Bayer Chief to chair Unilever: Marijn Dekkers will succeed Michael Treschow as
Chairman of consumer goods giant Unilever in April. Dekkers, 58, who will
step down as Chief Executive of German drug giant Bayer, serves on the board
of America’s General Electric.
‘Ashamed’ of his pay, but Unilever Chief earns £8 million: The Chief Executive
of one of the world’s biggest consumer companies was paid €10.4 million
(£7.9 million) last year despite saying he was “ashamed” of his excessive
compensation.
Tesco ‘makes plans to cut 39,000 jobs’: Tesco is considering reducing its
workforce by 39,000 by 2019, a leaked document reveals. The proposed cuts,
equivalent to one in six workers, would be achieved by job losses or reduced
hours among store staff.
Million shop jobs at risk from higher pay and tax: Nearly one million jobs could
be lost in Britain’s struggling retail sector during the next decade as shops
close and businesses struggle to meet higher wage bills and taxes.
Sky lends its support for Three’s O2 takeover: The Chief Executive of Sky has
publicly backed Three’s takeover of O2 despite regulatory objections to a deal
that will reduce the number of mobile networks in Britain from four to three.
Billionaire Beijing overtakes New York: China’s once red-hot economy, the
second largest in the world, cooled further over the past year, and nearly $5
trillion was cut from the value of its volatile stock markets.
Glencore renegotiates Chad oil deal after prices plunge: Glencore has
renegotiated a $1.5 billion oil deal with Chad that it struck just before crude
prices began their precipitous slide in 2014.
Travelodge halts £1 billion auction of budget hotels as offers fall short: The
Boss of Travelodge conceded last night that an estimated £1 billion auction of
Britain’s second biggest budget hotel chain had been put on ice.
Nintendo halves profit after sales slow: Nintendo slipped on another banana
peel after halving profit estimate for the year. The Japanese computer game
company behind Super Mario and Donkey Kong blamed a slowdown in sales
of portable Nintendo 3DS, and games for the machine.
New money laundering charges for UBS: UBS is facing fresh allegations that it
helped wealthy clients to avoid taxes, after a Belgian judge charged the Swiss
bank with money laundering.
Ashley denies taking Sports Direct private: Mike Ashley denied that he was
considering taking Sports Direct private, saying that there was “not a shred of
truth in the speculation”.
Bumper IAG profits fuel debate about prices: Profits at the Owner of British
Airways soared ahead by more than two thirds last year, thanks to plunging
fuel prices and a rise in passenger numbers.
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Three is latest lucky number for Hilton: Hilton Worldwide is to split itself in three by spinning off its timeshare and property interests
into separately quoted companies.
Intu reduces Braehead’s value by £15 million: Intu Properties has written down the value of Braehead by more than £15 million as a
result of the “less buoyant” Scottish retail market.
Profits add some sparkle for Laings: Laings of Glasgow, one of Scotland’s oldest independent jewellers, has increased its profits by
26.0%, on turnover more than 8.0% up at £10.3 million in the 12 months to the end of May last year.
‘Addictive’ bets terminals earn bookmaker £460 million: Britain’s biggest bookmaker reported revenues of almost £460 million last
year from the controversial betting machines that have been dubbed the crack cocaine of gambling.
Dow Chemical settles class action suit: Dow Chemical, said that it would pay $835 million to settle a long-standing class-action
lawsuit, because it its chances of winning a favourable ruling had decreased.
P&G sues over fake Head and Shoulders: Procter & Gamble has filed a High Court action against Poundstretcher and two suppliers,
accusing them of selling counterfeit Head & Shoulders shampoo and Ariel laundry powder.
Usmanov aide nets Everton: Former Arsenal investor Farhad Moshiri has agreed a takeover of Premier League rival Everton, a deal
that values the club at £200 million.
Investors force Glaxo to find Witty successor: Glaxo Smith Kline is preparing to replace Sir Andrew Witty as Chief Executive next
year, opening the door to a break-up of one of Britain’s biggest companies. Chairman Sir Philip Hampton has instructed the
headhunter Egon Zehnder to draw up a list of potential candidates.
