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KPMG retains £12m Old Mutual audit contract
August 7th, 2014
KPMG has retained its audit work with Old Mutual, after the insurance and asset management business took its £12m contract to market. The FTSE 100 life insurer confirmed it had accepted the audit committee’s recommendation that KPMG continue in ...
Investors Cheer Portuguese Bank Rescue
August 4th, 2014
Investors breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after Portugal prevented the collapse of one of its biggest banks, putting some life back into European stocks following last week’s slide and pushing bond yields lower across the board. Lisbon ...
Asia stocks sideswiped by Wall St, but China motors on
August 1st, 2014
Asian shares were mostly under water on Friday after a sudden slump on Wall Street spilled over globally, though a surprisingly strong pick up in manufacturing helped Chinese markets hold at seven-month highs. In a promising omen for world ...
U.K. Stocks Advance From a Two-Day Decline as GKN Climbs
July 29th, 2014
U.K. stocks went up, after a two-day decline, as investors weighed earnings from companies such as GKN Plc and Next Plc. GKN jumped 6.9 percent after reporting higher first-half pretax profit. Next climbed 2.5 percent after raising its full-year ...
Asian stocks reach three-year peak, China holds gains
July 29th, 2014
Asian shares touched fresh three-year highs on Tuesday as investors in the region drew encouragement from a rally in Chinese markets, though caution was warranted given the torrent of U.S. economic news still to come this week. Hong Kong’s ...
EY wins £2m Sage audit contract
July 28th, 2014
EY has won the audit contract for Sage, following a tender of the £2m deal. PwC will step down after completing accounts work to 30 September 2014, bringing its 26-year audit relationship with the FTSE 100 software business to ...
Stocks futures lower Friday
July 25th, 2014
Stock futures were lower Friday ahead of the start of regular trading. Here is where major market indexes stood before the opening bell (Last updated at 4:15 a.m.) Dow: – 0.02% S&P 500: – 0.05% Nasdaq: – 0.21% Japan’s ...
BSkyB to pay $8 billion to create Sky Europe
July 25th, 2014
Britain’s BSkyB has agreed to pay around 4.9 billion pounds ($8.3 billion) to buy Rupert Murdoch’s pay-TV assets in Germany and Italy, responding to the slowing growth at home with a deal to create a European media powerhouse. BSkyB, ...
Stock futures mixed Thursday
July 24th, 2014
Stock futures were mixed Thursday ahead of the opening bell. Here is where major market indexes stood before the start of regular trading (Last updated 4:10 a.m.) Dow: – 0.13% S&P 500: – 0.11% Nasdaq: +0.02% Asian markets were ...
Stock futures higher Tuesday
July 22nd, 2014
Despite mixed corporate earnings reports on Monday and ongoing tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East, investors were pushing U.S. stock futures higher Tuesday ahead of the opening bell. Here is where major market index futures stood ahead of ...