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(Sharecast News) - London's stock markets closed in a mixed state on Friday as investors weighed optimistic retail sales data against remarks from Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey.
Read more(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 in London were higher at midday on Friday, as investor sentiment remained high, after there were no surprises from UK and US central banks this week.
Read more(Alliance News) - The UK Competition & Markets authority on Friday said a planned merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK could raise consumer prices and harm investment into UK mobile networks.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Vodafone and Three UK have been told to find ways to assuage Britain's competition regulator that their planned $19bn merger would not leave consumers worse off or face a full investigation.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Vodafone Group revealed on Monday that chief financial officer Luka Mucic had acquired 2.46m ordinary shares in the FTSE 100-listed telecommunications giant.
Read moreVodafone Group PLC - Berkshire, England-based telecommunications provider - Group Chief Financial Officer Luka Mucic purchased 2.5 million shares on Friday in London at 69.64 pence each for GBP1.7 million in total. Vodafone also on Friday announced the sale of its Italian business to Swisscom AG for EUR8 billion, with EUR4 billion to be returned to shareholders through a buyback. It said, however, that annual dividends from financial 2025 onwards will be rebased to 4.5 euro cents, down from 9.00 cents for financial 2024.
Read more(Sharecast News) - London's equity markets finished in a mixed state at the end of a quiet trading session on Friday, after another hotter-than-expected US inflation reading overnight.
Read more(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 overcame a muted morning to head into Friday afternoon on the up, though its progress was shy of the loftier gains seen by mainland European peers, as investors showed some signs of trepidation ahead of a pair of interest rate decisions next week.
Read more(Alliance News) - The head of telecommunications provider Vodafone Germany, Philipp Rogge, has announced plans to leave the company at the end of the month in a surprise move after less than two years at the helm.
Read more(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in a muted fashion on Friday, as a hotter-than-expected US producer price reading stifled risk appetite, with focus beginning to move to interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve and Bank of England next week.
Read more(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open fractionally lower on Friday, possibly a tepid end to a decent week, as a robust US producer price reading hurt risk appetite on both sides of the Atlantic.
Read more(Alliance News) - Vodafone Group PLC on Friday said it has agreed to sell its Italian business to Swisscom AG for EUR8 billion and will return half of the proceeds to shareholders.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Vodafone and Swisscom have confirmed that the Swiss telecom group will take over Vodafone Italy for €8bn, enabling the UK company to return €4bn to shareholders.
Read more(Sharecast News) - London's stock markets finished with moderate gains on Thursday, buoyed by a combination of factors including a slowdown in US inflation, robust UK earnings reports, and encouraging mortgage approvals figures.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Vodafone rallied on Thursday amid takeover speculation.
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