Premier Oil in new plea for debt relief: Premier Oil has recruited a top City bank to lead negotiations with its lenders after it warned
that it could breach the terms of its $2.2 billion debt.
Blackstone Boss collects $800 million: The New York magnate behind the world’s largest buyout firm took home $800 million (£575
million) last year.
£11,000 a week for ousted banker: Standard Chartered has padded the gold-clad pension pot of one of its most senior bankers
with nearly £6 million over the past two years. Mike Rees, 60, who was shown the door by new Chief Executive Bill Winters, will
receive an annual pension payout of £590,000 after he leaves.
Raiders target helicopter deal: Private equity firms are hovering over a helicopter and aircraft repair company put up for sale by
aerospace giant Airbus.
Anglo puts nickel arm up for sale: Anglo American Boss Mark Cutifani has pushed the button on the sale of its $1 billion nickel
division, making good on his pledge to accelerate the miner’s break-up.
America and China in battle for Biffa: A Chinese state-backed waste company is taking on the American private equity giant Apollo
in a £1 billion battle to buy Biffa.
Britain’s boardroom heroes set for honours: The Chairman of Tesco and housebuilder Barratt, media tycoon Lord Grade and the
Chairman of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home have made the shortlist for our non-Executive Director of the year awards.
ITV rides crest of ad wave: ITV is set to reward its investors with a fat payout after a surge in annual profits. Britain’s biggest
commercial terrestrial broadcaster is forecast to have made pretax earnings of about £840 million last year, according to analysts.
That compares with a surplus of £712 million in 2014.
Gatwick links Bosses’ bonuses to airport sale: Airport lends senior Executives £2.8 million to buy shares that could bring bonanza
with sell-off. It’s Bosses have signed up to a bonus scheme that should pay out handsomely when the West Sussex airport is sold.
GSK to start search for Andrew Witty’s successor: GlaxoSmithKline is gearing up to begin a formal search for its next Chief Executive
as Sir Andrew Witty’s eight-year tenure enters its final stages.
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Anshu Jain to join online lender SoFi: Anshu Jain, the former co-Chief Executive of Deutsche Bank, is to join online lender SoFi as an
adviser in his first venture since he left Germany’s biggest bank at the end of last year.
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Anglo American eases Executive bonus target: Anglo American has cut a key performance target, making it easier for Chief
Executive Mark Cutifani and other top staff at the miner to earn a share of their annual bonuses.
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Bank of America prepares to make investment banking job cuts: Traders at Bank of America are in for an unsettling few weeks as
their employer eyes a higher-than-usual number of job cuts at its capital markets and investment banking operations.
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India’s Jaiprakash sells cement plants to UltraTech for $2.4 billion: India’s Jaiprakash Associates has agreed to sell its cement plants
to UltraTech Cement, part of the Aditya Birla group, for the equivalent of $2.4 billion in the latest deal by an indebted corporation
to cut its borrowings by offloading assets.
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Sanofi eyes acquisitions in market for rare disease drugs: Sanofi is open to acquisitions in the market for rare disease treatments in a
sign of confidence that the high prices commanded by so-called orphan drugs are sustainable.
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New JKX Chief looks to settle Ukraine lawsuit: The new head of JKX, the London-listed oil and gas company whose Directors were
ousted last month, says it wants to resolve its legal case against the Ukrainian government.
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BlackRock bets against struggling competitor Aberdeen: BlackRock, the world’s largest fund Manager, has bet against the share
price of struggling competitor Aberdeen Asset Management ahead of the Scottish investment group’s expected fall out of the FTSE
100.
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Starbucks takes the Americano to the home of caffe: The American chain is to open its first shop in Milan next year, fulfilling what
Chief Executive Howard Schultz called a 30-year dream.
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Qantas Boss urges Britain to vote to stay in the EU: Qantas Boss Alan Joyce has urged Britain to vote to stay in the EU, saying UK
membership in the union is good for trade and leaving could create complications for cross-border businesses.
