The London markets finished the week on the back foot as the FTSE 100 was hit by a downturn at Pearson and concerns about the spread of coronavirus. The FTSE 100 closed 32.72 points lower at 7,403.92 at the end of trading on Friday. Education giant Pearson pressed down on …
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We are turning back the clock to see what was being reported on 80 years ago this week, in 1940. Above, a cigarette advertisement published in a 1940s edition of the Rochdale Observer newspaper Rochdale Woman’s Unlucky Errand Yesterday morning Mrs Elizabeth Hannah Harker (67) of 16, Percival Street went …
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UK shares fell on Friday as investors took measures to reduce their exposure to perceived risky assets as the coronavirus continued to spread, while a buyout offer powered mid-cap real estate investment firm Daejan to an all-time high. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.4% and marked its second consecutive week in …
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THE “LAWYER X” ROYAL COMMISSION, BY THE NUMBERS * 127 days of public hearings. * 81 witnesses appeared in person, by phone or videolink, including Nicola Gobbo, Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton, former police chiefs Simon Overland, Christine Nixon and Ken Lay, senior gangland investigators Jim O’Brien and Stuart Bateson, police …
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Rio Tinto has moved to address the lack of diversity on its board with the appointment of three female non-executive directors. The Anglo-Australian company has been mocked for the fact that it has three times as many board members named Simon as female ones. That is set to change after …
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‘From Tool Selection to Measurement: 6 Steps to eLearning Authoring Success’ shares best practices, and flags often overlooked issues for organizations at all stages of their relationship with eLearning authoring tools. BRIGHTON, U.K., Feb. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Gomo, the cloud-based eLearning authoring, delivery and analytics platform, has released a new …
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London’s FTSE 100 dropped on Friday as investors took measures to reduce their exposure to perceived risky assets as the coronavirus continued to spread, while a buyout offer powered mid-cap real estate investment firm Daejan to a life-high. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.5% after an uptick in new cases of …
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The Post Office and the Royal Mail are two of the nation’s great social institutions. MacBrayne’s (now CalMac) is another as, I think, was Grampian Television when I worked for them in the good old days when it was run by local loons made good. Something is lost when the …
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By Shashwat Awasthi Feb 21 (Reuters) – London’s FTSE 100 dropped on Friday as investors took measures to reduce their exposure to perceived risky assets as the coronavirus continued to spread, while a buyout offer powered mid-cap real estate investment firm Daejan to a life-high. The FTSE 100 .FTSE slipped …
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Royal Mail PLC using EPIC/TICKER code (LON:RMG) had its stock rating noted as ‘Reiterates’ with the recommendation being set at ‘BUY’ this morning by analysts at Goldman Sachs. Royal Mail PLC are listed in the Industrials sector within UK Main Market. Goldman Sachs have set their target price at 280 …
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