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London open: Stocks fall ahead of payrolls report

6th Sep 2024 07:51

(Sharecast News) - London stocks fell in early trade on Friday as investors eyed the release of the all-important non-farm payrolls report and mulled the latest UK house price data.

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Google abusing dominant position in online advertising - CMA

6th Sep 2024 07:43

(Sharecast News) - The UK competition watchdog has accused Alphabet's Google of using its dominant position in digital advertising to hinder competition and favour its own services.

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Berkeley Group says trading 'stable', backs FY guidance

6th Sep 2024 07:37

(Sharecast News) - Housebuilder Berkeley Group backed its full-year guidance on Friday as it said trading in the first four months of the year has been stable.

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Europe open: Stocks drop as investors eye payrolls report, German data disappoints

6th Sep 2024 07:35

(Sharecast News) - European stocks fell in early trade on Friday as nervousness crept in ahead of the key US non-farm payrolls report and after the release of weaker-than-expected German data.

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Europe open: Stocks drop as investors eye payrolls report, German data disappoints

6th Sep 2024 07:35

(Sharecast News) - European stocks fell in early trade on Friday as nervousness crept in ahead of the key US non-farm payrolls report and after the release of weaker-than-expected German data.

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London pre-open: Stocks seen down ahead of payrolls; Halifax data in focus

6th Sep 2024 07:34

(Sharecast News) - London stocks were set to open lower on Friday as investors mulled the latest UK house price data and looked ahead to the release of the non-farm payrolls report.

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Friday newspaper round-up: PwC, UK pension funds, wind farms

6th Sep 2024 07:24

(Sharecast News) - The consultancy PwC has told its employees it is going to begin tracking their working locations to ensure that all workers spend "a minimum of three days a week" in the office or at client sites. In a memo sent to its 26,000 UK employees, the big four accounting firm announced that it will start monitoring how often employees work from home in the same way it monitors how many chargeable hours they work. - Guardian

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Invinity warns of longer sales cycle, appoints new CEO

6th Sep 2024 07:20

(Sharecast News) - Shares in Invinity Energy Systems were sliding on Friday morning, after it warned of a lengthened sales cycle and announced a change of chief executive officers.

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Poppy Gustafsson steps down as Darktrace CEO

6th Sep 2024 07:17

(Sharecast News) - Cybersecurity specialist Darktrace announced on Friday that Poppy Gustafsson was stepping down as chief executive officer, effective immediately.

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House prices pick up to two-year high - Halifax

6th Sep 2024 07:01

(Sharecast News) - UK house prices edged up to a two-year high in August as confidence picked up amid easing interest rates, according to figures released by Halifax on Friday.

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US close: Dow Jones sheds more than 200 points

5th Sep 2024 21:15

(Sharecast News) - Major indices delivered a mixed performance on Thursday as market participants thumbed over a number of data points in an effort to gain more insight into the current state of the US economy.

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Sector movers: Investors seek out high dividend names

5th Sep 2024 19:27

(Sharecast News) - Utilities paced gains on the FTSE 350 on Thursday as investors added to their positions in interest rate sensitive names in a bid to lock in current dividend yields.

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London close: Stocks slip as investors digest US jobless claims

5th Sep 2024 18:02

(Sharecast News) - London's stock markets closed in negative territory on Thursday, as investors digested a slightly lower-than-expected jobless claims number out of the United States.

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US ISM services sector PMI holds up in August

5th Sep 2024 16:46

(Sharecast News) - A survey of the US services sector showed that activity held up in August, but companies' responses appeared to be decidedly mixed.

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RBC Capital Markets hikes target price on Ecora Resources

5th Sep 2024 15:42

(Sharecast News) - RBC Capital Markets raised its target price on royalty and streaming company Ecora Resources from 100.0p to 120.0p on Thursday following the group's results call a day earlier.

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