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TOP NEWS: Stars Group To Buy Sky Betting For USD4.7 Billion

LONDON (Alliance News) - Stars Group Inc said Saturday it has agreed to acquire Sky Betting & Gaming from CVC Capital Partners and Sky PLC in a cash and stock transaction valued at USD4.7 per

Bloomsbury Publishing Appoints Conde Nast Executive New Finance Head

LONDON (Alliance News) - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC said Thursday it has appointed Penny Scott-Bayfield as its new finance director from mid July.Scott-Bayfield will replace incumbent Wendy

TOP NEWS: Sky In Good Shape As It Increases Year-To-Date Revenue

LONDON (Alliance News) - Sky PLC on Thursday reported higher revenue and profit in the first nine months of its financial year, as it continue improvements in its products and services.The

LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: Stocks Called Higher As Commodities Surge

LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock prices in London are seen opening higher on Thursday, continuing gains made on Wednesday, as a falling pound helps overseas exposed stocks and a surge in commodity a

WINNERS & LOSERS SUMMARY: Sky Up On Takeover Remedies Proposed By Fox

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices on Tuesday.----------FTSE 100 - WINNERS----------Randgold up a

TOP NEWS: Fox Sets Out Competition Remedies For Sky Takeover

LONDON (Alliance News) - Sky PLC on Tuesday noted two alternative remedy proposals submitted by Twenty-First Century Fox to the UK Competition & is to

LONDON MARKET PRE-OPEN: Lower Call; Fox Sets Out Remedies For Sky Deal

LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares in London are called to open lower on Tuesday, following on from a downbeat session in the US on Monday, as markets in the

TOP NEWS: Sky, 21st Century And Disney Sign Confidentiality Agreement

LONDON (Alliance News) - FTSE 100-listed Sky PLC said on Thursday it has signed a confidentiality agreement with Twenty First Century Fox Inc and The Walt Disney Co.The

Talks between Sky and Mediaset for Italian pay TV unit well advance, Il Sole reports

(ShareCast News) - Contacts between Mediaset and rival London-listed Sky for the sale of the former's pay-TV unit Premium were well advanced, Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported. --- More to follow ---

PRESS: US Hedge Funds Make Bets That Fox's Sky Bid Will Succeed

Sunday newspaper round-up: Inflation, RBS, Brexit defeat, BAE Systems

(ShareCast News) - Higher food and fuel prices drove inflation to a three-year zenith of 2% in January, up from 1.6% in December, with more increases coming as the year progresses. Figures from the Office for National Statistics are expected to confirm the jump in inflation this week, the Sunday Tel

Sky's interim sales strong but profits hit by Premier League costs

(ShareCast News) - Sky's profits fell in the first half of the year as it absorbed a step-up in costs for Premier League broadcasting rights, invested in Germany and Italy, and launched its mobile service in the UK. In the media group's first public announcement since 21st Century Fox's 1,075p per s

Sector movers: Miners pace gains as dollar weakens on Trump

(ShareCast News) - Steelmakers and miners found an unexpected ally at the start of the week in the form of a weaker US dollar in the wake of what a fair bit of market commentary appeared to label as a rather protectionist Inauguration Day speech by US President Donald Trump. That drove a haven bid f

Sunday newspaper round-up: Industrial strategy, May to meet Trump, Barclays, courgettes

(ShareCast News) - Theresa May will on Monday reveal her '10 pillars' industrial strategy that will aim to boost sector productivity. The Sunday Times said the Prime Minister's long-awaited green paper includes measures to improve skills, boost scientific research, and increasing spending on broadba

Sunday newspaper round-up: Hard Brexit, Putin, Hammond

(ShareCast News) - Theresa May will announce that Britain is seeking a clean and hard Brexit in a speech this week that will promise to create a "strong new partnership" with the European Union. The prime minister will finally lay her cards on the table, making clear that the UK is set to pull out o