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FTSE 100 closes firmly higher as investors fret less on China/US relations
The UK blue-chip benchmark closed up over 58 points at 7,556, while its mid-cap cousin FTSE 250 added almost 142 points
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Pearson PLC
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Pearson is an international media company with market-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing.
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Lloyds and HSBC go ex-div, but has the BBQ summer saved Kingfisher’s first half?
Investors in the B&Q owner will be hoping for a BBQ boost sufficient to offset the springtime freeze.
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Heatwave should provide a lift for BBQ and garden products at retailer Kingfisher
Aside from the DIY retailer's numbers, the Week Ahead diary includes updates from miner Antofagasta, and motor insurers Admiral and esure, plus a raft of key UK data
Great Western Mining lifted by expansion in land position
A look at some of the biggest risers and fallers in London on Friday
Pearson posts better-than-expected first-half results, on track to return to underlying full-year profit growth
The FTSE 100-listed firm posted half-year adjusted operating profit of £107mln, flat on the first-half of 2017 but up 46% on an underlying basis and well ahead of the consensus forecast for £85mln
FTSE 100 closes higher, boosted by earnings and weaker pound
In London, FTSE 100 added over 38 points to finish at 7,701 - that was up on the week too, marginally - by 0.29%.
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BT investors 'flying blind' as it reports first quarter results without net adds
Jefferies reckons the key focus for BT's quarterly results will be on the business and public sector division following a poor performance last year
Pearson out in the cold as Deutsche Bank takes a shine to information providers
The information publishing sector is in rude health, according to Deutsche Bank
Builders and building materials
Bovis Homes and Persimmon lower as mortgage rate rise looms
The house-builders continue to make money hand over fist in an environment that seems to have been cultivated to maximise their profitability but profitability may have peaked
Pearson shares fall on Barclays downgrade
In a note to clients, analysts at Barclays said Pearson faces many challenges and they have some concerns that there are more downside risks
Pearson gets first quarter lift but brokers say it is too early to tell if it has turned the corner
The first quarter is not especially significant for Pearson, accounting for around one-fifth of full-year revenues and roughly one-tenth of US higher education courseware revenues
Pearson up after saying on course to meet expectations as it reports 1% rise in first-quarter underlying revenue
The FTSE 100-listed educational publishing group said growth in North America and its Core business was partially offset by a decline in its Growth segment due to the phasing of sales in South African school courseware
Investments and investor services
FTSE 100 strengthens following wishy-washy US jobs data
It's the first Friday of the month, so naturally much of the attention was on the US non-farm payroll report.
FTSE 100 closes firmly higher despite disappointing service sector stats
The UK bluechip-benchmark closed over 165 points higher at 7,199, while the FTSE 250 added over 311 points at 19,576
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British Airways owner IAG and rival easyJet expected to continue March airline traffic boost
The day ahead includes March traffic from blue chip airlines easyJet PLC and British Airways owner International Airlines Group PLC, plus a trading update from Electrocomponents PLC
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Topps Tiles, IAG, easyJet, Electrocomponents and US jobs in focus after Easter break
The week ahead includes interims from Topps Tiles, traffic statistics from easyJet and IAG, a trading statement from Electrocomponents and the US non-farm payrolls report
Pearson swings to full year profit as restructuring efforts pay off
Pearson said it is on track to deliver £300mln of annualised cost savings by 2020 under its restructuring plan
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FTSE 100 closes in the red as RBS and IAG slump, but the FTSE 250 holds on to gains
The FTSE 100 was dragged lower by falls in the Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways owner IAG
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Blue chip banking finale due on Friday with full-year numbers from Royal Bank of Scotland
Day ahead includes full-year numbers from FTSE 100-listed Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Standard Life Aberdeen PLC, Pearson PLC, and FTSE 250 bookmaker William Hill PLC
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Could price-to-sales be the key to identifying blue-chips on the recovery trail?
Since the "bombed out" virtual portfolio bit the dust, we've lacked a stock filter that identifies recovery stocks; once again drawing on the simple ideas of Michael O'Higgins ("Dogs of the Dow"), John Harrington takes a look at the price-t