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| This FTSE 100 stock could be the bargain of the century Even though the recent market pull-back dented valuations across the LSE, as of this week the FTSE 100's average price-to-earnings ratio still stood at a whopping 25 times. While the index as a whole may not offer a plethora of value stocks, there is one company that's caught my eye due to its ...
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| 2 FTSE 100 dividend giants to stash in your ISA Intensifying competition is causing some tension over the scale of future profits generated by the likes of Direct Line Insurance Group (LSE: DLG) and its rivals, as I explained in a recent piece looking at the car insurance segment. The FTSE 100 business, like its competitors, is expected to see earnings ...
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| FTSE 100 bouyed by rise in GKN shares following news of auto business tie-up A JUMP in GKN shares helped buoy the FTSE 100 after the engineering giant agreed to a merger involving its automotive business in a move meant to stave off a hostile £7.4 billion takeover bid by Melrose. London's blue chip index ended the day up 0.3 per cent or 21.27 points at 7,224.51 points, with ...
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| 2 top FTSE 100 defensive stocks for bargain hunting investors Shares of consumer goods firm Reckitt Benckiser (LSE: RB) have dropped a full 18% year-to-date, leaving it valued at only 16.7 times forward earnings. For a business that offers a 2.9% dividend yield and is as diversified and defensive as they come, I think this valuation proves a tempting entry point for ...
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| There are more FTSE100 CEOs named Steve and David than women RESEARCH RELEASED on Thursday (Mar 8) by INvolve reveals there are more CEOs called David and Steve in the FTSE 100 than women and ethnic minority CEOs combined. The analysis shows that the FTSE 100 currently has only five ethnic minority and seven female CEOs, compared to nine ...
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| How Does the Fool Feel About Assets Other Than Stocks? And second, he contrasted the returns of the Dow Jones Industrial Average with the U.K.'s big index, the FTSE 100, and it looks like the FTSE is getting stomped. ... He does say, "Since 1988, the Dow has returned 1,135%" -- again, that's since 1988, so it's 30 years of returns -- "against the FTSE's 317%, ...
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Babcock to take on 100 apprentices despite making 500 redundancies In November 2017, Babcock was booted out of the FTSE 100 – and replaced by takeaway app Just Eat – as investors quaked at the prospect of potential defence spending cuts by Westminster. Rob Miguel, Plymouth-based district secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions ...
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| US stocks soar on strong jobs report; inflation fears ease The FTSE 100 in Britain rose 0.3 percent. Gold rose $2.30 to $1,324 an ounce. Silver added 11 cents to $16.61 an ounce. Copper jumped 6 cents, or 1.9 percent, to $3.14 a pound. The dollar rose to 106.77 yen from 106.24 yen. The euro rose to $1.2313 from $1.2306. ————. AP Markets Writer Marley ...
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| How to find the best dividend stocks for a starter portfolio In many cases they're well above the FTSE 100's near-4% level. However, even though they've been able to reduce costs and strengthen their balance sheets, ultimately their future capacity to pay dividends is closely linked to commodity prices. Although their prices may have been on uptrends in recent ...
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| Sunday Papers: Capita in £700m fire sale to slash debt pile The Sunday Times: Melrose will raise its £7.3 billion offer for GKN this week in an effort to clinch the hostile takeover of the FTSE 100 engineer; the buyout firm is expected to offer GKN investors a bigger slice of the enlarged company rather than increasing the cash payout. The Observer: The EU does ...
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| Why investment trusts could be perfect for your 2018/19 ISA Aimed at income, The Edinburgh Investment Trust has pretty much matched the FTSE 100 in terms of growth. But it's also been paying dividends of around the 3.5%-4% level, and that's better than the index (and the dividend alone wipes the floor with cash ISA interest rates). The shares have actually ...
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| Accounting error bursts Conviviality's bubble So, too, was GKN, the FTSE 100 engineer, which agreed a deal to combine its Driveline division with Dana, of the US, under which it will receive a 47.25 per cent stake in the enlarged group. That sent its shares up 13¾p to 435p and helped it to shore up its defences against a hostile takeover by ...
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| Inmarsat cuts dividend to invest in aviation market Inmarsat, the British satellite company, ran into trouble with its investors yesterday after slashing the payout in order to invest further in the lucrative market for in-flight wifi. Rupert Pearce, the company's chief executive, said the board had decided to cut the final dividend by 20 cents, bringing the total for ...
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| GLOBAL MARKETS-World shares climb after jobs report cools inflation fears It was last up 0.5 percent, and Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.3 percent to a session high. Shares in Asia, which staged sharp rallies after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un, potentially marking a major breakthrough in nuclear tensions between the two ...
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| World stocks up as Trump and Kim agree to talk play; pause. World stocks up as Trump and Kim agree to talk. March 09 2018 09:32 PM. Business Eco./Bus. News. RELATED STORIES. WORLD. An employee leans on a glass wall above the main atrium of the London Stock Exchange Group headquarters. The FTSE 100 closed 0.3% up at 7,224.51 ...
