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As Sky takeover limbo continues investors will have results to digest
Sky updates the market on Thursday as the takeover target carries on business as usual.
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WH Smith PLC
LON:SMWH
WHSmith PLC has 548 high street stores and 433 travel outlets at airport, train station, hospital and motorway service area locations across the UK which sell a wide range of newspapers, magazines, stationery, books and entertainment products.
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Sky in bid limbo but revenues still growing; Trinity Mirror update to be another media focus in week ahead
The Week Ahead includes trading updates from media firms Sky PLC and Trinity Mirror PLC, as well as news from defence group BAE Systems PLC, and minutes from the FOMC meeting
WH Smith maintains full year guidance as it cuts costs to offset sluggish sales at high street stores
WH Smith said its travel stores continued to drive growth this year while it made cost savings and margin improvements to its high street stores
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FTSE 100 closes higher as traders enjoy 'quiet in the storm'
London's FTSE 100 was trading steadily in Wednesday afternoon's exchanges.
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WH Smith update could make good reading as the count-down to the end of summer continues
The day ahead includes a trading update from books to stationary retailer WH Smith, and results from HSS Hire PLC and Petrofac Limited ...
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Final week of August lull to bring US jobs data, results from the likes of Bunzl and Hays
The week ahead includes results from Bunzl PLC, Hays, PLC, Ladbrokes Coral PLC, a trading update from WH Smith PLC, and the September US jobs report
WH Smith shares up as it remains “confident in the outcome for the full year”, with Travel sales up, but high street sales down
The retailer said total sales at its Travel business – which runs concessions at airports, railway stations, and motorway service areas - were up 8%, with like-for-like sales up 5%
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Torrent of tweets on toxic Tesco
To say opinions are divided on Tesco would be to imply that someone actually likes them ...
WH Smith's first half revenue flat as sales fall at high street stores
WH Smith has lifted its interim divided 9% after delivering first half profit growth on the back of cost saving measures
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Tesco hoping to put Booker doubts to bed
Tesco is expected to underline recent progress and that legacy issues are being dealt with
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Week ahead: Recruiters to provide Brexit insight while Tesco delivers finals
Week ahead: Tesco, Pagegroup, Hays, JD Sports, WH Smith ...
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Tesco hoping to put Booker doubts to bed
Tesco is expected to underline recent progress and that legacy issues are being dealt with.
Barclays Capital boosts WH Smith shares with an upgrade to ‘overweight’ on International Travel benefits
Barclays' analysts expect WH Smith to report over £100mln of International revenues in full-year 2017, up from just around £10mln in full-year 2011
Investec upgrades WH Smith to 'buy' on Travel boost expectations
In early morning trading, WH Smith shares topped the FTSE 250 leader board, up over 3.5%, or 62p at 1,683p.
International potential prompts WH Smith upgrade
“An upgrade in the Travel Division is very unusual to start with,”said Haitong.
WH Smith reports strong travel sales over Christmas, while “spoof humour" books cushion high street sales
The FTSE 250-listed firm said like-for-like sales for its travel business - which includes outlets at airports and railways stations – were up 5% for the 21 weeks to January 21.
FTSE 100 closes up but unfettered by Brexit plans or Dow’s 20K ascent
In New York, the US blue chip index was up over 150 points to 20,064, the first time it has exceeded the psychologically significant 20,000 level in intraday trading.
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Of BT's battles with Ofcom & Sky, and Unilever's face-off with supermarkets
Lots of big names reporting this week including: BHP, Dixons Carphone, easyJet, Diageo, Sky, Unilever and BT
WH Smith gets some Christmas cheer as Deutsche Bank returns its rating to ‘buy’
The analysts pointed out that WH Smith had been on Deutsche Bank’s Buy list for over 8 years before they downgraded their recommendation at the beginning of 2016.
WH Smith boosted by Zoella book club sales
Sales were boosted by the success of the Zoella book club established in June, the firm revealed