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Speculation around BT’s vulnerability to a takeover will loom large when it reports its half-year results By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51, 29 October 2021 | Updated: 22:27, 29 October 2021 BT shares have lost a third of their value since June – and more than 70 …

Speculation around BT’s vulnerability to a takeover will loom large when it reports its half-year results By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51, 29 October 2021 | Updated: 22:27, 29 October 2021 BT shares have lost a third of their value since June – and more than 70 …

The employers testing workers include firms in the food, manufacturing, energy and retail sectors. Public sector workers including those in job centres and transport networks are also set to be part of the testing programme with 27,000 tested.  Business lobbyists welcomed the use of rapid testing for staff who must …

Mitch McConnell will continue to do what he can Wednesday to block the Senate from passing a $2,000 stimulus check measure as the $600 payments included in the $900 billion coronavirus relief package will start appearing in Americans’ bank accounts as early as next week. The Senate will start debating …

The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed 0.8 per cent lower, with chemicals maker Johnson Matthey Plc tumbling 5.6 per cent after it posted a near 90 per cent slump in half-year profit and refrained from providing an outlook for 2021. — Reuters pic LONDON, Nov 20 ― London stocks slipped …

Fellow mid cap Royal Mail wiped out most of Friday's gains, dropping 8.7p to 225p after hitting a one-year high last week following a strong … Source link

Divestment speculation gave a Friday boost to London Stock Exchange Group. The exchange operator rose after rival Euronext confirmed plans to submit an offer to buy Borsa Italiana, the Italian stock exchange, for an expected  value of €3.5bn (£3.2bn) to €4bn. Euronext said further details would be announced when appropriate. …

Hot on its heels was BT, which jumped 8.1p to 106.1p after Berenberg raised its outlook for the group’s shares. In a note to clients, analyst Carl Murdock-Smith wrote that sentiment about the telecoms group was “on its knees”, but added “its significant under-performance and scope for improved sentiment over …

… have raised speculation that he may soon begin actively trying to influence the group's future direction. Royal Mail shares rose 2p to 184p on Friday. Source link

A Labour Government would wipe £367bn off the value of Britain’s listed companies and send the pound plunging, economists warned ahead of Thursday’s General Election as polls showed the race is too close to call. The party’s plan to hike business taxes to one of the highest rates in the western world …