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Takeover interest boosts London oil and food shares
Slovenia oil & gas group Ascent Resources soared on an approach from Cadogan Petroleum
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Marks and Spencer Group PLC
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Marks and Spencer Group is a retailer of clothing, food and home products in the United Kingdom. The Company has 622 stores, including Simply Food franchise stores, as well as an international business.
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Small caps heading higher as Footsie falls; Ascent Resources PLC takes podium
Small cap shares were beating Footsie at lunch with Ascent Resources PLC in keeping with the name, topping the London leader board.
GlaxoSmithKline PLC boss to quit in 2017 amid shake-up talk
Drug giant says Andrew Witty will go in March 2017
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Aim 100 index halves week's losses
Aim's leading lights ended a rough week on a bright note
Small caps higher at lunch but blue chip brother higher
Junior oilers were making ground as small cap indices went higher but were still left in the rear view mirror by FTSE100.
Tesco's recovery drive produces festive cheer
Group like-for-like sales in the 19 weeks to January 9 rose 0.4%
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
Sainsbury's falls as questions remain about Home Retail bid
Supermarket chain said like-for-like third quarter retail sales fell 0.4% excluding fuel
Retail winners and losers: Morrisons, Debenhams, Greggs, Boohoo.com and AO World
Morrisons and Debenhams emerged as the latest winners of the high street battle
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.
Debenhams surprises with upbeat Christmas trading
Department store chain said fewer promotions and discounts lifted full-price sales by 5%
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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.
M&S boss quits but challenges remain, say analysts
Chief executive Marc Bolland announced plans to retire in April
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
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A light hearted look at shareholder perks that are available. Great news for beer swilling clothes horses in need of a telephone line rental.
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China chaos causes market carnage in London
Footsie plunged after China's market regulators ended trading after just 30 minutes
M&S boss quits as festive clothing sales dip
M&S said its food business had an excellent third quarter to Boxing Day
Thursday's agenda: Marks & Spencer looks to reassure investors
Elsewhere, house builder Persimmon will update the market on its fourth quarter trading.
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