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AstraZeneca presented results from Phase III OLYMPUS and ROCKIES trials

AstraZeneca (LON:AZN) has presented detailed results from the Phase III OLYMPUS and ROCKIES trials showing that roxadustat significantly increased haemoglobin levels in non-dialysis-dependent and dialysis-dependent patients with anaemia from chronic..

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Opportunities available today are compelling

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (LON:SMT) announced its unaudited Interim Financial Report for the six months to 30 September 2019 which was approved by the Board on 7 November 2019. Interim..

Phoenix Group announce retirement of Group Chief Executive

The Board of Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) has announced that Clive Bannister, the Group Chief Executive, will retire on 10 March 2020 following the publication of the Group’s full year results..

International Consoliadated Airlines traffic in October increased by 4.8%

International Consolidated Airlines (LON:IAG) traffic in October, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, increased by 4.8 per cent versus the same period last year; IAG capacity measured in available seat kilometres..

J Sainsbury Positive momentum across the business

J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) has announced its interim Results for the 28 weeks to 21 September 2019 Operational Highlights ·    Positive momentum in Grocery market share1 and sales performance, driven by a strong..

Flutter Entertainment Revenues up 10% in Q3

Flutter Entertainment (LON:FLTR) has announced a trading update for the three months ended 30 September 2019. Unaudited £m (nominal)  Q3 2019 Q3 2018 YoY % Sports revenue 417 375 +11%..

Rolls Royce Trent 1000 review provides greater certainty to customers and clarity to investors

Rolls Royce (LON:RR) has provided its trading & Trent 1000 update. Trading update: ·    Improved trading since the Half Year, however we now expect Full Year operating profit and FCF outcome..

BAE Systems announce retirement of Harriet Green

As reported by BAE Systems (LON:BA) earlier this year, with effect from today and in accordance with current corporate governance best practice, Harriet Green has retired from the BAE Systems..

Rolls Royce appoint George Culmer as a Non-Executive Director

Rolls-Royce (LON:RR) has announced the appointment of George Culmer as a Non-Executive Director. He will join the Board with effect from 2 January 2020 and will become a member of..

Mondi hosting investor site visit today at Steti

Mondi (LON:MNDI) is hosting an investor site visit today at our Steti operation in the Czech Republic. The day will include a series of short presentations from senior executives, including..

Smurfit Kappa announce BNP Paribas as joint broker

Smurfit Kappa (LON:SKG), a FTSE 100 Company and one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of paper-based packaging products, with operations in Europe and the Americas, has announced the appointment,..

Imperial Brands announces new Chairman

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) announced that Thérèse Esperdy, currently Senior Independent Director, will succeed Mark Williamson as Chairman, effective 1 January 2020. The Company announced in February that Mark would be..

National Grid announces President of the US business to step down

National Grid (LON:NG) has announced that it has agreed with Dean Seavers, US Executive Director, that for personal reasons, he will step down with immediate effect from his position as..

Imperial Brands Tobacco value creation model continues to produce high margin sales growth

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) has announced its preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2019. “2019 has been a challenging year with results below our expectations due to tough trading..

Associated British Foods announce final dividend for year ended 14 September 2019

Further to the announcement released earlier today by Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) of its final results for the year ended 14 September 2019, the Company has confirmed that, subject to..

International Consolidated Airlines Agreement for acquisition of Air Europa

International Consolidated Airlines Group (LON:IAG) and Globalia have announced that definitive transaction agreements have been signed under which IAG’s wholly owned subsidiary, IB OPCO Holding S.L. (“Iberia”), has agreed to..

BHP has approved US$44 million for Samarco funding

BHP (LON:BHP) has approved US$44 million for BHP Billiton Brasil Ltda’s share of funding for work related to the restart of one concentrator at Samarco Mineração S.A.’s operations at its..

CRH announce completion of Europe Distribution divestment

On 16 July 2019, CRH (LON:CRH) announced that it had reached agreement to divest of its Europe Distribution business for an Enterprise Value of €1.64 billion payable in cash. CRH..

Rentokil Initial announce the acquisition of Florida Pest Control

Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) has announced the acquisition of Florida Pest Control – a high quality service provider for commercial and residential customers with 2018 revenues of $66m (£52m). It was..

Vodafone and Fairphone announce strategic partnership

Vodafone (LON:VOD) and Fairphone today announced a strategic partnership to offer the more ethical, reliable and sustainable Fairphone 3 to Vodafone retail customers in European markets including the UK, Germany,..

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