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Lloyds Banking Group PLC Reports Underlying Q3 Profits Up 9%

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON: LLOY) also reveals regulatory discussions about recommencing dividends.

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Halloween Horror Stories: “£1 By Christmas!” – How You Can Avoid This Oil Punt Share Scare

Champion Shares PRO analyst Mark Rogers recounts a small-cap horror story, and how you can avoid this terrible fate.

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Halloween Horror Stories: The Poisoned Apple

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL): beware of 'the magic touch'...

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Balfour Beatty Plc Wins Two Coastal Defence Contracts

Balfour Beatty plc (LON:BBY) awarded Blackpool and Wyre schemes worth £73m.

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No Surprises From Aggreko plc

No news is good news, as Aggreko plc (LON:AGK) reassures the market.

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G4S Plc Rejects £1.6bn Offer For Cash Solutions Business

G4S plc (LON:GFS) turns down "highly opportunistic" proposal on valuation grounds.

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Daily Mail and General Trust plc Up On News Of Acquisition

Daily Mail and General Trust plc (LON:DMGT) announces purchase of leading property searches group DIIG Europe.

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2 Big Problems For GlaxoSmithKline Plc

It's been a rough year for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON: GSK).

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Google Inc Has Room to Run Above $1,000

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has more upside potential for long term investors.

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What To Learn From Facebook Inc Before Investing In Twitter

For potential Twitter investors, why not let the jitters shake out and wait until only the truly invested remain owners?

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Dividend Investors Should Be Worried

These potential gains should be far more exciting than reinvesting dividends into GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON:GSK).

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Twitter IPO Set To Raise $1.4bn

Twitter announces plan to sell shares at $17-$20 apiece.

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Learn To Invest Like FC Barcelona

Is Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) a 'Tiki-Taka' investment?

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What Apple Inc.’s New iPad Air Means For Investors

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a history of cranking out revolutionary products... and then creatively destroying them with something better.

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Unilever Plc Hikes Interim Dividend By 16% To Yield 3.6%

Unilever plc (LON:ULVR) confirms sales growth in emerging markets has slowed.

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Today’s Falling Knife: Debenhams plc Drops 7%

Solid if unspectacular final results for Debenhams plc (LON:DEB).

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WPP PLC Beats Estimates In Q3

Shares in WPP PLC ORD 10P (LON: WPP) rise on positive update.

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Banco Santander SA On Course For 9% Yield

Banco Santander SA (LON: BNC) reveals third-quarter earnings of €1bn.

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GlaxoSmithKline plc Declares 19p Per Share Q3 Dividend

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON: GSK) reveals third-quarter earnings up 10%.

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Another Year Of Blockbuster Growth For ASOS Plc

ASOS plc (LON:ASC) announces another year of surging sales and profits, in line with market expectations.

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British American Tobacco plc Grows Revenue And Market Share

British American Tobacco plc (LON:BATS) remains on track for a year of solid earnings growth.

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Sports Direct International Plc Reports Sales Up 15%

Sports Direct International Plc (LON: SPD) unveils buoyant August and September trading.

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Sales And Profits Surge Ahead At ARM Holdings Plc

ARM Holdings plc (LON:ARM) issues an upbeat third-quarter update, but royalties miss analyst expectations.

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Whitbread Plc Serves Up A Strong Set Of Interim Results

Sales, profit and dividend all grow by around 12% at Whitbread plc (LON:WTB).

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Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc Lifts 6% On Net Revenue Gains

Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc (LON:RB) reports a 5% gain in third-quarter net revenues.

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Royal Mail Plc Rises More Than 50% Over Offer Price

Royal Mail plc (LON:RMG) surpasses the £5 mark.

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Madame Tussauds Owner Merlin Entertainments Set For Flotation

Merlin Entertainments Group announces its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange.

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UK Dividends Set To Top £100bn During 2014

Payouts from the FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE:UKX) will be boosted by Vodafone's bumper £17bn cash handout.

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6% Yields For Snubbed Royal Mail Plc Investors

"The government gave me the cold shoulder and I ended up with nothing."

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United Utilities Group Plc Borrows Chief Talent from Barratt Developments Plc

Water utility United Utilities Group Plc (LON:UU) hopes to leverage the expertise of tenured FTSE 250 boss.

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Google Inc Reaches Record High On Results

Signs that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is figuring out mobile adverts boosts the search giant's shares.

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British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc Subscription Services Soar Despite BT Group Plc Rivalry

Media colossus British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (LON:BSY) issues reassuring first-quarter results.

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Sales Growth At Diageo Plc Slows

Diageo plc (LON:DGE) misses sales growth forecasts.

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SABMiller plc Shares Rally As Revenue Climbs 4%

SABMiller plc (LON: SAB) reveals improved sales during its second quarter.

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Warren Buffett Buys IMI plc Divisions For £690m

IMI plc (LON: IMI) will return £620m to shareholders and inject £70m into its pension scheme.

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Transcript: Investing Roundtable – IPOs, Politics And Emerging Markets

Flotations, politicians and emerging markets: which is riskiest?

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Today’s Falling Knife: Burberry Group Plc CEO To Join Apple Inc.

Burberry Group plc (LON:BRBY) CEO Angela Ahrendts to join Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).

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Why You Can’t Compare Grand Theft Auto 5 To The Movie Industry

Two industries that have recently seen surges...

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Lloyds Banking Group PLC Exits Australia For £900 Million

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) sells its last remaining Australian businesses.

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Today’s Falling Knife: Chemring Group Plc Crashes As US Shutdown Takes Its Toll

Chemring Group plc (LON:CHG) issues a disappointing trading update.

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