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Tesco PLC
LON:TSCO
Tesco - the leading supermarket in Britain With small grocery stores under the Tesco Metro brand name, big supermarkets outside cities (Tesco Extra) and 24-hour stores.
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Sainsbury's results put UK retail under spotlight again
As if the UK retail sector hadn't had enough coverage last week, it's now the turn of Sainsbury's....
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Poundland lacks catalysts, but JD Sports hailed as “extremely impressive”
Poundland, JD Sports, Tesco, Johnson Matthey, and Imagination Technologies were all in Thursday’s broker spotlight.
Aim stocks still playing catch-up with the Footsie
There has been lots of legal wrangling today, affecting Churchill Mining, Kimberly, Providence Resources, Lansdowne Oil & Gas and SeaEnergy
Risers & fallers: Churchill Mining, Halfords, Tower Resources ...
Main share price risers and fallers in London at 4.00pm
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Aim stocks overshadowed as Chinese exports data give Footsie a lift
The sharp increase in Chinese exports has done wonders for big-cap miners but has had little impact on London's Aim-listed growth comanies
Tesco moves back into black as sales edge higher
Supermarket chain made a statutory operating profit to £1.05bn against a loss of £5.75bn last time
PREVIEW: Tesco to reveal financial results for 2015
Investors will want to know how Tesco’s performance stacks up against discounting rivals Lidl and Aldi, as well as main market competitors like Sainsbury, Asda and Morrisons.
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Alibaba buys majority stake in Asia's Lazada
Alibaba plans to buy about US$500mln of new shares in Lazada
TyraTech plans expansion as revenue rises
Life sciences company boosted gross product revenue by 154% to $7.1mln
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BP's dividend safer than it looks, in Barclays' view
Great news for the pension funds of UK PLC if Barclays is right about BP's dividend. Also covered: Gemfields, Tesco, Anglo American
Thursday's agenda: Sierra Rutile set to unearth annual results
Investors likely to look for news on project progress
Most followed: Donald Trump, Gulf Keystone Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline, Rio Tinto, Sirius Minerals, Tesco
Tesco managers told to be nicer, Donald Trump a 'global risk' and FTSE 100 casualties.
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FTSE 100 dragged lower by resource stocks
The FTSE 100 ended in the red, weighed down by big payers Astra, Glaxo and Shell going ex-dividend.
Supermarket woe continues as Asda takes Christmas hit
US-owned supermarket chain's revenue dropped 5.8% over the final three months of 2015
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London market flounders but Morrisons sparks interest
The FTSE 100 Index fell 34 points to 5,996 after Chinese inflation hit its highest point since last September
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Investors going gaga over
Are we looking at a new dawn for shares in Britain's largest retailer?
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Best day in six months for FTSE 100
It was the top-share index's best day since August of last year
FTSE100 continues rise as oil stocks gain
FTSE100 continued to build on gains as US futures point to a positive open Stateside and Rolls Royce (LON:RR.) cheered the market.
Tesco recovery continues but Sainsbury's surges
Tesco has its best sales since September last year, but they still fell 1.6% in the 12 weeks to January 31
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Footsie closes lower after US jobs report
FTSE100 closed 50 points down as traders were put off equities....
Old Mutual turns positive on Sainsbury's Home Retail bid
Fund manager says it now backs supermarket's £1.3bn bid for catalogue retailer
Watchdog raps Tesco for treating suppliers unfairly
Supermarket chain "knowingly delayed payments to suppliers", regulator claimed
SFO report into Tesco out this week, claims broker
Supermarket chain may face hefty fines warns Cantor.
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Blue-chips retain gains on Chinese stimulus hopes
The FTSE 100 Index ended the session 97 points higher at 5,876..
Retail winners & losers: Tesco, Home Retail, B&M, Asos...
Tesco reported its first group like-for-like sales increase for more than four years
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Shares stay in red as Bank of England keeps rates on hold
The Footsie recovered from a 5829 intra-day low to stand 89.32 points off at 5871
New stores make up for mild weather hit at B&M
Discounter's UK sales revenue in the 13-week period rose 24.4% to £614.5mln
Shares leak on oil price dip but Tesco bounces back
The FTSE 100 Index dropped 106.7 points to 5854 after Wall Street fell
Risers & Fallers: Euromoney, InterContinental Hotels, JD Sports, Thomas Cook, Tesco, TUI Travel
The bomb attacks in Jakarta have hit travel stocks hard.