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Clashes over policy at Shanghai G20 meeting: Finance Ministers and central bankers clashed on Friday over issues ranging from the
need for global stimulus to negative interest rates, suggesting they were unlikely to agree on “Bold” measures urged by the
International Monetary Fund earlier this week.
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Total and Vitol fined in Iraq corruption case: Total, the French oil major, has been found guilty of corruption in the United Nations’
oil-for-food programme for Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s rule.
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Low fuel costs lift profits at British Airways Owner IAG: International Airlines Group, the Owner of British Airways, reported a 65.0%
jump in annual profits after a bumper year of strong demand and low fuel costs.
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UK faces fresh spending cuts in Budget: Britain is facing new round of spending cuts in next month’s Budget, George Osborne has
warned, following “new figures that show the economy is smaller than thought”.
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RBS piles up £50 billion in losses since crisis: Royal Bank of Scotland’s total losses since the financial crisis have risen to more than
£50 billion, easily outstripping the £45 billion that taxpayers spent bailing it out and underlining the challenges the government still
faces to privatise the bank.
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Burberry gains on broker upgrade: Burberry gained on Friday on speculation it would swap growth ambitions for shareholder
returns. Nomura added Burberry to its “buy” list, lifting the shares 7.5% to £12.69. Analyst Christopher Walker was hopeful that
the fashion label’s strategy review, announced in mid January, would result in a more disciplined approach to investment.
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EU pulls plug on kettle rules to take steam out of Brexit campaign: Britain’s love of tea and toast has convinced Brussels to shelve
plans to ban high-powered kettles and toasters, on fears that a clumsy intervention could send Brexit passions boiling over.
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Hanergy Thin Film warns on 2015 profits: Hanergy Thin Film Power, the Hong Kong-listed company whose share price crash last
May presaged wider falls in the Chinese market, has warned that it will report a loss for 2015 after failing to collect funds owed by
its parent company on the mainland.
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Sunny Hill aims low with 3.00p-a-share bid for Petroceltic: Petroceltic, the Dublin-based oil and gas explorer which put itself up for
sale last year, has received a bid from a unit of its biggest shareholder valuing it at £6.4 million - 84.0% less than its previous closing
value.
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Warren Buffett says climate change no risk to Berkshire Hathaway: Warren Buffett has dismissed the possibility that climate change
could prove a big risk to Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance business, in a combative annual letter to shareholders.
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Financial Stability Board adds fintech to list of worries: Innovations in financial technology have been added to the list of things the
Financial Stability Board worries about by Mark Carney, head of the international group of policymakers and regulators.
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Dalian Wanda joins plans for €3 billion Paris leisure park: Dalian Wanda is to work with France’s Immochan to help develop a €3
billion leisure project on the outskirts of Paris as part of the Chinese group’s ambitions to further its international expansion.
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Apple privacy battle with Washington looms as watershed moment: Apple’s fight with the FBI over hacking into the San Bernardino
shooter’s iPhone has exposed an unresolved tension between the law and digital technology that has been building towards this
flashpoint for decades.
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Tate & Lyle trio swoops as price falls: Chief Executive Javed Ahmed and Chief Financial Officer Nick Hampton snapped up 40,000
and 10,000 shares, respectively, on 11 February - the second lowest point the shares have hit in the year-to-date. Chairman Peter
Gershon bought the following day at 532.00p, the lowest price the shares have traded in 2016.
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Oregon publisher buys The New Republic: Chris Hughes, the Facebook co-Founder who bought The New Republic in 2012, has sold
the century-old US political magazine to Win McCormack, the Oregon-based publisher of the Tin House.
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Honeywell and UTC bickering escalates: A week of bickering over Honeywell’s $90 billion cash-and-stock offer for United
Technologies escalated on Friday when the target accused Honeywell of trying to execute a “leveraged buyout using UTC’s own
balance sheet”.
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Pearson records further decline in sales: Pearson reported surge in net profits. It took an £849 million impairment charge to reflect a
deterioration of its businesses in emerging markets and North America.
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William Hill bets on a brighter future with dividend and buyback: He has revealed plans to raise its dividend and launch a £200
million share buyback, despite tax increases and regulation damaging profits across the UK gaming industry.
