Mon, 04th Feb 2019 11:50
(ShareCast News) - Directors in the newly merged Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) continue to take profits after the sealing of the deal. Following the sale by group chief executive Breon Corcoran last week, Paddy Power co-founder Stewart Kenny pocketed almost €2.6m after selling 27,000 shares at €120.38
Read more(ShareCast News) - Following the life insurer Prudential's remarkably strong results on Wednesday, non-executive director Kai Nargolwala showed his belief in the value of the shares at the present level. Nargolwala, who has worked in Asia at director level since the 1990s at Bank of America, Standar
Read more(ShareCast News) - Paddy Power Betfair released the last of its results as two separate companies on Tuesday, with both bookmakers reporting admirable growth. The FTSE 250 company was formed by the merger of Paddy Power and Betfair, which was completed in February. As such, the results reflected Pad
Read more(ShareCast News) - Worldpay shares were a 'buy' for the Sunday Times' Inside the City column. The UK-based payment processing company, which floated in October and joined the FTSE 100 two months later, exists in a world where card payment is used for everything from sub-£1 purchases from your corner
Read more(ShareCast News) - The energy regulator Ofgem is to be handed sweeping new powers to manage the country's electricity supplies, switch off factories and request emergency back-up generation, under energy market reforms being considered by Whitehall. Documents seen by The Times show ministers are con
Read more(ShareCast News) - Morrisons, which announced a new grocery supply deal with Amazon.com on Monday, may work its way back into the FTSE 100 this month. The supermarket retailer, which was booted out at the last quarterly review, could be joined by newly-merged Paddy Power Betfair and private hospital
Read more(ShareCast News) - Sterling should recover once the risk of Brexit was exorcised, but in the meantime it would create a headwind for Irish exporters, Investec said. Further weakening in the pound due to worries that Britain might leave the European Union might drag on the share prices of Irish compa
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