(ShareCast News) - Insurance giant Standard Life is expected to report broadly flat full year profits on Friday, according to UBS. Pre-tax profit in the full year is forecast to rise slightly to £613m in 2015 from £608m the previous month, driven by a 16% drop in profits in Europe and the UK. UBS s
Read more(ShareCast News) - Coca-Cola is facing a boycott of its soft drinks in Russia and Ukraine after causing protests with a series of errors in the maps used in its Christmas advertising campaign. The drinks giant laid the blame on its marketing agency, which sketched out a map that initially left ou
Read more(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 started the short week on a high with the index up 52.66 points (0.87%) to 6,105.08 by mid-afternoon Monday. It was also the first day that Worldpay, Provident Financial and DCC were trading on the blue chip market, replacing Morrisons, G4S and Meggitt. Glencore led
Read more(ShareCast News) - The FTSE was on track to reverse Monday's losses, with the blue chip market up 124.93 points (2.13%) mid-afternoon Tuesday to 5,998.99 points. Old Mutual continued to rebound after last week's losses due to political issues in South Africa. A broker downgrade and weaker rand weig
Read more(ShareCast News) - Companies in consumer-facing industries like beverages and clothing with strong exposure to Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are going to lag global sales and profit growth in 2016, Moody's has warned. The credit agency said the slowdown in emerging markets, increasing pr
Read more(ShareCast News) - A finance executive at Coca-Cola Hellenic is in for a serious windfall, having exercised a number of stock options. The Zug, Switzerland-based bottler - Coca-Cola's second largest - has notified the market that Gerhard Seidl has exercised 10,667 stock options at £7.69 per share, a
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