Marks & Spencer Share News (MKS)

UPDATE 3-Tesco's problems mount as UK sales resume decline

* Q3 UK like-for-like sales, ex fuel and VAT, down 1.5 pct * Blames sales fall on weak overall market * Like-for-like sales decline in all overseas markets * Says on track to meet analyst FY forecasts as of Nov. 8 * Shares dip 1.1 pct By James Davey LONDON, Dec

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Aberdeen Asset Management: Credit Suisse raises target price from 465p to 515p and maintains a neutral rating. Admiral Group: Citi moves target price from 1215p to 1220p and retains a neutral rating. AVEVA Group: Numis upgrades to buy with a target price of 2980p. AZ Electronic Materials: Deutsch

REFILE-UPDATE 1-Key Bangladesh garments factory destroyed in blaze

By Serajul Quadir DHAKA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A devastating fire ripped through a Bangladesh garment factory supplying major Western retailers, police and industry officials said on Friday, in a blaze set by workers angered over rumours of a colleague's death in police firing. Garments

Huge Bangladesh fire destroys key garments factory

By Serajul Quadir DHAKA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A huge fire on Friday destroyed a Bangladesh garment factory supplying key Western brands, authorities said, in a blaze touched off by workers angered over rumours of a colleague's death in police firing. Garments are a vital sector for the

Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

Anglo American: Liberum Capital upgrades to hold with a target price of 1150p. Associated British Foods: Jefferies increases target price from 1750p to 2400p, while staying with its hold recommendation. Beazley: Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 260p to 270p leaving its buy recommendation un

Asia Private Equity Weekly News, Nov. 26, 2013

HONG KONG, Nov. 26 (Reuters) - News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending Nov. 22. NOVEMBER 22 OAKTREE CAPITAL Group LLC, the world's largest distressed debt investor, is among a group of firms buying shares of China Cinda Asset Management Corp

'Hunger Games' designer finds high-fashion muse in Katniss Everdeen

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Katniss Everdeen not only wields the bow and arrow of hope in "Catching Fire," the second installment of "The Hunger Games" film franchise, she is also the muse of a new high-fashion line that carries the film's fictional world of the Capito

UPDATE 1-Hong Kong's Gaw, S.Korean investors buy London building

* Gaw completes 4th investment in London for Asian buyers * Asian buyers seek "safe commercial and residential real estate"-exec * Building currently houses HQ for retailer Marks & Spencer * Seller was D2 Private, an Irish property investment firm-source By Stephen Aldred

UK BROKER RATING CHANGES: Goldman Cuts Debenhams To Sell

Big Retailer is watching you: stores seek to match online savvy

* Face scans, heat sensors, phone signals used to track shopper * Smart data allows stores to copy e-commerce personalisation * Store wi-fi can track shopper within three metres * U.S. data firms agree privacy code of conduct * Mobile ad spending seen tripling to $39 bln i

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Cameron, Shadow banks, North Sea

The government is to forge a "leaner, more efficient state" on a permanent basis, David Cameron has said, as he signalled he had no intention of resuming spending once the structural deficit has been eliminated, a clear change to claims made after the last general election. Cameron said that the gov

UPDATE 1-M&S looks to India to stem fall in clothing sales

By Nandita Bose MUMBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - British retailer Marks & Spencer is looking overseas to try to stem a steady decline in clothing sales, focusing on India to replicate a move towards more stylish fashions that has failed to convince consumers at home. Britain's biggest cloth

PepsiCo says to invest $5.5 bln in India by 2020

By Aditi Shah Nov 11 (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc, the maker of Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay snacks and Tropicana juice, plans to invest $5.5 billion in India by 2020 to expand its presence in the country, it said on Monday. PepsiCo's plans come after rival Coca-Cola Co, the world's largest drink

Marks & Spencer To Expand In India, Targets 80 Stores By 2016

Ex-divs to take 11.6 points off FTSE 100 on Nov. 13

LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will go ex-dividend on Wednesday, 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-