TALK.L Share News (TALK)

Takeover bid boosts NEX Group as FTSE 100 heads for weekly loss

(For a live blog on European stocks, type LIVE/ in an Eikon news window) * FTSE 100 up 0.1 pct * Takeover offer sends NEX Group up 33 pct * Berkeley falls after Energy, buoy -

BUZZ-TalkTalk: near top of FTSE 250 after Macquarie upgrade

** TalkTalk up 9.5 pct, second-top riser on FTSE 250, after Macquarie raises rating to "outperform" from "neutral?" ** Upgrade follows the "emergency capital says a

UPDATE 1-Britain's M&G infrastructure fund proposes buying broadband firm Gigaclear

March 9 (Reuters) - The infrastructure fund of British asset manager M&G Investment Management Ltd said on Friday it had offered to buy rural broadband provider Gigaclear Plc in a deal valued

Thursday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Hostelworld Group: Berenberg upgrades to Hold from Sell with a target price of 210p. Bellway: Citi reiterates Neutral with a target price of 2540p. Ferrexpo: Deutsche Bank reiterates Buy with a target price of 230p. Zoopla Property Group: Deutsche Bank reiterates Hold with a tar

UPDATE 2-TalkTalk founder Dunstone takes reins from Harding

* Racing enthusiast Harding steps down after seven years * Chairman Dunstone adds executive duties to chairman role * TalkTalk revenue drops 5 pct in Q3 * Shares up 8.5 pct (Adds further CEO, comments, analyst reaction, updates shares) By Paul Sandle LONDON, Feb 1

TalkTalk sees strong level of re-contracting, full year in line with guidance

(ShareCast News) - Alongside departure of chief executive Dido Harding, telecoms group TalkTalk reported that revenue and earnings for the current financial year would be affected by strong levels of customer re-contracting, but will be in line with previous guidance. The FTSE 250 company, which wil

Dixons Carphone says Ian Livingston to succeed Dunstone as chairman

LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Britain's largest electricals and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone said on Wednesday that Ian Livingston would succeed Charles Dunstone as chairman on April 30, allowing Dunstone to take the role of executive chairman at TalkTalk. Livingston has been Dixons Ca

TalkTalk Chief Executive Dido Harding steps down

LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - TalkTalk said on Wednesday its chief executive Dido Harding would step down, with founder Charles Dunstone becoming executive chairman, as the broadband operator reported a 5.4 percent drop in third-quarter on-net revenue. Harding, a vocal critic of industry leader

Wednesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Paddy Power: Barclays reiterates Overweight with a target price of 110p. Reckitt Benckiser: Berenberg upgrades to Buy with a target price of 7,900p. Crest Nicholson: Deutsche Bank reiterates Hold with a target price of 564p. BT Group: Citi reiterates Buy with a target price of 4

UK's BT to raise broadband prices in April

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest telecoms group BT will raise its broadband prices by an inflation-busting 5 or 6 percent in April, as well as charge more for calls and some of its TV packages. BT customers on standard copper broadband will be charged an extra 2 pounds ($2.46) f

Fitch assigns BB- rating to TalkTalk long-term debt

(ShareCast News) - Analysts at Fitch assigned a 'BB-' rating to TalkTalk's proposed new unsecured notes, the proceeds from which were to be used to repay a part of its short-term debt under its revolving credit facilities. Fitch dubbed the telecom firm's market position as a niche "value-for-money"

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Deutsche Bank Cuts Centrica To Sell From Hold

Seventeen-year-old sentenced for 2015 TalkTalk hack

LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - A 17-year-old who admitted illegally hacking communications company Talk Talk last year was sentenced to a 12-month rehabilitation order on Tuesday. The October 2015 attack affected around four percent of the company's 4 million customers and cost it around 60 mil

Monday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Greencore: Berenberg reiterates buy with a target price of 350p. Talk Talk: UBS reiterates neutral, 160p target. Barclays: JP Morgan reiterates neutral with a 215p target. Bunzl: Deutsche Bank reiterates buy with a 2450p target. Old Mutual: Barclays downgrades to equal-weight w

Sector movers: Non-OPEC oil deal boosts producers

(ShareCast News) - Evraz led its sector to the top of the leaderboard with its stock hitting a new 52-week high as steel rebar prices notched up fresh gains. Overnight, Chinese steel rebar futures rose from $500.1 a tonne to $524.5 even as Chinese securities traded mostly lower on news that the s