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Miners and financials are giving the markets a cheer before the extended weekend break. Kazakhmys, Xstrata, Rio Tinto, Antofagasta, Randgold Resources, Anglo American and Vedanta Resources are all amongst the major risers. Lloyds is amongst the risers on rumours that it is considering alternative
Read moreEdinburgh based publisher Johnston Press said half year pre-tax losses swelled to £94m as revenues fell 25%. The group, which produces the Yorkshire Post and The Scotsman, said pre-tax loss swelled to £94.2m in the 26 Weeks to 30 June 2009 from a loss of £53.7m the year before. Revenue fell to £218
Read moreWhen they moved into their plush new offices next to the site where the Scottish parliament would be built 10 years ago, staff at Johnston Press's The Scotsman must have foreseen exciting times ahead. Its position at the heart of Scotland's political nerve centre should surely have given the paper
Read moreJohnston Press has responded to speculation of an approach over the sale of its newspaper The Scotsman by denying that any disposal process is underway. 'Whilst company policy is not to comment on such speculation, Johnston Press can confirm that the board does not have any disposal process underwa
Read moreSir Win Bischoff, the incoming chairman of Lloyds Banking Group, is facing pressure to clear out the boardroom. Investors are telling him to beef up the banking experience on the board in the wake of its catastrophic takeover of HBOS, which has already claimed the scalp of outgoing chairman Sir Vict
Read moreRoyal Dutch Shell is poised to announce a fresh wave of cuts in senior jobs this week as Peter Voser, the new chief executive, intensifies an aggressive restructuring drive within Europe's largest company. The Anglo-Dutch oil company will reveal alongside its interim results on Thursday that up to
Read moreLenders to regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press have agreed to postpone the testing of certain covenants, due 30 June, for two months. The company, which has been in talks with its lenders regarding refinancing its existing facilities, said testing has been deferred to 31 August. At May's
Read moreCitigroup has been reviewing the UK media sector and has turned colder on three of the main players. Daily Mail publisher Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) is downgraded to ‘sell’ from ‘hold’ by Citi, though the target price has been held at 250p. Citi has boosted its full-year earnings per shar
Read moreMedia is one of the best-performing sectors after Goldman Sachs upgraded some of the major players. Broadcaster ITV is upgraded from 'sell' to 'buy' and added to the US bank's 'conviction buy' list. Goldman Sachs anticipates that forward advertising data will start to sow signs of levelling off ove
Read moreBrokers are queuing up to reappraise the water companies ahead of the sector's results season, which starts this week. After Merrill Lynch weighed in yesterday with downgrades for Pennon and Northumbrian Water, Credit Suisse has dealt another blow to Pennon, chopping its price target from 667p to 6
Read moreThe downturn in the advertising market has made life hard for media companies but the sector received a boost today from Goldman Sachs, which has upgraded some of the major players. Broadcaster ITV is upgraded from 'sell' to 'buy' and added to the US bank's 'conviction buy' list. Goldman Sachs anti
Read moreThe market trends reported in newspaper groups Johnston Press and Trinity Mirror's trading statements today were nearly identical, but while Trinity shares gained slightly amid a general market decline, Johnston's slumped more than 37%. Johnston, publisher of the Scotsman, the Yorkshire Post and a
Read moreFood and household products giant Unilever was one of the best performing blue-chips on Wednesday morning, helped by a positive note from Charles Stanley. The broker said it is upgrading its 'long-held negative recommendation' on the Anglo-Dutch company following the group's first quarter results a
Read moreShares in Johnston Press are in freefall after the regional newspaper publisher said 2009 operating profit will be towards the lower end of current market expectations. The company has yanked the proposed disposal of its Irish titles after it did not receive offers that matched its valuation. With
Read moreShares in Johnston Press slumped after the regional newspaper publisher said 2009 operating profit will be towards the lower end of current market expectations and abandoned the sale of its Irish titles. The publisher of the Scotsman, the Yorkshire Post and a host of smaller titles said advertising
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