Market Pulse
Unite Group acquires prime Coventry site
Unite Group has bought a development site in the centre of Coventry that will provide a home for around 370 students and is scheduled to open in time for the 2017/18 academic year.
Dixons Carphone rings up higher profit guidance after buzzing Christmas
After an encouraging 10 weeks of Christmas trading, Dixons Carphone has lifted profit guidance slightly above consensus forecasts and said it will go ahead with the full roll-out of stores in the USA.
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower on weak US and Asian cues as oil drops
London stocks are expected to open lower on Tuesday, tracking weakness in the US and Asia amid sliding oil prices.
Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK power, Tesco, Google, OPEC
Mario Draghi has launched a staunch defence of the European Central Bank’s aggressive monetary easing, in a fresh bid to counter criticism of the policy. The ECB president signalled last week that his central bank was prepared to cut rates and expand its quantitative easing programme. He said policymakers would “review and possibly reconsider” their policy stance at their next policy meeting in March in the face of the slide in oil prices and China-led slowdown in emerging markets.