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Barclays set to exit African business: Barclays’ new Chief Executive is planning to announce on Tuesday that the British bank has
decided to exit its African operations in a bold move to refocus the bank on its core UK and US markets.
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Areva posts €2 billion net loss as it nears rescue package: Areva reported a €2 billion net loss for the full year as the French nuclear
group took further writedowns on its long-delayed reactor project in Finland as well as impairments related to restructuring and
weak market conditions.
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Belgium deepens money laundering and tax fraud probe into UBS: Belgian state prosecutors have escalated a probe into UBS over
allegations of money laundering and organised tax fraud at the Swiss bank.
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Broadcaster ITV finds its Voice... as profits soar 20% to £835 million: ITV is set to report a near 20% rise in profits for while looking
forward to big audiences for its coverage of Six Nations rugby and football’s European Cup.
Holidaymakers hit by tumbling pound as Brexit fears and worries over the global economy take their toll: British families heading to
United States face more expensive holidays as the pound tumbles against the dollar.
Foxtons faces £2.2 million legal case from 55 landlords after charging £204 mark-up for a changed lightbulb: A number of landlords
have joined a group claim against Foxtons in a landmark case against the estate agent giant which came to light over a changed
bulb.
Oil services firm Weir Group sees shares soar on market gossip of a Texas takeover: Investors drilled into oil services and engineering
companies as low crude prices and the plunging pound fuelled takeover talk.
BP and EMI are named in £43 billion tax claim as major companies line up to seek huge rebates from the Government: Oil giant BP,
music group EMI and banknote printer De La Rue are among more than 20 companies seeking multi-billion pound tax rebates, it has
emerged.
Sainsbury's may raise bid in battle for Argos after attempted swoop by South African conglomerate Steinhoff: Sainsbury’s is mulling
a higher offer for Argos in the wake of an attempted swoop by a South African conglomerate.
Metro Boss hails ‘fans’ as bank gears up for London stock market float next week: The American Boss of challenger bank Metro is
determined to prove that a focus on the customer can trigger a banking revolution in the UK.
What a Boost... juice bar sales nearly triple in two years to hit £13 million: The parent company of Boost Juice Bars UK, TD4 Brands,
has said sales have nearly tripled over the past two years to more than £13million.
BT Boss warns that leaving the EU will drag the UK into a bygone era: The Chief Executive of BT warned this weekend that quitting
the EU could drag business back to a ‘bygone era’ of import taxes and regulations.
British Airways profits take off 64.0% thanks to US jetsetters boosting demand for its transatlantic routes: Profits at British Airways
Owner IAG soared as demand for its transatlantic routes grew.
Poundstretcher sued for ‘selling fake bottles of Head & Shoulders shampoo’: Consumer products group Procter & Gamble files for
damages over alleged copyright infringement in 2013-14.
New apprentices’ levy is nothing to fear, says Business Secretary Sajid Javid: Companies have nothing to fear from the introduction
of a controversial apprenticeship levy, according to the Business Secretary.
MPs tell Government to take control of ONS: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) should come under the supervision of the
Treasury because the Chancellor’s department has “skin in the game” when it comes to the production of accurate economic data,
the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) will recommend.
Mars and Snickers multipack chocolate bars could contain plastic, Lidl warns: Mars and Snickers multipack bars from a factory in
Germany may have been contaminated with bits of plastic, according to Lidl.
TTIP talks 'could be completed before the end of 2016': Negotiators on a planned transatlantic trade pact between Europe and the
United States insisted yesterday that, despite the setbacks and criticism, they could still complete their talks by early 2017 – before
Barack Obama steps down as US President.
Baltic Exchange in talks with suitors: The Baltic Exchange, the 270- year-old hub of the global shipping market, is in talks with
potential buyers after receiving a number of “exploratory approaches”.
Sugar tax decision delayed until summer after Government postpones obesity strategy report: Campaign groups are furious after the
Government confirmed that it is delaying a decision on the sugar tax by postponing the publication of a report into childhood
obesity until the summer.
