Week Ahead: Supermarket sweep
The twin perils of food deflation and the hard discounters continue to threaten the supermarkets, while the warmish weather has caught firms on the hop
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Hays PLC
LON:HAS
Hays plc is a United Kingdom-based recruitment group engaged in the provision of specialist recruitment of permanent and temporary, professional and technical staff. The Company operates in three geographical segments: United Kingdom and Ireland, Continental Europe and Rest of World, and Asia Pacific. As of June 30, 2008, the Company operated in 19 countries in the region and has opened operations in Hungary and Denmark. It operates in various sectors, such as accountancy and finance, construction and property, information technology, sales and marketing, banking, contact centers, education, executive, financial services, healthcare, human resource, legal, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, purchasing, resource management, and resources and mining.
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Investments and investor services
Broker spotlight: Lonmin’s US$400mln rights splits City
Lonmin, Pearson, SThree, Hays, and Robert Walters are in Thursday's broker spotlight
Investments and investor services
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
FTSE 100 rallies as interest rates stay on hold
London’s blue chips rallied after a weak start as interest rates dominated sentiment across Europe.
UPDATE - Hays sounds note of caution despite strong quarter
Despite a strong quarter, particularly in continental Europe, Hays was wary of the macro-economic environment.
FTSE 100 drifts lower
Footsie eased 7 points lower at 6,329 even though there were good gains overnight for markets in the US and Shanghai.
Investments and investor services
Risers & Fallers: Motive Television, SeaEnergy, Fastjet, Weir Group and more
Below are the main news-driven share price movements at 4pm.
Thursday's agenda - Carillion and Tate & Lyle to update investors
Aside from a closely watched interest rate decision from the BoE, corporate announcements on Thursday include trading updates from construction and support services firm Carillion and sugar giant Tate & Lyle.
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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FTSE100 closes more than 3% higher as investors come back
Britain's blue chips closed Thursday over 3% higher as traders put recent worries behind....
London shares rise as US and Chinese markets rebound
Chinese markets rose "as state-directed investors bought shares to ensure positive close"
Investments and investor services
European shares rise as US and Chinese markets bounce back
US top flight shares gained 620 points and Chinese stocks had a rebound
London shares rise as US and Chinese markets rebound
Chinese markets rose "as state-directed investors bought shares"
Thursday's agenda: Oil and the Fed to take centre stage
Oil service providers Amec Foster Wheeler, Lamprell and Hunting, are scheduled to update the market on Thursday.
Hays sees strong profits as permanent jobs increase
Recruitment group said permanent recruitment fees rose 14% in the quarter
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Thursday’s agenda – Barratt is next housebuilder in focus
The fall-out from Wednesday’s Budget will clearly be a big topic on Thursday but also in focus will be a trading statement from Barratt.
Week Ahead: House builders to provide clarity after conflicting signals
We had conflicting messages from the housing sector last week, so trading updates from Bovis, Barratt and Taylor Wimpey might provide more clarity.