Tesco's recovery drive produces festive cheer
Group like-for-like sales in the 19 weeks to January 9 rose 0.4%
Thursday's agenda: Food deflation on Tesco and BoE minds
With food prices in decline, supermarkets are finding it hard to grow like-for-like sales, but it means the Bank of England is in no hurry to raise interest rates to combat inflation
Retail winners & losers: Sainsbury's, Dunelm, Ted Baker, Shoe Zone and Game Digital
Sainsbury dismayed City with lower same-store sales and lack of news on Home Retail
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FTSE 100 bounces back, with blue-chips leading the way
Unusually, the majority of the big gains today were to be found among the FTSE 350 - especially the FTSE 100
FTSE100 on the up as sentiment improves
FTSE100 was buoyed by retail stocks at lunch and investor sentiment seemed to be improving as the index climbed 1.6% higher.
Most followed: Christmas trading winners & losers
Christmas trading updates from the retailers come thick and fast. In the US, Detroit will be showcasing lots of horseless carriages, while investors can't get enough of Wishbone Gold.
Sainsbury's wins battle of the Big Four over Christmas
Sainsbury's was the only one of the Big Four supermarkets to grow share over Christmas while Tesco exceeded expectations
Asda cuts prices by £500mln as supermarket wars intensify
US-owned chain slashes prices to keep up with discounters
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Bombed out Tesco one to check out, according to Barclays
On a week in which retailers came to the market, largely warned on trading and profitability and definitely failed to conquer, Barclays provided an antidote to the gloom with an upgrade to shares in Britain's largest grocer.
FTSE 100 clings to gains despite weak resource stocks
The weakness of resource stocks is threatening to spoil the Footsie's attempts to end the week on an upbeat note
Risers & Fallers: Direct Line, Elementis, Ophir Energy, Tullow Oil, Tesco, Vectura Group
A recovery in the oil price has not done much for Tullow and Ophir. Vectura surges on completion of a clinincal trial for VR315 in the US.
FTSE 100 takes heart from Chinese recovery
It has been a rough week but the Footsie is currently ending it on an upbeat note
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FTSE100 suffers triple digit loss
The FTSE100 ended the day around 130 points lower at 5,944, tumbling below 6,000.
Shares crash despite talk of rival bid for Home Retail
Footsie fell to 5916, about 100 points away from lows not seen since last August
John Lewis has good Christmas but Waitrose catches cold
Department stores do well but supermarket sales decline
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Barclays pharma experts bullish on Shire and Glaxo
Shares in drug giants Glaxo and Shire should stay in fine heath this year, Barclays says
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FTSE100 drops 40 as supermarkets struggle
The FTSE100 ended the day 40 points, or 0.6% lower at 6,274.
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FTSE100 moves firmly away from three-year lows
The index appears likely to end its run of eight straight daily falls,
FTSE100 registers triple digit gains
The index appears likely to end its run of eight straight daily falls,
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FTSE100 rally gives investors something to cheer
The FTSE 100 Index was around 1.5%, or 90 points, higher to 5,964
Festive seasons brings no good tidings for Tesco
Tesco, Asda and Morrisons all saw sales slump in the 12 weeks to December 6.
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Markets: Oil stocks push FTSE100 lower
The FTSE100 ended the day almost 15 points lower to 6,223.
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Risers & Fallers: Immupharma, Kenmare, Pinnacle and more
Below are the main news-driven share price movements at 4pm.
Most followed: Lax checks, tax cheques and betting the pharm
Britain's blue-chips keep legal eagles busy; Topshop seeks to fatten the bottom line with Beyoncé; DMGT offloads Wowcher
Tesco to pay US$12mln to settle US lawsuit
Supermarket chain settles legal action launched by investors in US
Broker spotlight: Investec cuts price targets for miners
Update: Comment added on Bezant and Galileo.
B&M hikes divi as mild weather and store openings impact LFL sales
B&M warned "greater-than-budgeted" store opening costs had brought short-term operational challenges.
Tesco and Asda take sales hits in discount battle
Sales at Tesco fell 2.5% in the 12 weeks to November 8
Sainsbury shares fall after profit dip and dividend cut
Sainsbury's said underlying pre-tax profit fell 17.9% to £308mln
Tesco boss urges rethink on minimum wage and business rates
Lewis says business rates and wage plans may create "lethal cocktail" of costs
Most followed: VW, car sales, Facebook, Bonfire night..
Travel firms, car sales and Facebook,were among the eclectic topics brightening up a grey and dismal Guy Fawkes day.
Morrisons to report third quarter sales dip - analysts
The City expects Morrisons to provide an update on its turnaround plan
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FTSE100 ends lower despite some big gainers
Costa Coffee and Premier Inn owner Whitbread and Holiday Inn-owner Intercontinental Hotels Group did their best to boost the index.
Tuesday's most followed - China, steel, supermarkets and SolGold
As London's blue chips looked like they were heading in one direction - south - the rest of the City was focused on China's state visit..
Waitrose boss Mark Price to step down next year
Rob Collins, Waitrose’s retail director, will take over from Price.
