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UK WINNERS & LOSERS: AstraZeneca Leads Risers; BG Group Falls

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.
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AstraZeneca, up 15%. US drugs giant Pfizer Inc has confirmed that it has now t

Sierra Rutile Shares Slide As Potential Takeover Talks End

LONDON (Alliance News) - Sierra Rutile Ltd saw its shares fall Monday after it said that talks with parties that were potentially interested in making a takeover offer for the company had now ended. The company had said last November that it had entered talks with parties that could lead to

UK MORNING BRIEFING: AstraZeneca Leads Gainers On Pfizer Interest

LONDON (Alliance News) - AstraZeneca is once again leading UK blue chips higher Monday, after US drugs giant Pfizer Inc confirmed that it has now twice approached its British peer with a takeover proposal, most recently on Saturday. Pfizer said it is still considering its opti

Sierra Rutile on track after boosting Q1 production

Industrial mineral producer Sierra Rutile is on track to hit annual targets after boosting first quarter production and cutting costs. Sierra, which mines for titanium feedstock industrial minerals such as rutile and ilmenite in the south-west of Sierra Leone, said it was well-placed to meet 2014 g

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: GlaxoSmithKline Investigates Iraq Allegations

LONDON (Alliance News) - Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline has confirmed that is investigating allegations of improper conduct in its Iraq business.

The Wall Street Journal had cited a person familiar with the matter saying that Glaxo was violating US and UK ant

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Tech Stocks Among Biggest FTSE Losers

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.

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CRH, up 0.7%. The building materials group is receiving a boost from some merger and acqui

Sierra Rutile Production Increases And Costs Fall

LONDON (Alliance News) - Sierra Rutile Ltd Monday said its first quarter production was up strongly and its cash costs were down during the period. The titanium feedstock minerals company, with operations in Sierra Leone, said it increased rutile production 12% to 28,218 tonnes from 25,087

UK MORNING BRIEFING: UK Consumer Confidence Rises; Aviva In US Sale

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Friday, as a consumer confidence survey has reinforced positive sentiment from strong UK retail sales figures released on Thursday.

British consumer confidence hit its highest level since August 2007 on upbeat general economic an

Sierra Rutile Profit Plummets As Revenues Fall On Rutile Prices

LONDON (Alliance News) - Sierra Rutile Ltd Friday said its pretax profit fell significantly in its full year 2013 as revenues fell and costs increased despite a jump in production during the year. The titanium feedstock minerals company, with operations in Sierra Leone, said its pretax prof

Sierra Rutile Unaffected By Temporary Security Staff Walk Out

LONDON (Alliance News) - Sierra Rutile Ltd Monday said operations had been unaffected by a disturbance at its Sierra Leone Mine, when employees of its security contractor, Security Support Group International, staged an unplanned walk-out. "This walk-out precipitated some disturbance involv

Sierra Rutile Enters Into Rutile Sales Contract, Reduces Production Target

Sierra Rutile lowers full year production guidance by four per cent

Sierra Rutile said Wednesday that in light of existing market conditions, it has re-assessed its production targets and is planning a 'slight decrease' in its rutile production for 2013 to 120,000 tonnes of rutile, a four per cent reduction on the previous 125,000 tonne guidance. The reduction was

AIM IN BRIEF: Rangers FC Appoints Graham Wallace As CEO

Sierra Rutile in takeover talks

Sierra Leone-focused mineral producer Sierra Rutile is in talks about potential takeover bids, sending its shares up by more than a quarter. The group, which produces titanium feedstock industrial minerals such as rutile and ilmenite, responded to speculation by saying it was "in discussions with

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Travel Stocks Take Off; Afren, Lekoil Lifted By Nigeria Find