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BUZZ-Oil producers, services providers: No respite

** Oil companies and service providers fall heavily as oil prices drop below $49 per barrel ** Brent was down 12 cents at $48.47 a barrel at 0830 GMT, after touching a more-than-six-month low of $48.26. ** U.S. crude fell 11 cents to $43.77 and fell to $43.35 earlier, a nearly-five-mo

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Cantor Cuts Ryanair To Hold From Buy

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: September Rate Hike In Sight After US Jobs Report

Russia's Rosneft cuts semi-annual Urals sell tender offer in Oct-March - trade

MOSCOW, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Russia's top crude oil producer Rosneft has cut offer at its semi-annual tender to sell Urals cargoes between October and March, industry sources told Reuters on Friday. According to the sources, Rosneft has cut Urals offer at the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk to 0.6

EU mergers and takeovers (Aug 7)

BRUSSELS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- U.S. staffing company ManpowerGroup Inc to acquire German peer 7S Group (approved Aug. 7) -- Fuel supplier World

Britain's FTSE rises off lows after dovish BoE vote, miners weigh

* FTSE 100 edges lower * Housebuilders boosted with rates set to stay low * Miners hit as copper sinks to 6 year low * RSA falls, with focus on prospect of Zurich bid (Updates with quote, closing prices) By Alistair Smout LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Britain's top sha

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks Down; BoE Decision Sends Pound Lower

FTSE 100 movers: Old Mutual, housebuilders rally, but miners under the cosh

(ShareCast News) - London's FTSE 100 index was down 0.2% at 6,740 at 15:00 BST as investors took in 'Super Thursday', which saw the Bank of England deliver its interest-rate decision, minutes and Inflation Report all on the same day. Diversified South African financial group Old Mutual was the stand

BUZZ-UK high-dividend stocks: rally as UK rate-hike fears recede

** Shares in big UK dividend yielders underpinned as 'Super Thursday' dispels rate-hike worries ** GlaxoSmithKline up 2.7%. One trader attributes strength to divi attractions, stock spiked after BoE announcement at 1100 GMT (divi yield 5.6%); resurfaced Pfizer bid talk also a factor

Britain's FTSE boosted by dovish BoE vote

* FTSE 100 steady after early falls * Housebuilders boosted with rates set to stay low * Miners hit as copper sinks to 6 year low * RSA falls, with focus on prospect of Zurich bid (Recasts) By Alistair Smout LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index got a

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Shares Down; BoE Votes 8-1 To Keep Rates On Hold

Russia's Rosneft 2015 investment programme based on oil of $50/bbl

MOSCOW, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Russia's Rosneft, the world's top listed oil company by output, is basing its 2015 business plan at an oil price forecast of $50 per barrel, the firm said in an e-mailed statement. Oil prices more than halved to under $50 per barrel since mid-2014 but a weaker roub

Britain's FTSE drifts lower, eyes on BoE's "Super Thursday"

* FTSE 100 down 0.3 pct * Equities under pressure as sterling strengthens * Miners hit as copper sinks to 6 year low * RSA falls, with focus on prospect of Zurich bid (Recasts) By Alistair Smout and Liisa Tuhkanen LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index

LONDON MARKET MID-MORNING: Pound Hit By Weak Industrial Production

RSA a faller as Britain's FTSE dips

* FTSE 100 down 0.3 pct * Old Mutual gains on strong results * BP, Anglo American trade ex-dividend By Liisa Tuhkanen LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index edged lower on Thursday, with insurer RSA a faller after weak results from a potential bidder reduced p