Tue, 18th Oct 2016 08:28
(ShareCast News) - Falling oil prices are threatening BHP Billiton's strategy to diversify into oil and gas, The Telegraph's Questor wrote on Thursday. Oil prices have been plummeting amid geopolitical flare-ups in the Middle East and oversupply concerns continuing to dominate market sentiment. Que
Read more(ShareCast News) - Ladbrokes has appointed Richard Snow as acting chief financial officer. The FTSE 250 company announced in September that Ian Bull who currently holds the post, will leave the company in February. Snow, who is director of investor relations, will hold the post until the proposed m
Read more(ShareCast News) - London stocks are called to open lower on Friday, taking their cue from a downbeat session in Asia. Shares in China and Hong Kong slid as the yuan hit its lowest level in four years. The FTSE 100 is expected to open 21 points lower than Thursday's close at 6,067. On the data fro
Read more(ShareCast News) - Ladbrokes' new chariman and newest board member are already giving their financial backing to the company. John Kelly was appointed chairman of the company at the beginning of December, replacing Peter Erskine who announced his intention to step down in May. He will also become c
Read more(ShareCast News) - Ladbrokes has appointed John Kelly as the bookmaker's new chairman with immediate effect following the departure of Peter Erskine and ahead of the proposed merger with Coral Group. The appointment follows the announcement in May that Erskine intended to step down from the board th
Read more(ShareCast News) - Gala Coral Group's full year revenue is up ahead of the proposed merger with Ladbrokes. The betting company released its full year results to 26 September 2015 on Monday. It showed a 6% increase in net revenue to just over £1bn, despite 2014 figures including the impact of the FI
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