* FY op profit up 11.2 pct to 73.4 mln euros * Adj. pretax 60 mln euros vs f'cast 55 mln * Shares up 3 pct (Adds details, CEO comments to Reuters, share reaction, analyst) By Dominique Vidalon and Pascale Denis PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - Darty Plc, Europe's No. 3 electri
Read more(Adds European Commission decline comment) By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, June 17 (Reuters) - Britain's Carphone Warehouse and Dixons Retail will secure unconditional European Union antitrust approval for their 3.8-billion-pound ($6.38 billion) merger, two people familiar with the matter
Read moreBRUSSELS, June 17 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will clear the 3.8-billion-pound ($6.38 billion) merger of British mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse and electrical chain Dixons Retail without conditions, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Carphone, Europe's bi
Read moreMorgan Stanley has put out a note compiling a list of stocks that its stock screens suggested were worthy of selling, including building materials group CRH and pub operator JD Wetherspoon. The note, entitled 'Stock screens suggest selling small caps', contains the latest in the broker's regular s
Read moreAnalysts like hedge-fund manager Man Group´s drive to diversify away from its flagship AHL fund - the core of the new managemeant team´s strategy. The best example of this better balance are the successful negotiations with regulators so as to be better able to employ the group´s cash reserves now t
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 ended slightly higher Monday, while its mid-cap peer index lost ground, in a subdued session that had little in the way of economic or major corporate news to drive it.
The corporate news that there was for blue-chip stocks was mainly negative,
LONDON (Alliance News) - Lloyds Banking Group Monday set the price range of the initial public offering of TSB Banking Group PLC on the London Stock Exchange at between 220 pence to 290 pence per share, which would value the spun-off retail bank at about GBP1.28 billion at the
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Monday.
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Lloyds Banking Group set the price range of the initial public offering of TSB Banking Group PLC on the London Stock Exchange at between 220 penc