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Friday's agenda: Tesco still going backwards in its home market
Portuguese finance house BESI thinks Tesco needs a rights issue, but it would be a major shock were it to announce one on Friday
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Tesco PLC
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Tesco - the leading supermarket in Britain With small grocery stores under the Tesco Metro brand name, big supermarkets outside cities (Tesco Extra) and 24-hour stores.
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FTSE 100 clings on to gains
The Footsie ebbed in the afternoon as Greek debt negotiations took a turn for the worse, but the index still finished in positive territory.
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FTSE 100 consolidates gains despite Greek bailout setback
London's blue chips are higher despite some last minute wrangling in the set-to between Greece and its pay-masters, but the mid-cap index takes some lumps.
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London shares edge higher on Greek deal hopes
Traders stay optimistic about deal between Athens and Brussels
Footsie's gains ebb away
The morning's gains ebbed away as negotiations between Greece and its creditors took a turn for the worse
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Week Ahead: Is Tesco still off its trolley?
Tesco's new boss has followed the text-book by "kitchen sinking" everything in sight and putting non-core assets up for sale, but how is the core business doing?
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Broker spotlight, including Supermarkets, Premier Foods and Hummingbird Resources
City firm Investec reckons Premier Foods (LON:PFD) is tasty and has upgraded the share to 'buy' from 'hold'. It also punts up the target price a tad - to 51p from 47p each.
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FTSE100 gains capped by fear over Greece negotiations
Britain's blue chips closed around 16 points higher, at 6,846 as gains were halted by news that Greek talks had stalled.
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FTSE 100 higher at lunch; Red24 teams with Allianz
Investors took the news that Greece and its creditors are ramping up their discussions as a positive sign.
US stocks open higher on strong economic data
The Dow Jones climbed 72 points, or 0.4% to 18,069, while there were similar gains for the Nasdaq and the S&P 500.
UPDATE - Sainsbury's sales slip amid price falls and competition
Chain says strong food price deflation and competition hitting trading
Short-selling in UK's supermarkets hits a record
Share-borrowing in big UK grocers has hit new highs in last few weeks, Markit says
Morrisons to set off new round of supermarket price war
the supermarket chain is lowering the price of 200 items as it battles an increase in popularity for discounters Lidl and Aldi.
FTSE 100 flat; Vodafone, Diageo and BT at centre of takeover rumours
London's main index was flat at lunch with supermarkets at the bottom of the index.
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FTSE 100 flat; Vodafone, Diageo and BT at centre of takeover rumours
London's main index was flat at lunch with supermarkets at the bottom of the index.
Broker spotlight - Netflix, ITV, Sky, Tesco, Wizz Air, Halfords, DiamondCorp
Netflix has added more subscribers in one year than Canal or Sky did in twenty.
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FTSE 100 ends 55 points down for the day
In Europe, Greece deferred its payment to the International Monetary Fund while in the US, non-farm payroll data showed there were 280,000 new jobs generated in May.
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FTSE 100 was 1% lower at lunch; Halfords sales climb above £1bn for the first time
London's blue-chip stocks were lower today on Grexit fears as prime minister Alexus Tsipras deferred the county's payment to the International Monetary Fund until the end of the month.
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UPDATE - Wincanton drives up profits but vehicle repair arm slows it down
New haulage contracts help trucking group boost profits