LONDON (Alliance News) - British gas parent Centrica has issued a profit warning Thursday, blaming the extreme winter weather in the US but mild conditions in the UK, as well as the intense pressure that's been put on energy providers in the UK in recent months by politicians
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.
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FTSE 100 - WINNERS
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Barclays, up 4.9%. Barclays has detailed plans to shrink its investment bank with a new round
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares in SerVision PLC rose 34% Thursday after it said that it had inked a new distribution agreement with Live Video USA Inc to distribute its video gateway products in the US and Canada. SerVision develops and manufactures digital security systems. Under th
Read moreMichael Sharp, the Chief Executive of retail giant Debenhams, purchased 100,000 shares on Tuesday, the same day the company reported a strong end to 2012, including record levels of sales in December, but warned heavy discounting had hit margins. Sharp, who was appointed to the role in September 2
Read moreDigital security system developer SerVision reported a fall in profits as a result of an exceptional sale made last year. Turnover for the period fell 21% from $2.7m to $2.1m for the same period the previous year, which was reflected in a reduced operating profit of £0.58m (2010 H1: $0.77m). The
Read moreLess than two weeks after denying reports that its Else mobile project was in trouble Israeli technology firm Emblaze has confirmed it is abandoning plans to manufacture the First ELSE mobile device. The company said it will concentrate its efforts on licensing the ELSE Intuition platform and techn
Read moreLONDON (Dow Jones)--SerVision PLC (SEV.LN), a developer and manufacturer of digital security systems, said Wednesday that it made pretax profit of $193,000 for the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, compared with loss of $1.06 million MAIN FACTS: -Revenue increased by 13% to $5,367,000 versus $4,732,
Read moreDisplay advertising and screens provider Mediazest's pre-tax profits slide in the year as administrative expenses were too high, prompting the firm to undertake further cost cutting measures. The group also said first half of 2009 has seen a drop in activity as a consequence of the economic downt
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