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Babcock International PLC
LON:BAB
Babcock is a FTSE 100 defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets with potential to become focus countries. We meet our customers’ key requirements of affordability, availability, and capability by delivering engineering, support and critical systems to defence and civil markets.
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Babcock says trading is in line with expectations, outlook unchanged
The FTSE 250-listed group says its engineering order book and pipeline “remain strong” with a combined value of around £32bln
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Kingfisher feeling blue across La Manche
DIY retailer Kingfisher has seen a decent performance by B&Q and Screwfix blighted by seemingly irreparable problems at its Castorama chain in France
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UK inflation and retail sales data eyed, plus trading updates from Kingfisher and Ocado
Aside from the UK data and the retail updates, the Week Ahead will also bring news from the likes of Diageo, Dairy Crest, Smiths Group, Lamprell, and SIG
Babcock says expectations unchanged after it missed out on MoD contract, calls Sunday Times article "misleading"
Babcock said: "There has been no change to the company's expectations for underlying revenue and underlying earnings as detailed in its recent trading statement and no change to the bid pipeline”
Babcock Intl. cuts full-year revenue growth target due to temporary slowdown in defence, marine work
The FTSE 250-listed defence contractor said it now expected to see low single-digit underlying revenue growth for the full year, compared with a previous forecast of "low mid-single digit" growth
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FTSE 100 closes marginally higher but European peers and US stocks lag
Footsie closed up around seven points, or 0.10% at 7,683 on Thursday
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Sports Direct to deliver improved annual results as investors hope for World Cup boost
The day ahead includes full year results from Sports Direct, a first quarter trading update from SSE and UK retail sales data
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Week ahead: Investors hope Royal Mail delivers the goods and Unilever meets targets
The week ahead includes updates from Royal Mail, Unilever, Sports Direct, Rio Tinto and Anglo American along with official UK data on jobs, inflation and retail sales
Babcock International full year results meet expectations, revenue and profit rise
The UK engineering group met expectations, albeit those expectations were previously dampened by a February profit warning
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FTSE 100 closes firmly in red as resource stocks suffer
Global markets are in the red after Donald Trump said he was not happy with the progress of talks with China.
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M&S shareholders braced for another gloomy update
M&S announced shop closures a day ahead of its results announcement; was that to spread the bad news over two days or to ensure the bad news did not overshadow a decent trading performance?
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Retailers in focus for coming week, with Marks & Spencers, Kingfisher, and Halfords set to update
Aside from the retails, the week ahead includes results from utilities Pennon PLC, Severn Trent PLC, United Utilities PLC, and SSE PLC, plus updates from Ryanair PLC and Britvic PLC, and the latest UK inflation numbers
Babcock lowers revenue guidance as tough trading conditions continue
Well, it could have been worse but the worry is, it soon will be
FTSE 100 closes 2.64% lower as stock chaos continues
FTSE 100 closed 2.64% lower, or 193 points, at 7,141 amid chaotic US trading
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Deepwater Horizon disaster continues to plague BP but oil price recovery offers relief
The day ahead sees full year results from BP and Ocado, interims from Hargreaves Lansdown and trading updates from Carpetright and Babcock
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Bank of England rate decision eyed, plus numbers from blue chips BP and Glaxo in coming week
After November's hike, another UK rate rise is unlikely this month, although some Bank of England MPC members may vote for a rise after a unanimous vote in December
Carillion collapse puts contracts at risk but presents opportunities for sector peers
Carillion's contracts, joint venture partners and lenders are hanging in the balance after confirming its collapse
Babcock wins five-year, £115mln contract to look after Australia’s fleet of ANZAC warships
Babcock’s Naval Ship Management joint venture will take care of planning, scheduling, management and preventative and corrective maintenance for the ANZAC fleet and its support system
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FTSE 100 closes higher as miners gain and sterling slides
The FTSE 100 closed the day higher, as the weak pound helped, while other European indices lagged