Randgold Resources was the strongest riser after it said it hit targets for 2013, boosted gold production to a new record level and expects output to rise over the next five years. Production for the quarter and year to December rose 20 per cent and 15 per cent respectively, in line with the company
- Slight fall in Footsie
- Lloyds dives on PPI bill update, dividend plans
- Chinese data just in line
- Eurozone manufacturing may relieve pressure on ECB, some say
The FTSE 100 was dipping slightly into the red come midday, buoyed by its proximity to important levels of so-called 'technical suppo
DUBLIN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - EU competition regulators have
issued a list of concerns to Hutchison Whampoa over
its $1 billion deal to take over Telefonica's O2
Ireland business, Hutchison said on Monday. Regulatory reviews of the Irish merger and another in
Germany are viewed by the mobile in
The Bank of England will question Royal Bank of Scotland over its capital position in the next two weeks, the Sunday Telegraph reported. The BoE's Prudential Regulatory Authority arm will call in RBS boss Ross McEwan to check on the bank's capital strength in light of his strategy review, due Februa
NEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters) - AT&T Inc, the No. 2 U.S.
mobile provider, on Saturday announced a price cut for customers
who share large data plans in its latest attempt to regain
ground lost to market leader Verizon Wireless and No. 4 U.S.
operator T-Mobile US. In what the company called its
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is set to post its worst January performance for five years after the global equities sell-off resumed Friday amid further concerns about slowing growth in emerging markets and some poor corporate reports in Europe and the US.
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vodafone PLC has cleared its 3G coverage requirements, and will not face any further enforcement action, Ofcom said Friday. In November 2013, the UK telecoms regulator had said that Vodafone had not met its requirement to provide 3G coverage of 90% in the UK populat
By Josie Cox LONDON, Jan 30 (IFR) - Time is ticking for Vodafone. The
company might be the world's third largest mobile
telecommunications company and a bellwether for the global
industry but it is not immune to the impact of rising interest
rates and has to act now if it wants to pocket ch