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Supergroup PLC Reveals Strong Q2 Trading Performance

Supergroup PLC (LON:SGP) reveals 18.5% jump in Q2 sales year on year.

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Why Halfords Group plc Shares Revved Up

Good summer weather boosts retail performance at Halfords Group plc (LON:HFD).

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ARM Holdings Plc Should Continue To Outperform

ARM Holdings plc (LON:ARM) is well prepared to change gears if needs be.

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Persimmon Plc Warns Of “Muted” Impact Of Help-To-Buy Since October

Persimmon Plc (LON:PSN) says house prices are firm, but plays down the effect of Help-to-Buy scheme since October.

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Twitter Inc’s IPO: Golden Ticket Or All Hype?

There's no doubt the IPO from Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) will make headlines - but will it be for the right…

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Profits At Centamin PLC Hit By Falling Price Of Gold

Centamin PLC (LON:CEY) sees Q3 gold production slow against Q2.

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Underlying Profit Jumps At FirstGroup plc

But the share price of FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) remains 44% down on the year.

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Why Moneysupermarket.Com Group PLC Shares Jumped

Moneysupermarket.Com Group PLC (LON:MONY) benefits from energy supplier switching.

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Betting On AstraZeneca plc’s Drug Pipeline

What’s caused £41 billion drugs maker AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) to become afflicted by a seemingly interminable wasting disease?

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Transcript: The Edge-less Investor

Owain Bennallack chats to Lars Kroijer, author of Investing Demystified.

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Why The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc Is A Contrarian Buy

Is The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc (LON:EDIN) a good bet even without Neil Woodford?

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G4S plc Drops Despite Increased Revenue

But G4S plc (LON:GFS) announces plans for changes to deliver sustainable profitable growth.

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Why Blinkx Plc Shares Lit Up

Blinkx plc (LON:BLNX) sees a 335% increase in pre-tax profits.

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Legal & General Group Plc Boss Piles On The Pressure Over Pension Fees

Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) funds continue to benefit from new RDR and auto-enrolment rules.

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Imperial Tobacco Group PLC Up 3% On Robust Earnings Growth

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (LON:IMT) raises its dividend by 10%.

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Food Sales Help Boost Marks and Spencer Group plc

But clothes continue to underperform at Marks and Spencer Group plc (LON:MKS).

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RSA Insurance Group plc Lashed By Storm Warning

RSA Insurance Group plc (LON: RSA) owns up to higher-than-expected weather claims.

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Today’s Falling Knife: Ryanair Holdings Plc Plunges 11%

Ryanair Holdings plc (LON:RYA) issues a profit warning.

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The Weir Group PLC Issues Q3 Warning

The Weir Group PLC (LON: WEIR) says 2013 profits will be around £430m.

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Vodafone Group Plc On The Rise After AT&T Inc. Takeover Rumours Emerge

Vodafone Group plc (LON:VOD) is back in the news...

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Today’s Falling Knife: Manufacturing Blunder To Cost Meggitt Plc £20m

Meggitt plc (LON:MGGT) shocks the market with bad news in a third-quarter statement.

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Profit Up 20% At Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Lower premium receipts fail to stop profit growth at Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (LON:DLG).

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Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Opts Against ‘Good Bank/Bad Bank’ Split

Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LON:RBS) to set up a £38bn internal 'bad bank'.

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Antofagasta Plc Reaffirms Targets Amid Drop in Production

Chilean copper producer Antofagasta plc (LON:ANTO) faces tough fourth quarter.

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BG Group plc Sees Another Production Fall

BG Group plc (LON: BG) shares rise despite a fall in third-quarter profits and production levels.

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Today’s Falling Knife: Croda plc Fails To Excite

Croda plc (LON:CRDA) continues to see slow growth in a subdued trading environment.

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Earnings Drop 16% At AstraZeneca Plc

Investing the future while revenues fall takes its toll on the bottom line at AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN).

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Earnings Crash 32% At Royal Dutch Shell Plc

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (LON:RDSB) shocks the market with disappointing third-quarter results.

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Earnings Fall At BT Group plc

BT Group plc's (LON:BT.A) earnings take a hit from its new BT Sport investment.

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Halloween Horror Story: The Man Who Was Too Afraid To Invest

If you wait for the perfect time to invest, you’ll be sitting on the sidelines forever.

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Merlin Entertainments Plc Flotation Priced At Same Level As Royal Mail Plc

Merlin Entertainments plc sets Global Offer price range of 280p-330p per share.

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Halloween Horror Story: Terror At Tesco PLC As Buffett Is Selling!

Should I get out too after Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) loses the Buffett gold star?

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Halloween Horror Story: How Rich Could I Be If I’d Invested In Unilever plc Since I Started Working?

Unilever plc (LON:ULVR) or Uni-cleaver?

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NEXT plc Jumps 5% On Increased Third-Quarter Sales

NEXT plc (LON:NXT) revises its full year guidance upwards.

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Asset Growth Falls Short At Standard Life Plc

Standard Life Plc (LON:SL) disappoints the market with its third-quarter statement.

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Penguin Random House Merger Sets Back Profits At Pearson plc

Pearson plc (LON:PSON)'s restructuring programme remains on track.

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Barclays PLC Reports Adjusted Q3 Profits Down 26%

Barclays PLC (LON: BARC) also reveals a 1p per share quarterly dividend.

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Halloween Horror Story: Why Investing in Royal Mail Group plc Gave Me A Fright

Two investing lessons that one Fool learned from investing in Royal Mail plc (LON:RMG).

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Operating Profits Lifted At Standard Chartered PLC

Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) issues a mixed third-quarter update.

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BP Plc Lifts Dividend By 5.6% To Yield 4.7%

BP plc (LON:BP) beats replacement cost profit forecasts.

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