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20 dead and scores injured in train crash in Bari, Italy
A devastating train crash in the Puglia region in Italy has left at least 20 people dead and scores injured, according to reports.
Benchmark Holdings signs 10-year deal with salmon producer
A subsidiary of Benchmark Holdings’ breeding and genetics division, SalmoBreed, has signed a ten-year agreement with one of the world’s top three salmon producers for the supply of the SalmoBreed genetic stem into its production sites.
FTSE 250: Rathbone rockets; miners glum
Rathbone Brothers shares surged on Tuesday as Numis upgraded its stance on the stock to ‘buy’ from ‘add’, with a 2,350p price target.
AMC Entertainment to buy Odeon & UCI Cinemas in £921m deal
AMC Entertainment Holdings has agreed to buy London-based Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group from private equity firm Terra Firma in a deal worth around £921m.
FTSE 100 movers: Financials find favour on stimulus hint; Doldrums for dollar earners
Financials propped up a flat Footsie after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney suggested the central bank could intervene if the economy weakened.
Rathbone Brothers surges on Numis upgrade
Rathbone Brothers shares surged on Tuesday as Numis upgraded its stance on the stock to ‘buy’ from ‘add’, with a 2,350p price target.
Quantum Pharma CEO Scaife steps down, trading in line
Quantum Pharma chief executive Andrew Scaife has stepped down after seven years but is leaving the company with current trading running in line with management expectations.
Wednesday preview: Barratt Developments to report strong second half
Housebuilder Barratt Developments is expected to report strong demand in the second half in a trading update on Wednesday.
C4XD acquire new drug discovery technologies
Drug discovery and development company C4X Discovery Holdings (C4XD) announced on Tuesday the acquisition of advanced drug discovery technologies from MolPlex Technologies.
Ensor disposes of OSA Door Parts
Ensor Holdings have sold the entire issued share capital of OSA Door Parts to Argent Industrial Limited for £2. 5m, the company announced on Tuesday.
Tuesday newspaper share tips: Challenger banks, Rolls Royce
The share price drops in Britain´s challenger banks following the Brexit referendum looked overdone, the Financial Times´s Lex column argued.
Bank's Carney denies 'Brexit scare story' allegations, explains FPC thinking
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has explained high street bank's capital buffers have been relaxed to help reassure the public that the 2008 credit crunch was not about to be repeated, while also denying that he was used by the Prime Minister and Chancellor to "scare" voters from voting to leave the EU in June's referendum.
RhythmOne confident online ads will escape Brexit effect
Online advertising agency RhythmOne, which changed its name from Blinxx in June, expressed confidence about returning to full year profitability and played down the effects of Brexit as trading in the first quarter "materially" beat expectations.
Begbies Traynor profits held back by low insolvency rates
Shares in business services consultancy Begbies Traynor slumped even as the company swung to a full year pre-tax profit of £0. 6m from a loss of £0. 7m as revenues rose to £50. 1m from £45. 4m, although lower insolvency rates impacted on both figures.
UK house price growth slows in second quarter, data reveals
UK house price growth slowed in the second quarter amid worries over Brexit and an increase in stamp duty, data revealed on Tuesday.
Orchard Funding falls below IPO price after regulatory delays, hiring hitch
Insurance premium financing specialist Orchard Funding warned that it had found it difficult to grow lending due to "significant" regulatory delays stemming the flow of new insurance broker customers into the market and the slow process of recruiting suitable senior salespeople.
Santander facing UK difficulties after Brexit vote
Banco Santander faces fresh difficulties as their normally reliable United Kingdom entity has been plunged into uncertainty following the British vote to leave the European Union on June 23.
Europe midday: Stocks extend gains on stimulus hopes
European stocks rose on Tuesday, extending earlier gains amid growing expectations of central bank stimulus and following the removal of political uncertainty in the UK.
US pre-open: Equity markets set for further gains
US futures pointed to a firmer open on Wall Street as better-than-expected earnings from industrial bellwether Alcoa and the removal of political uncertainty in the UK boosted sentiment.
IMF: Italy could be in recession for two decades
The International Monetary Fund has warned of a dire future for the Italian economy as the country's financial crisis is further troubled by Britain's proposed exit from the European Union.