London open: Stocks fall on weak Wall St cues, pound hit by Brexit woes London stocks fell in early trade on Tuesday, taking their cue from a downbeat session in the US amid rising bond yields, as Brexit concerns hit the pound. At 0835 GMT, the FTSE100 was down 0.3% to 7,647.19, while the pound […]

London open: UK stocks gain ahead of BoE’s Super Thursday UK stocks gained ahead of the Bank of England’s so-called Super Thursday which includes the central bank’s policy decision, meeting minutes and Inflation Report. The BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee is once again projected to vote 8-1 on maintaining the benchmark rate at 0.5% amid low […]

TRADING UPDATE – 2014 SECOND HALF SALES UP 495% ON PRIOR YEAR Fitbug Holdings, an AIM quoted provider of online personal health and wellbeing services, has issued extensive date as part of a trading update. Overview: · Full year 2014 sales up 310% on prior year · Second half 2014 sales up 495% on second […]

Q-Cells, once the largest cell producer, is being bought by the carnivorous Korean Chaebol, Hanwha group. Hanwha are paying cash in the “medium double digit euro range” and taking on liabilities in the low hundred millions, but the 2012, 2014 and 2015 convertible bond issues by Q-Cells are excluded from the deal, according to yesterday’s […]