UK dividends hit record but 2016 to see drop
Headline dividends totalled £27.2bn in third quarter of 2015, up 6.8%
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JP Morgan Cazenove lifts target on Glencore
Two heavyweights came together on Monday, with JP Morgan Cazenove posting a note on much-in-the news miner and trader Glencore.
Most followed: Tesco, Facebook, Glencore, Hayward Tyler..
Tesco (LON:TSCO) is a regular In the most followed section, but today the chatter was about a revival as it revamped its price matching Price Promise scheme.
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FTSE100 ends higher despite BoE global growth concern
Caution on the growth outlook and the lack of any increase in the number of hawks on the committee makes a rate hike this year unlikely
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FTSE100 closes flat with miners the big gainers
Miners were the big risers of the day but Footsie finished flat at 6,325 after some volatile trading at the end of play.
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Oil price rises keep shares buoyant, but airlines dip
The FTSE 100 Index lifted 41.87 points to 6368 in early afternoon trading
Most followed: Gold, Volkswagen, Tesco, Gemfields...
There was a mixed bag attracting interest in web world today...
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Rising oil prices give London shares a lift
The price of a barrel of Brent crude increased 1.5% to US$52.7
Tesco to keep Dunnhumby; interim profits halve
Profits more than halved in the first half of this year...
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Footsie digs itself out of a hole
Resource stocks returned to favour, pushing the top-share index into positive territory
Wednesday's agenda: Tesco totters on
The pressure is on for Tesco, after Sainsbury's surprised to the upside with its results last week.
Analysis: Tesco boss Dave Lewis needs a good result
Interim results are due on Wednesday and investors will look for improvement on last year’s horror show.
Broker spotlight: Tesco, Lloyds Banking, Amec, Petrofac, Johnson Matthey, OPG Power Ventures
Tesco is far from out of the woods, according to Cantor Fitzgerald, which wants the retailer to set out its turnaround plans stretching forward to 2020.
Dealers shrug off economic woe as oil and metal prices rise
News of lower US oil production capacity buoyed markets
Glencore sale talk boosts markets
Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg is reportedly ready to listen to takeover offers
FTSE 100 set to start the week sharply higher
The markets are expected to continue to react positively to a seemingly negative nugget of US data released last week.
Week ahead: Can Tesco follow Sainsbury's lead?
Tesco and Vedanta catch the eye next week which kicks off with the Conservative party conference.
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Broker spotlight: Deutsche Bank turns positive on HSBC
Companies covered: HSBC, Learning Technologies Group, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Wolseley
FTSE100 well ahead with Sainsbury's and insurers in focus
Sainsbury's fuelled rise by forecasting annual profits above expectations
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Shares rise on Sainsbury's news and Eurozone stimulus hopes
Sainsbury's forecasted annual profits above expectations
Sainsbury's shares soar after profit upgrade
Supermarket chain said full-year pre-tax profit was set to top expectations
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FTSE 100 down in the dumps
Unless you were a holder of resource stocks or supermarket shares, it was another glum day in the markets
Watchdog clears Poundland acquisition of 99p Stores
Regulator said it did not expect deal to reduce competition
Tesco confirms sale of South Korean business for £4.2bn
The supermarket group will receive net cash of £3.35bn, while overall debt will be reduced by £4.26bn.
Morrisons takeover talk lifts London shares
South African billionaire Wiese said to be interested in UK supermarkets
Tesco tipped to sell Korean arm to private equity consortium
Supermarket group names MBK Partners as preferred bidder, according to reports
FTSE 100 surrender's the week's (modest) gains
Investors are taking money off the table ahead of the long weekend, and it is hard to blame them after a tumultuous week.
Most followed: China's richest man, takeovers, Tesco
Spare a thought for China's richest man, who dropped more than US$3.6bn yesterday in the stock market crash.
Supermarket sales growth remains sluggish
Market research group Kantar Worldpanel says supermarkets have become used to pedestrian growth rates
Asset managers lead the Footsie's fight-back
The People’s Bank of China cut its main interest rate by from 4.85% to 4.6%, doing its bit to shore up confidence
UK grocery market sluggish as Sainsbury's regains second place
Asda was hit hard by lower prices and slow growth which saw sales drop 2.7%.
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FTSE 100 rises at lunch as Greece deal details emerge
In the UK, the FTSE 100 climbed 50 points by lunch to sit at 6,727.
UPDATE - Primark sales help ABF but currency volatility weighs
ABF said Primark stores in Spain, Portugal and Ireland performed very strongly
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FTSE 100 up 76 as Osborne promises a 'pay rise'
London’s stocks rallied strongly as George Osborne delivered the first Conservative Party Budget for twenty years.