(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 continued to slide on Tuesday, with the second tier market down 140.79 points (0.91%) to 15,357.20 by mid-afternoon. Redrow was near the top of the fallers list despite posting a rise in first half pre-tax profit as revenue and completions grew. In the six months to
Read more(ShareCast News) - Cloud-enabled security provider Sophos reported a strong third quarter on Tuesday, with growth continuing through a major acquisition in the three months to 31 December 2015, though a strong dollar depleted some of its gains. The FTSE 250's third quarter like-for-like billings wer
Read more(ShareCast News) - IT security company Sophos Group has acquired endpoint threat detection provider SurfRight for a cash consideration of $31.8m (£21m). Netherlands-based SurfRight has developed a portfolio of technologies that prevent, detect and remediate zero-day and sophisticated attacks by inte
Read more(ShareCast News) - London's FTSE 250 index was up 0.5% to 17,507.03 at 1435 GMT, tracking the broader market as investors cheered news that Britain's big banks had passed the Bank of England's stress tests. Shares in Drax powered ahead after the European Commission approved the UK government's suppo
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