Hybrid and electric cars will be cheaper than standard vehicles by 2022, report says: The low price of petrol is not the biggest
incentive for swapping a standard engine for an electric car. But that might soon change, according to a report by Bloomberg that
says electric cars will be cheaper than conventional ones by 2022.
British American Tobacco accused of corporate espionage in South Africa: Lawyers investigating bribery and corruption allegations
against one of the world’s leading tobacco firms have been urged to expand their investigation after fresh international accusations
emerged.
Millions of UK workers stuck in wrong job, study shows: Millions of UK workers are stuck in the wrong job or working fewer hours
than they would like, according to a report warning that this army of underemployed people are blocking opportunities for those
outside the labour market.
Ex-Barclays Boss to get large bonus despite being sacked: The former Chief Executive of Barclays is in line to receive a bonus worth
half a million pounds, despite being sacked by the bank last summer.
RBS pays Chief Executive Ross McEwan £3.8 million as it reports £2 billion loss: Royal Bank of Scotland has defended a £3.8 million
pay deal for its Chief Executive after reporting a £2 billion annual loss and falling into the red for the eighth consecutive year.
Top lobbying group in historic green energy U-turn: The UK’s biggest energy lobbying group has shifted its position on green energy
and will start campaigning for low-carbon alternatives for the first time, in what environmental campaigners are describing as a
watershed moment.
Tax paid by FTSE 100 firms ‘falls by nearly a quarter since 2010’: FTSE 100 companies paid tax equal to 23% of their profits, almost
a quarter less than in 2010, according to figures from accountants UHY Hacker Young.
Brexit would be bad for UK, say world business leaders: International business leaders have urged the UK to stay in the European
Union, warning of the complications that could follow a Brexit vote.
Starter home buyers could receive £141,000 windfall from taxpayers: The government’s starter homes initiative could deliver a
taxpayer-backed windfall of £141,000 each to 200,000 lucky first-time buyers, but 2 million more aspiring homeowners will be
stuck renting, campaigners say.
Sotheby's announces $11.2 million loss in fourth quarter and staff resignations: The world-famous art auctioneer Sotheby’s suffered
an $11.2 million (£8.1 million) loss in the fourth quarter of last year, warning on Friday of difficult months to come as the art market
enters a slowdown.
Crunch time for Apple as it prepares for face-off with FBI: On Tuesday, Apple will face one of the biggest corporate challenges in its
history, when it tells a US House of Representatives committee why it has refused to help law enforcement officers break into the
iPhone of Syed Farook – one of the gunmen in the San Bernardino shooting in December that left 14 dead and 22 wounded.
Mercedes-Benz swaps robots for people on its assembly lines: Bucking modern manufacturing trends, Mercedes-Benz has been
forced to trade in some of its assembly line robots for more capable humans.
McVitie's ginger nuts expected to return to supermarkets in March: McVitie’s ginger nuts are to return to the shelves after
production was halted three months ago by flooding at a factory in Carlisle.
G20 concludes Brexit would 'shock' world economy, George Osborne says: Britain’s possible exit from the European Union could
pose a risk to the world economy, the G20 finance Ministers’ summit in China has agreed, according to the Chancellor, George
Osborne.
Monday,
29 February 2016
UK: Lloyds Business Barometer, Gross Consumer
Credit, M4 Ex IOFCs 3M Annualised, M4 Money
Supply (MoM), M4 Money Supply (YoY), Net
Consumer Credit, Net Lending Sec. on Dwellings,
Mortgage Approvals
US: NAPM-Milwaukee, Chicago PMI, US Pending
home sales, Pending Home Sales (MoM), Pending
Home Sales (YoY), Dallas Fed Manufacturing
Business Index
EU: Consumer Price Index
Consumer Price Index (YoY)
-
Core
(YoY),
Final Results: Bovis Homes Group, British Polythene
Industries, Bunzl, Cairn Homes, FBD Holdings,
Greencoat UK Wind, Hiscox, HSBC Holdings, Jupiter
Fund Management, Keller Group, Kingspan Group,
Lighthouse Group, Senior, Telecom Egypt, Trinity
Mirror, Ultra Electronics Holdings, WH Ireland, XP
Power Ltd. (DI)
Interim Results: Advance Frontier Markets Fund Ltd,
Dechra Pharmaceuticals, DX Group, Gemfields,
Goldplat, Green Reit, IPPlus, Kingspan Group, Lucky
Cement Ltd GDR (Reg S), MJ Gleeson, Oxford
Technology 4 Venture Capital Trust, Petra Diamonds
Ltd.(DI), Purecircle Limited (DI), SQN Asset Finance
Income Fund Limited, Standard Life UK Smaller
Companies Trust, TR European Growth Trust, UIL
Limited (DI), Utilico Finance Limited ZDP SHS
5.9319P 2018 (DI), Waterman Group
Trading Announcements: Associated British Foods,
Elektron Technology, Greencoat UK Wind,
Inspiration Healthcare Group, MirLand Development
Corporation, Petroceltic International
Tuesday,
UK: Markit Manufacturing PMI
01 March 2016
US: Redbook Index (YoY), Redbook Index s.a.