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| WSJ City PM: Blankfein Prepares to Exit Goldman, US Jobs Should Keep Fed on Track, What ... European stocks also climbed into the green, with the Stoxx Europe 600 ending the day 0.4% higher. The FTSE 100 rose 0.3%. Asian bourses mostly closed higher as news of a surprise meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump reduced geopolitical worries.
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| FN Weekend: The Very Best of Financial News Meanwhile, in the wider corporate world, women CEOs in the FTSE 100 still find themselves outnumbered by CEOs called Dave. Classic. BREAKING: New CEO bonus and pay gaps figures just landed from Man Group and UBS. ***Spoiler Alert***: it's more of the same. Change ahead? Fund managers ...
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| Female millennials embrace the stock market The fact that there will soon be eight women at the helm of companies such as ITV, Kingfisher, Imperial Brands and Whitbread within the FTSE 100, could be a factor behind this confidence boost as the increasing visibility of successful women may encourage investors to participate in the market and ...
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| It's time to place bets on a life of leisure The FTSE 100 group has adapted well to the move by holidaymakers away from package deals and now makes half of its profits from tailored getaways on its own cruise ships and at its branded hotels. TUI's shares have been on the up for the past two years, but have fallen back from a high of £16.04½ ...
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| UPDATE 1-Euro zone bonds selloff, stocks rally after US payrolls data The pan-European STOXX 600 index jumped to a session high, last up 0.5 percent, and Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.3 percent to a session high. Sterling rose against the dollar after the labour numbers were published, trading up 0.4 percent at $1.3870. The euro also strengthened slightly against the ...
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| 2 bargain dividend stocks I'd buy before the ISA deadline It may be a minnow in comparison to FTSE 100 giants such as Rio Tinto, Glencore and BHP Billiton but £580m cap miner Central Asia Metals (LSE: CAML) looks a tempting option for those wanting to take advantage of the current bullish sentiment surrounding commodity markets. The base metals ...
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| 'Tatler Tory' Mark Clarke quits City job after harassment claim The inquiry followed an allegation from a female contractor who had been working for Unilever, a FTSE 100 company. Mr Clarke denied it. His departure from Unilever has echoes of events that led to his expulsion from the Conservatives. Elliott Johnson, 21, a party activist, killed himself in September ... Tatler Tory Mark Clarke quits his job in the City after claims he sexually harassed a female colleague - Daily Mail
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| BAE Systems announces Saudi deal for 48 Typhoon jets Following the news, BAE's share price jumped 2.0 per cent to 600.80 pence in afternoon deals on London's benchmark FTSE 100 index. LONDON: British military equipment maker BAE Systems announced today that Saudi Arabia has signed a preliminary deal for 48 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets.
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| Capita in £700m fire sale to slash debt pile The embattled outsourcing giant Capita is plotting a £700m fire sale of assets alongside a heavily discounted rights issue intended to raise a similar sum. The new chief executive of the former FTSE 100 favourite is understood to be working on a more aggressive than expected review that could lead to ...
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| Market report: US in 'Goldilocks zone' with wages slowing while job growth rises Markets ended another roller coaster week on a firmer footing as news of cooling wage growth in the US suggested that last month's turmoil may have been a storm in a teacup. US pay surging ahead of economists' expectations sparked last month's global stocks sell-off after igniting fears that the ...
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| LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks End Week Higher Amid Positive US Jobs Data The FTSE 100 index closed up 0.3%, or 21.27 points, at 7,224.51. The FTSE 250 ended up 0.6%, ... The BATS UK 100 ended up 0.2% at 12,244.86, the BATS 250 closed up 0.5% at 18,280.71, and the BATS Small Companies ended up 0.1% at 12,274.31. Stocks in New York were higher at the London ...
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| Stocks Rally, Nasdaq Reaches Record High On Upbeat Jobs Data - US Commentary Japan's Nikkei 225 Index climbed by 0.5 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumped by 1.1 percent. Meanwhile, the major European markets turned in a mixed performance on the day. While the German DAX Index edged down by 0.1 percent, the U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index and the French CAC ...
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| St. James's Place Wealth Management (SJP.L) ... James's Place Wealth Management is a British wealth management company founded in 1991 and headquartered in Cirencester, UK. Its main business areas cover investment planning, retirement planning, financial consultancy, banking and mortgages. The company is a FTSE 100 index component ...
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| United Utilities Group PLC (UU.L) United Utilities Group PLC is the largest water company in the United Kingdom, providing services related to the management of drinking water and the waste water network of North West England. The company is a constituent of the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 Index, and its stock UU.
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| Recon Capital Series Trust Recon Capital FTSE 100 ETF (UK) Receiving Somewhat Favorable ... Recon Capital Series Trust Recon Capital FTSE 100 ETF logo News stories about Recon Capital Series Trust Recon Capital FTSE 100 ETF (NASDAQ:UK) have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by ...
