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CORRECT: UK MORNING BRIEFING: GKN Leads FTSE 100 On Profit Increase

UK MORNING BRIEFING: GKN Leads FTSE 100 On Profit Increase

Fitbug jumps on wearable sales news

Wearable fitness products group Fitbug saw losses increase last year but impressed with sales for the new financial year that were already 60% higher than the whole of 2013. A loss before tax of £2.6m reflected significant investment in new product development and innovation and the strategic decis

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Kingfisher Dives As It Misses Forecasts

LONDON (Alliance News) - Home improvement retailer Kingfisher is the biggest decliner on the FTSE 100 Thursday after it warned that it expects tougher trading in the second quarter against stronger comparatives, and said its margins had been hit by discounts in its kitchens an

CORRECT: UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Kingfisher Leads FTSE 100 Fallers

(Item published at 1209 BST and 1218 BST misstated the surname of Aggreko's interim CFO. The correct version follows.) LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.
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FTSE 100 - WIN

CORRECT: UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Kingfisher Leads FTSE 100 Fallers

(An item published at 1209 BST misstated the first name of Aggreko's incoming chief executive. The correct version follows.) LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.
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FTSE 100

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Kingfisher Leads FTSE 100 Fallers

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.
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FTSE 100 - WINNERS
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Smith & Nephew, up 4.1%. Shares in the medical technology company have r

Fitbug Upbeat As Losses Widen On Investment Costs

LONDON (Alliance News) - Fitbug Holdings PLC Thursday said its losses widened in 2013, as it continued to invest in its product offering. The provider of online personal health and well-being services posted pretax losses of GBP2.6 million for 2013 compared with a GBP1.5 million loss in 201

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Kingfisher Shares Fall 5% Amid Firm Open

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares are higher at open Thursday, ahead of some US economic data later in the day.

B&Q and Screwfix owner Kingfisher is leading FTSE 100 fallers, down 5.4%. Despite showing a strong increase in its retail profit for the first quarte

Fitbug Agrees Extension To Loans; Secures Additional GBP1 Million

LONDON (Alliance News) - Fitbug Holdings PLC Wednesday said it has agreed an extension to all of its loans from NW1 Investments Ltd and Kifin Ltd, while securing an additional loan of GBP1 million. The AIM-listed provider of online personal health and well-being services, said it has agreed

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Associated British Foods Soars On Profit Boost

LONDON (Alliance News) - Associated British Foods said Wednesday profit for the first half of the year increased, driven primarily by sales at its low-cost fashion retail chain Primark, which more than offset a substantial hit to its sugar business.

The food, ingred

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Iofina Share Price Halved By Production Outlook

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.
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FTSE 100 - WINNERS
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Associated British Foods, up 8.9%. The food, ingredients and retail group r

Fitbug Appoints New Chief Executive, Inks US Sales Agreement

LONDON (Alliance News) - Fitbug Holdings PLC said Wednesday that it had scored former Bloomberg LP London head Malcolm Fried to succeed its departing Chief Executive David Turner with immediate effect. The wearable technology company also announced that it had signed an agreement with Griff

UK MORNING BRIEFING: ABF Gains Despite Repeating Sugar Price Warning

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares are flat to higher Wednesday following a firm close in the US.

Several UK blue-chips and mid-caps - including Reed Elsevier, ARM Holdings and MoneySupermarket.com - sought to provide reassurance a

Fitbug agrees distribution agreements, appoints sales director

Shares in wearable personal health technology minnow Fitbug jumped on news of new distribution deals. The company has sealed deals with six retail distribution partners, providing coverage in most of Western Europe, Russia, South Africa, much of South East Asia and Australasia. The AIM company has