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Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) is holding its Annual General Meeting today. At the meeting the Chairman, Michael McLintock, will say: “At this early stage in our new financial year, I..
Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) has announced the proposed acquisition of ReAssure Group plc, a leading life insurance closed book consolidator in the United Kingdom. Acquisition Highlights · Confirms Phoenix as Europe’s largest..
Vodafone (LON:VOD) is replacing the standard credit card-sized SIM holder with a new half-sized format that reduces by 50% the amount of plastic used to produce SIMs as part of..
DS Smith (LON:SMDS) has announced its 2019/20 half year results. Highlights · Record Group profitability and return on sales despite economic headwinds o Market share gains driven by multinational FMCG and e-commerce customers..
AstraZeneca (LON:AZN) and MSD Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., US (MSD: known as Merck & Co., Inc. inside the US and Canada) today announced that the companies have received marketing authorisation from..
BHP Group (LON:BHP) Chairman, Ken MacKenzie, has announced the appointment of Gary Goldberg to the BHP Board as an independent Non-executive Director, effective 1 February 2020. Mr Goldberg has more..
Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) has decided to curtail operations at Richards Bay Minerals in South Africa to ensure the safety and security of its employees due to an escalation in violence..
Vodafone Business (LON:VOD) is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to make AWS Wavelength available in Europe. AWS Wavelength provides developers the ability to build applications that serve end users..
WM Morrison (LON:MRW) has announced the appointments of Trevor Strain as Chief Operating Officer, and Michael Gleeson as Chief Financial Officer. Trevor is currently Group Chief Finance and Commercial Officer,..
Diageo (LON:DGE) has announced, at its Capital Markets Day on 22 May 2019, that it would change its method of calculating organic growth for periods beginning with the six months..
Ferguson (LON:FERG) has announced its trading update for the 3 months to 31 October 2019. First quarter highlights − Ongoing revenue 5.3% ahead of last year including 6.2% in the USA...
AstraZeneca (LON:AZN) has agreed to sell the commercial rights to Seroquel and Seroquel XR in the US and Canada to Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH. Seroquel and Seroquel XR, used primarily to..
At a Capital Markets Day in London today, Fresnillo (LON:FRES) CEO Octavio Alvídrez and members of his senior management team including CFO Mario Arreguín, VP Exploration David Giles and COO..
Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) has announced the launch of an offering of approx. £500 million of guaranteed senior unsecured Convertible Bonds due 2025. The net proceeds of the issue of the..
Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) has announced the signing of an agreement between Ocado Solutions and Aeon to partner to develop Aeon’s online grocery business in Japan using the Ocado Smart Platform...
AstraZeneca (LON:AZN) today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has accepted a supplemental Biologics License Application and granted Priority Review for Imfinzi for the treatment of patients with..
Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX), Europe’s largest life and pensions consolidator1, is hosting a Capital Markets Day today for investors and analysts, which will include presentations by Phoenix’s management team. The purpose..
Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) and Ocado Retail Limited have announced the location of a sixth Customer Fulfilment Centre (“CFC”) in the UK to support the growth plans of Ocado Retail, allowing..
Anglo American (LON:AAL) has announced the equalisation of ownership across its integrated metallurgical coal operations at Moranbah North and Grosvenor, in Queensland, Australia. The long-established Moranbah North mine and processing..
Hikma Pharmaceuticals (LON:HIK), the multinational pharmaceutical company, has announced that it has submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration its response to deficiencies in its abbreviated new drug application..
