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Sky plays an important role in the British TV and radio landscape. It brings us entertainment, information and sport through mass programme distribution, and also provides telecoms and Internet services.
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BT revealed that Brendan Barber - chairman of employment relations service Acas and a former Trades Union Congress boss - and Edward Astle - a former Board member of National Grid PLC (LON:NGG) - will become non-executive directors of Openr
Vodafone said it was in talks with Ideal Cellular’s owner, Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla about an all-share deal that could help the groups counter fierce competition.
The FTSE 100-listed firm reported a 9% fall in operating profits to £679mln for the six months to December 31, down from the £744mln posted in the previous year.
FTSE 100 ended softer on Thursday following sharp falls by Sage Group and Unilever, while mid- and small-cap stocks gained
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BT Group shocked investors earlier this week so many will be waiting on tenterhooks to hear whether TV and broadband bundling rival Sky is faring better.
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Also reporting: Diageo, Daily Mail, Sky, Anglo American, Lonmin, St James's Place and Whitbread
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Lots of big names reporting this week including: BHP, Dixons Carphone, easyJet, Diageo, Sky, Unilever and BT
Richard Hunter is keeping tabs on AstraZeneca, GSK and ITV as we head into 2017
Credit Suisse has upped its price target for Sky but downgraded the stock to 'neutral'
FTSE 100 stocks closed higher on Thursday, just shy of the 7000 mark, but the theme of the session was all about weaker sterling in the wake of the US interest rate hike overnight
Haitong’s analysts drew this conclusion after studying submissions the trustee of the BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) made to Ofcom on October 4, which were published on November 29.
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FTSE 100 shares extended gains in the second half of Tuesday to close comfortably up in tendem with record-breaking gains on Wall Street
Shares in North River Resources dropped 10% as it said that it has completed drilling on the Namib project in Namibia but it is not expecting a lift in the amount of indicated mineral resources until more drilling has been undertaken
Late on Friday, Murdoch's Fox tabled a £10.75 a share cash bid, backed by Sky's independent directors, in its second attempt to buy the 61% of the firm that it does not currently own.
The London market slid despite shares in oil companies being boosted by a jump in oil prices
Sky PLC shares rocketed by a third and scaled a 9-and-a-half-month high on Friday after 21st Century Fox announced plans to take full control of the London-listed broadcaster
FTSE 100 shares closed higher on Friday, after Wall Street recorded another set of record high indices and it was announced just before closing time that 21st Century Fox plans to take over UK broadcaster Sky PLC
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Sky set out the details for its venture into the mobile market yesterday, and brokers weren’t sure whether they were impressed or not
