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AstraZeneca Plc (LON:AZN) and MSD Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., US (MSD: known as Merck & Co., Inc. inside the US and Canada) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for..
Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) is introducing IFRS 16, the new financial reporting standard on accounting for leases, for its 2019/20 financial year. As previously indicated, they are adopting the standard fully..
ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline PLC (LON:GSK), with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders, today submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the..
Unilever plc (LON:UNVR) today announced a programme to purchase shares up to an aggregate market value equivalent of €165 million. The purpose of the programme is to enable the Group..
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LON:RBS), today released Q1 Interim Management Statement RBS reported an operating profit before tax of £1,013 million, compared with £1,213 million in Q1 2018..
Pearson Plc (LON:PSON), the world’s learning company, is today providing an update on Q1 trading. Highlights Underlying revenue up 2%, operating performance on track · Revenue grew 2% in North..
AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN), today announced Q1 2019 results. Results in the first quarter were supported by Product Sales growth of 10% (14% at CER1) to $5,465m, a reflection of the..
WPP PLC (LON:WPP), today announced 1st quarter trading update. Mark Read, Chief Executive Officer, WPP: “We continue to make good progress in implementing our three-year strategy to return WPP to..
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today published its Final Report on the proposed merger of J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) and Asda Group Limited (Asda), resulting in prohibition of..
Vodafone Group Plc (LON:VOD) and Orange have signed a new mobile and fixed network sharing agreement in Spain, which will strengthen their existing partnership and enable the faster deployment of..
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (LON:RBS) announced that Ross McEwan has resigned from his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director. Ross has a 12 month notice..
Barclays PLC (LON:BARC), today announced 1st quarter results ending 31 March 2019. Performance Highlights · Barclays has continued to implement its strategy in pursuit of improved returns for shareholders ·..
Taylor Wimpey plc (LON:TW) is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 11:00 today in London, where the following comments will be made regarding current trading, financial performance and outlook..
Wood Group (John) Plc (LON:WG) has been awarded a new contract by Evonik to deliver engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Group’s new polyamide 12 (PA12) production..
Antofagasta plc (LON:ANTO), today announced Q1 2019 production update. Antofagasta plc CEO, Iván Arriagada said: “The Company has started 2019 as planned, delivering copper production in Q1 2019 of 188,600..
Legal & General Group plc (LON:LGEN) announced that it has agreed its first Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) transaction in Canada for more than CAD $200 million (£114 million). The Canadian..
CRH plc (LONCRH), the global building materials group, issued the following Trading Update for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019 in advance of its Annual General Meeting..
Aviva plc (LON:AV) is today announcing changes to its senior management. UK Following the recent appointment of Maurice Tulloch as Aviva’s CEO, the Board of Aviva and Andy Briggs have..
British Land Co Plc (LON:BLND) today announced it has exchanged on the sale of 12 superstores from its joint venture with Sainsbury’s for £429m, representing a net initial yield of..
Rentokil Initial PLC (LON:RTO), today announced q1 trading update. (£m) Q1 2019 Growth AER AER CER Ongoing Revenue1 603.6 10.6% 8.9% Revenue 607.4 10.3% 8.6% Overview Trading has started..