(MoM), Markit Manufacturing PMI, Census
Bureau US Construction Spending, ISM Backlog
Orders, ISM Inventories, ISM Production, ISM
New Orders, ISM Imports, ISM Export Orders,
Construction
Spending
(MoM),
ISM
Manufacturing PMI, ISM Prices Paid, IBD/TIPP
Economic Optimism (MoM), Domestic Vehicle
Sales, Total Vehicle Sales
EU: Markit Manufacturing PMI, Unemployment
Rate, ECB's Lautenschlaeger Speaks in New York
Final Results: Barclays, Croda International, Direct
Line Insurance Group, Drax Group, Elementis,
Fresnillo, GKN, Glencore, Greggs, Hutchison China
Meditech Ltd, Hydro International, InterContinental
Hotels Group, IP Group, Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Group, Johnson Service Group, Just Eat, Kerry Group
'A'
Shares,
Ladbrokes,
Meggitt,
Moneysupermarket.com Group, Morgan Advanced
Materials,
Morgan
Sindall
Group,
Oxford
Immunotec, Persimmon, Provident Financial, Regus,
Rotork, Servelec Group, Somero Enterprises Inc. (DI),
Standard Chartered, STM Group, Taylor Wimpey,
Temple Bar Inv Trust, The Renewables Infrastructure
Group Limited, Tullett Prebon, Unite Group, Vitec
Group, Wood Group (John)
Interim Results: BHP Billiton, DotDigital Group,
Empiric Student Property, GLI Alternative Finance,
Just Retirement Group, London Finance &
Investment Group, Mysale Group, Netcall, Paints and
Chemical Industries Co GDR (Reg S), Pan African
Resources, PureCircle, Revolution Bars, Revolution
Bars Group, Target Healthcare Reit Ltd
Trading Announcements: Anglo-Eastern Plantations,
Ashtead, Image Scan Holdings, Mckay Securities,
Stanley Gibbons Group
Wednesday,
UK: Markit Construction PMI
02 March 2016
US:
MBA
Mortgage
Applications,
ADP
Employment Change, ISM New York Index, DOE
US Crude Oil Inventories, DOE Cushing OK Crude
Inventory (Barrels), DOE Distillate Inventory, DOE
Gasoline Inventories, EIA Crude Oil Stocks
Change (Barrels)
EU: ECB Executive Board Member Coeure Speaks
in Frankfurt, ECB Balance Sheet, Producer Price
Index (MoM), Producer Price Index (YoY)
Final
Results:
Arcontech
Group,
Barratt
Developments, Capital & Counties Properties,
Costain Group, Dignity, Empresaria Group, First
Quantum Minerals Ltd., Fisher (James) & Sons,
Glanbia, Harworth Group, Hays, Ibex Global
Solutions, International Personal Finance, Interserve,
Intertek Group, ITV, JPMorgan Overseas Inv Trust,
Laird, Leeds Building Society 13 3/8% Bearing
Shares, Livanova, Man Group, Mcbride, New World
Resources A Shares, Nichols, Novae Group, Petrofac
Ltd., Rathbone Brothers, Sareum Holdings, Solgold,
STV Group, Synectics, Synthomer, Tarsus Group,
TCS Group Holdings, Town Centre Securities, Tristel,
Virgin Money, Weir Group, Wilmington
Interim Results: Clinigen Group, Dalata Hotel Group
Trading Announcements: Alternative Networks,
Gooch & Housego, Grafenia, Microsaic Systems,
Stagecoach
Thursday,
03 March 2016
UK: Halifax House Prices (3m/YoY), Halifax House
Prices (MoM), Markit Services PMI, Official
Reserves (Changes)
US: Challenger Job Cuts (YoY), Non-Farm
Productivity, Unit Labour Costs, Continuing
