Seymour Pierce

Even Tesco Is Starting to Feel the Pinch

Britain's largest grocer noted a recent slowdown in the growth of non-food sales—in a clear sign that the consumer downturn is starting to bite Tesco yesterday gave the clearest sign yet that the consumer downturn is beginning...

Survival: the gift that is out of stock

Back in early September when The Independent on Sunday revealed that credit insurers had withdrawn cover to suppliers of Woolworths, the life support machine keeping the feeble but iconic retailer alive was in effect switched off.

Kinnear gets transfer control

Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear will have the final say over his January signings after being handed the job until the end of the season. Owner Mike Ashley today effectively shelved his plans to sell the club for the meantime after...

AIM’s Indian shares set to take time to get over price slide

Call it an Indian winter. A falling rupee, the spread of a Western credit freeze to Asian economies and jitters ahead of forthcoming state and federal elections had already made it a dire year for India’s financial markets, but...

MARKET REPORT: Huge upheaval as FTSE 250 firms face the chop

Brace yourselves for the biggest quarterly upheaval of FTSE Index constituents since its inception in 1984. It has this year signed lucrative contracts with the Dubai government to operate and maintain the first two links of...

B&Q sales down 9%

Retail group Kingfisher today said sales at its B&Q business were down nearly 9% amid the slump in consumer spending. The like-for-like figure - based on those stores trading for more than a year - reflected a 14% slide in...

Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Northumbrian Water dips on H1 profit fall

STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 11:21GMT 27Nov2008-Northumbrian Water dips on profit fall Shares in Northumbrian Water Group fall more than 5 percent after the utility blames higher...

Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Relax up after results, Seymour Pierce 'buy'

STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 11:11GMT 27Nov2008-Relax soars after results; Seymour Pierce 'buy' Shares in Relax Group jump 27 percent to 23 pence after the consumer debt management...

STOCKS NEWS UK-FTSE falls 1.5 pct as banks, oils erase gains

STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Europe Real-time Equity News UK Stocks on the move UK smallcaps 12:30 26Nov2008-FTSE falls 1.5 pct as banks, oils erase gains Britain's top share index is down 1.5 percent at midday, with banks...

Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Telecom Italia up on spin-off talk

STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 11:47GMT 26Nov2008-Telecom Italia up on spin-off talk Telecom Italia shares are among the leading gainers in Milan, up 2.6 percent to 1.0460 euros,...

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