RBS: Credit Suisse reiterates underperform and 320p target. GlaxoSmithKline: Deutsche reiterates hold and lowers target to 1,540p from 1,600p. HSBC: Exane BNP reiterates underperform and 600p target. Lloyds: Credit Suisse reiterates neutral and 72p target. Sage Group: Goldman Sachs reiterates neu
Read moreLONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will go ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by market-mak
Read more* GSK commits $20 mln to new HIV Cure centre at Chapel Hill * Cure for AIDS on agenda following recent advances * Research will focus on approaches such as "shock and kill" By Ben Hirschler LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Britain's GlaxoSmithKline , which decided last week to r
Read more(Adds comments on dividend, drug sector valuations) By Ben Hirschler LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline's new chairman Philip Hampton has thrown his support behind the company's current structure and chief executive despite pressure from some shareholders for a change. In
Read moreGlaxoSmithKline's decision not to proceed with the sale of part of its HIV unit, announced as part of its strategy update on 6 May, was the right one. It would pocket $10bn from such a sale but the unit is also the source of the quickest revenue growth at the company, with sales up 15% last year. Th
Read moreMorrison: Shore Capital reiterates buy. Direct Line Insurance Group: Canaccord Genuity reiterates buy and 350p target. BAE Systems: Charles Stanley reiterates accumulate. GlaxoSmithKline: UBS reiterates buy and 1,700p target. Aviva: Panmure Gordon reiterates buy and raises target to 660p from 600
Read moreLONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline's new chairman Philip Hampton expressed support for the company's current structure and its chief executive on Thursday while speaking to reporters after the drugmaker's annual meeting. Hampton said he hopes CEO Andrew Witty will continue to run GSK
Read more** GlaxoSmithKline second biggest FTSE 100 faller, down 3.4 pct, as analysts downgrade near-term estimates after drugmaker warns of "high teens" percentage fall in 2015 EPS ** Brokerages Bernstein and Bryan Garnier both cut price targets. Bernstein analyst Tim Anderson says 2015 guidance "
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