Jobless Claims, Initial Jobless Claims, Markit
Services PMI, Markit Composite PMI, Cap Goods
Orders Nondef Ex Air, Cap Goods Ship Nondef Ex
Air, Durable Goods Orders, Durable Goods
Orders ex Transportation, Factory Orders (MoM),
ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI, Fed Balance Sheet
– Total Fed Assets, Fed Balance Sheet –
Treasuries, Fed Balance Sheet – MBS
EU: Markit Composite PMI, Markit Services PMI,
Retail Sales (MoM), Retail Sales (YoY)
Final Results: Admiral Group, Aggreko, Alpha Bank
GDR (Reg S) USD, Arrow Global, BBA Aviation,
Bodycote, British American Tobacco, Capita,
Carillion, Coats Group, Cobham, COLT Group SA,
Communisis, Compagnie de St-Gobain SA,
Countrywide, CRH, Dairy Farm International
Holdings, Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd.
(Singapore), Derwent London, Domino's Pizza, Exova
Group, Federal Grid Company Of Unified Energy
System, Public Joint-Stock Company GDR (Reg S),
Genel Energy, Global Invacom Group Limited (DI),
H&T Group, Headlam Group, Hellnic Petroleum SA
GDS (Reg S), Hong Kong Land Holdings, Hongkong
Land Holding Ltd. (Sing.Reg), Howden Joinery
Group, Hunting, Impellam Group, IndigoVision
Group, Inmarsat, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd
(Singapore Reg), Jardine Strategic Holdings, Kaz
Minerals, Lavendon Group, Lloyds Banking Group,
LSL Property Services, Macfarlane Group, Mandarin
Oriental International, Melrose Industries, Merlin
Entertainments, Microgen, Molins, Mondi, National
Express Group, Nord Gold NV GDR (Reg S), Playtech,
Premier Oil, Relx plc, Rentokil Initial, RPS, RSA
Insurance Group, Schroders, Serco Group,
Shawbrook Group, Sphere Medical Holding, SpiraxSarco Engineering, Spirent Communications,
Sportech, St James's Place, Travis Perkins, UBM,
Vesuvius, Wentworth Resources Ltd (DI), Yorkshire
Building Society 5.649% Permanent Interest Bearing
Shares GBP
Interim Results: Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited,
Ceres Power Holdings, F&C UK Real Estate
Investments Limited, Galliford Try, Hansard Global,
JPMorgan Mid Cap Inv Trust, Redde, Ruffer
Investment Company Ltd Red PTG Pref Shares,
South32 Limited (DI)
Trading Announcements: Byotrol, Crimson Tide,
International Consolidated Airlines, John Laing
Infrastructure Fund Ltd, McCarthy & Stone,
Safestore Holdings, Whitbread, Zoopla Property
Group (WI), Zytronic
Friday,
UK: New Car Registrations (YoY)
04 March 2016c
US: Average Hourly Earnings All Employees
(MoM), Average Hourly Earnings All Employees
(YoY), Average Weekly Hours All Employees,
Change in Household Employment, Change in
Manufacturing Payrolls, Change in Non-farm
Payrolls,
Change
in
Private
Payrolls,
Unemployment Rate, Underemployment Rate,
Trade Balance
Final Results: Allianz Technology Trust, Berendsen,
Candover Investments, Capital & Regional, Fyffes,
IMI, Independent News & Media, International
Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI), Intu
Properties, JSC KazMunaiGaz Exploration Production
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