AIM IN BRIEF: IMIC Share Placing Raises GBP13.0 Million

Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

ASOS: Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 3400p to 6200p and upgrades to buy. Associated British Foods: Jefferies raises target price from 1650p to 1750p and retains a hold recommendation. Barclays: Alphavalue upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 344.20p. BHP Billiton: Nomura