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LONDON (Alliance News) - British oil major BP will sign a long-term contract worth around USD20 billion, or about GBP11.8 billion, to supply liquefied natural gas to China National Offshore Oil Corp, BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley said at a conference in Moscow Tuesday.
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LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.
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FTSE 100 - WINNERS
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Whitbread, up 3.1%. The Premier Inn hotels and Costa Coffee chain operator re
LONDON (Alliance News) - Risk management provider Red24 PLC Tuesday reported a 9.4% increase in pretax profit in its last financial year, boosted by revenue growth in its security assistance and business support divisions. However, Red24 also unveiled plans to sell its 25% stake in Linx Int
Read moreSierra Rutile's Non-Executive Chairman, Jan Castro, has swelled his stake in the mineral sands group to more than two million shares after a purchase made at the end of last week. Castro bought 627,500 shares at 50p a time, costing him a total of £313,750. A more modest purchase was made the sam
Read moreRisk management firm Red24 hailed a strong first half driven by sales of its food safety products. Overall revenue increased by over 15% to £3.34m from £2,89m, while profit before tax increased by 6.7% to £440,000 from £412,000. The bulk of this growth came from 'red24 assist', the firm's food sa
Read morered24, a provider of security assistance services, has said the firm enjoyed a satisfactory start to the fiscal year, with sales and profit before tax both marginally ahead of last year. Its Food Safety product continues to win new clients and the firm has now been retained by a ninth underwriter. A
Read moreSecurity firm Red24 reported its fourth year of double digit profits and boosted its dividend by a third. Full year revenue increased by 10.6% to £5.8m, while pre-tax profits came in up 16% at £863,093. Earnings per share were up to 1.53p and the firm rewarded shareholders with a dividend increase
Read moreThe top share index slid below the 5,800 point mark heading into the weekend. ENRC, the Kazakh resources giant, was nursing heavy losses by the close of play. The company is set to lose a third independent board director according to reports in the Financial Times. The loss of Mehmet Dalman would
Read moreThe top share index is slightly in the red again after an earlier rally faltered. Housebuilder Bellway is in demand after it said it is well positioned to deliver operating margin and volume growth if market conditions remain unchanged following a return to a more normal reservation pattern and a h
Read moreShares have edged slightly lower on a quiet day on the company news front. Economic resilience in the southeast of England helped brewer and pub operator Fuller, Smith and Turner post a strong rise in profits in the year to 2 April. The company, whose pubs only stretch as far north as the Midlands,
Read moreUprisings in the Arab world helped Red24, which helps companies deal with security threats such as piracy and kidnap, post a rise in sales and profits in the year to 31 March. Revenue was up to £5.26m from £4.29m the previous year, lifting pre-tax profits to £742,000 from £628,000. Sales were boos
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