Marks & Spencer Share News (MKS)

UPDATE 2-New stores, fashions boost Ted Baker's profit

* Full-year pretax profit up 18.6 pct * Company opened stores in Azerbaijan, Mexico, Qatar * Initial reaction to spring/summer collections "positive" * Raises total dividend to 47.8 pence (Adds finance director comments, details, share price) By Aastha Agnihotri Ma

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks Take Back Post-ECB Drop But End Week Down

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Marks & Spencer Chairman Buys 3,000 Shares

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Old Mutual Misses Out As Financial Stocks Rally

Broker tips: Imagination Technologies, M&S, Anglo American

(ShareCast News) - Imagination Technologies surged on Friday after N+1 Singer upgraded the stock to 'buy' from 'hold' and lifted the price target to 191p from 151p following a visit to the company's headquarters in Kings Langley. In its last note, N+1 outlined a scenario where the group reduced rese

WINNERS & LOSERS SUMMARY: Old Mutual Slips Back As Break Up Confirmed

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Goldman Promotes Shell To Conviction Buy List

BofA Merill downgrades M&S as apparel recovery remains "elusive"

(ShareCast News) - Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgraded Marks & Spencer to 'underperform' from 'neutral' and slashed the price target to 385p from 480p saying a recovery in apparel remains elusive. The bank downgraded its full year 2017 and 2018 earnings per share estimates by 5%, putting it 7%

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Old Mutual To Split As ECB Stimulus Lifts Stocks

LONDON BRIEFING: Draghi's Bazooka Is Starting Pistol For Early Gains

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Nomura Upgrades Admiral To Buy From Neutral

RPT-British retailers invite rival brands to fill their empty spaces

(Repeats with no changes) By James Davey LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - As online deliveries surge and shop sales fall, Britain's retailers are looking to refit their once bustling superstores with new attractions such as rivals' fashion brands to fill empty spaces and keep shoppers comi

British retailers invite rival brands to fill their empty spaces

By James Davey LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - As online deliveries surge and shop sales fall, Britain's retailers are looking to refit their once bustling superstores with new attractions such as rivals' fashion brands to fill empty spaces and keep shoppers coming through the door. In a

BUZZ-UK retailers: Investec mulls impact of "Brexit"

** Investec analysts point to 5 key issues - weaker consumer demand, sterling weakness, labour cost pressure, change in trade terms, and the basis on which investment decisions are made ** But none of these issue are new to the UK retail industry, which the analysts see as better placed tha

Europe's food retailers take bolder moves to fight Amazon

* Higher margins in non-food helps compensate for food squeeze * Sainsbury's CEO sees Argos boosting distribution network * Dutch, French deals help keep Amazon in check * Amazon moves into food so customers shop more often * Retail complexity comes at a cost By Emma