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| Why fat dividends from Lloyds Banking Group plc leave me cold Now throw into the mix the fact that Lloyds is one of the biggest companies in the FTSE 100 index, that it's a well-known name, and that the underlying business has staged a recovery in earnings since last decade's credit-crunch, and it's easy to see why so many investors seem to be bullish on the stock.
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| Whitbread PLC (WTB.L) ... industry, founded in 1742 and with an international customer base in the UK and overseas. It has a large number of brands, including, among others, Costa Coffee, Beefeater, and Premier Inn. The company is a component of the FTSE 100 Index, and its stock is traded on the London Stock Exchange.
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| TUI Group (TUIT.L) ... and headquartered in Hannover and Berlin, Germany. TUI is considered to be the world's largest in the hospitality and tourism industry. It owns as many as six European airlines, as well as a large number of travel agencies, cruise ships, retail stores and hotels. The company is a FTSE 100 component, ...
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| British stocks up 0.30 pct Friday LONDON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- British stocks rose on Friday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index up 21.27 points or 0.30 percent at 7,224.51 points. NMC Health, the multinational health care company, soared 4.52 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. Ashtead Group and GKN rose by 3.37 percent ...
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| MARKET REPORT: Engineer Renold reverses 24% after profits are hit by rising materials costs ... The FTSE 100 gained 0.3 per cent or 21.27 points to end the day at 7224.51, while the FTSE 250 finished up 0.59 per cent, or 117.06 points, at 20,085.07. Meanwhile, you can be forgiven for thinking there was a closing down sale on the markets yesterday, given the number of directors buying and ...
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| Stocks Climbing on Strong Jobs Report The FTSE 100 in Britain rose 0.3 percent. BARACK BOOST: Netflix rose after the New York Times reported that the streaming service is negotiating with Barack Obama to have the former president and his wife Michelle produce shows. The two sides haven't confirmed that they are in talks. GBH Insights ...
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| Carillion chair denied taxpayer loan would be 'a bailout' The Carillion chairman's confidence contrasts with evidence which has emerged over recent weeks as MPs on two Commons select committees have engaged in a detailed investigation of the former FTSE-100 company's collapse. Mr Green's email has not been disclosed as part of the MPs' inquiry.
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| Doubts raised over ex-RBS man's plan for Scottish stock exchange Scotland on Sunday can reveal that Martin Bosman, a one-time senior executive with the bank's NatWest Markets investment arm, is looking to raise millions of pounds from investors to set up an Edinburgh-based exchange, known as SPX, which will publish a Scottish counterpart to the FTSE 100.
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| The march of the silver strivers Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP, who turned 73 last month, was the highest-paid FTSE 100 boss in 2017; Lord Hall, 67, is director-general of the BBC; and Richard Park, 70, is in charge of programming for the pop stations Heart and Capital as well as Classic FM and LBC. Even Roger Daltrey ...
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| Capita: we're not marching over a cliff Would-be soldiers who want to join the British Army must first tackle an unusual obstacle course: the army's recruitment website. It is not for the faint hearted. Applicants have taken to the Army Rumour Service web forum to complain about problems ranging from passwords not working, vanishing ...
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| Former Conservative high-flier Mark Clarke quits his job over sexual harassment claim The inquiry followed an allegation from a female contractor who had been working for Unilever, a FTSE 100 company. Mr Clarke denied it. Mr Clarke became known as the "Tatler Tory" after the society magazine tipped him in 2008 as a future cabinet minister. Mark Clarke has resigned from Unilever, ...
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| Keith Barr: Airbnb? It won't kill off hotels This is his first newspaper interview since becoming chief executive of the FTSE 100 giant in July — taking over from Richard Solomons. He now oversees a workforce of more than 375,000 across IHG's branded hotels, including Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Crowne Plaza. It is an empire worth ...
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| GKN agrees $6bln tie-up with Dana NEW YORK: GKN has struck a $6.1 billion deal to merge its automotive business with U.S. company Dana Incorporated (DAN.N) in a move by the British engineer to fend off a hostile takeover by turnaround specialist Melrose Industries. FTSE 100-listed GKN said on Friday that it had agreed to combine ...
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| FTSE 100 Little Changed Ahead Of US Jobs Report U.K. shares were marginally lower on Friday as investors digested U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and looked ahead to the all-important U.S. jobs report due later in the day for directional cues. Weak industrial data also weighed on markets.
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| London Markets: FTSE 100 gains ground after solid US jobs report, scores 2.2% weekly win The FTSE 100 index. UKX, +0.30%. rose 0.3% to tighten 7,224.51 after darting between tiny gains and waste progressing in a session. For a week, a London benchmark combined 2.2%, imprinting a initial weekly win in 3 weeks. The bruise. GBPUSD, +0.3113%. bought $1.3861, adult from $1.3812 late ...
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