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Market Pulse
13 Jul
money
Amphion draws down on loan, notes possible Motif Bio offering

Medical, life science and technology business developer Amphion Innovations announced on Wednesday that it has agreed terms for the drawdown of an additional tranche of $0. 75m under the loan facility first announced on 5 June 2014.

13 Jul
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Aberdeen Asset Management lifts property fund suspension

Aberdeen Asset Management has lifted the suspension of its £3. 2bn UK property fund.

13 Jul
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 set for August 2 release

Samsung are set to release their new Galaxy Note 7 on August 2, the successor to the Note 5, and the South Korean company have even revealed why they have skipped a number ahead of the device's debut.

13 Jul
Jefferies tips Inmarsat on read-across from AirAsia connectivity deal

Broker Jefferies reiterated its 'buy' recommendation on Inmarsat, sparked by reports that AirAsia has chosen the satellite company as a 'connectivity provider' for the carrier's newly announced Airbus fleet.

13 Jul
Antofagasta
FTSE 100 movers: Antofagasta leads miners' rise and Barratt the builders' fall

The FTSE 100 index was scuttling crabwise on Wednesday, as markets held their powder dry as Britain appointed a new Prime Minister later in the day and a day ahead of the Bank of England expected policy tinkering.

13 Jul
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Whitbread to withdraw Premier Inn operations in India, South East Asia

Whitbread will begin a phased withdrawal of its Premier Inn operations in India and South East Asia as part pf the strategy announced in April to focus on markets where it can generate good long-term sustainable returns.

13 Jul
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STM client numbers below expectations in Brexit aftermath

STM Group, an international financial services provider, has had fewer clients sign up to their pension schemes than expected due to the uncertainty surrounding Brexit.

13 Jul
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Wizz Air agrees engine deal with Pratt & Whitney

Low-cost airline Wizz Air has agreed to equip its 110 Airbus A321neo aircraft with US aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower Geared Turbofan engines.

13 Jul
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Bloomsbury Publishing plots expansion into B2B market

Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury Publishing held a capital markets day for investors and analysts on Wednesday to present plans to enter the business-to-business market, while also confirming first-quarter trading remained in line with full year expectations.

13 Jul
xaar
Xaar revenues continue decline in first half

Digital printing group Xaar said it expects to report £44m sales for the first half of the year, down 8% on the previous year and 27% on the year before that.

13 Jul
dcameron
Cameron makes digs at Labour in final PMQs

David Cameron on Wednesday urged successor Theresa May to ensure Britain remains close as possible to the EU after Brexit as he delivered his final Prime Minister's Questions (PMQ).

13 Jul
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Capital & Regional portfolio mostly ahead in first half

Specialist property real estate investment trust Capital & Regional updated the market on its trading in the first half of 2016 on Wednesday, ahead of its half-year results announcement on 18 August.

13 Jul
London, city, DL
Financial lobbying group TheCityUK appoints new CEO

Lobbying group TheCityUK has appointed Miles Celic as its new chief executive, succeeding Chris Cummings who will leave later this year.

13 Jul
Car manufacturing, automotive
Jaguar Land Rover set to test at least 100 self-driving cars in UK

The United Kingdom's biggest car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover looks primed to unveil over 100 research vehicles in order to test the company's self-driving technology, with the first cars on the way before the end of the year.

13 Jul
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Trading in Berkeley Energia stock halted on ASX

Berkeley Energia advised the market on Wednesday that trading in its shares had been halted on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), effective immediately.

13 Jul
Pakistan, soldiers, army, fighting
Housing for service families poor, says MPs

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and its housing contractor CarillionAmey are letting down service families by providing them with poor accommodation, MPs said in a Public Accounts Report on Wednesday.

13 Jul
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Europe midday: Equity markets edge higher

European stocks edged tentatively higher after a flat start, with the UK in focus again as Theresa May takes over from David Cameron as Prime Minister.

13 Jul
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London midday: Stocks rise as Theresa May prepares to take over as PM

London stocks rose on Wednesday as Theresa May prepared to take over as Prime Minister and as investors awaited the Bank of England’s policy decision.

13 Jul
Poundland, retail
Steinhoff buys Poundland for £597m

South Africa’s Steinhoff Holdings has reached an agreement with Poundland to buy the remaining shares in the London-listed discount retailer it does not already own for 222p per share in cash, valuing it at £597m.

13 Jul
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Hackers attack Britain's railways four times in a year

The safety of the UK’s railways was called into question this week, after a private security firm alleged state-sponsored foreign hackers broke into the network’s digital infrastructure four times in the last 12 months.