(ShareCast News) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney told the Treasury Select Committee Bank Rate may be headed higher a little bit sooner than markets anticipated, sending stocks - especially homebuilders - listed on the second tier index promptly lower. As of 12:13 the top flight index was off
Read more(ShareCast News) - Shares in defence and aerospace engineer Meggitt rose on Tuesday following a report in the Financial Times that a merger with Cobham might be on the cards. Atif Latif, director of trading at Guardian Stockbrokers, said he sees the rationale of a tie-up between the two as a defence
Read more** Meggitt extends gains from Monday fuelled by speculation, reported in the Financial Times, the defence & aerospace engineer has begun a strategy review following an approach earlier in the year from a US peer ** Stock, up 2.3%, top of FTSE 100 & most actively traded on index, with 61% of
Read moreAhead of Chancellor George Osborne's Budget on Wednesday, here's a round-up of what Goldman Sachs expects. For UK banks, attention will be focused on any potential reform of the bank levy, as Osborne did not discuss it in his Mansion House speech in June, despite prior speculation. Goldman does not
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