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Randgold among FTSE 100 fallers as gold drops ahead of EU vote
The polls are tight and much can still happen before Thursday’s EU vote, in the meantime equities are expected to show some volatility.
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Whitbread PLC
LON:WTB
Whitbread PLC is the UK's largest hotel and restaurant company operating businesses in the budget hotels and restaurant sectors. Its brands include Premier Inn, Beefeater, Table Table, Brewers Fayre and Taybarns. Whitbread PLC employs over 33,000 people and serves 8.5 million customers every month in its 1500 outlets across the UK.
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PREVIEW - Trading statement from Costa owner Whitbread
Costa Coffee and Premier Inn owner is bringing out a trading statement Tuesday.
Week Ahead: Tesco looking for something a bit more drastic
Drastic Dave has been in the hot seat at Tesco for almost two years
Aim gloom leavened by demand for Aurasian Minerals and Egdon Resources
Outside of the resources sector, Summit Therapeutics was also going well
Big caps outshine smaller stocks early on
Big caps outshone small caps in early deals, with small cap miners again in focus. FTSE100 was up over 28 at 6,289, while FTSE AIM 100 lost 0.07% to 3,462 and the FTSE AIM All share was practically flat at 731.770.
Profits froth up at Costa Coffee owner Whitbread
Hotel, coffee shop and restaurant group hikes dividend by a tenth
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SNAPSHOT: Whitbread and BP give Footsie an early boost
Whitbread and BP were the top two blue-chip risers early doors
PREVIEW: BP Plc profits and dividend will be focus of Q1 results
BP, British American Tobacco and Whitbread are among the highlights in the schedule for Tuesday - meanwhile Boohoo.com, Carpetright, Petra Diamonds and Horizon Discovery are also among the notable names.
Beaufort Securities boosts Chariot Oil & Gas
Broker upgraded the Africa and Brazil-focused oil explorer to a speculative buy
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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First Quantum Minerals Limited gets a clap from Barclays
Scribes at Barclays give credit to the timing and strategy of First Quantum Minerals Ltd today and repeat an 'overweight' rating...
Investments and investor services
G4S Plc and Restaurant Group Plc downgraded by brokers
G4S Plc, Restaurant Group, Firestone Diamonds, Gem Diamonds and Genel Energy, Cairn Energy, Pridential, and Whitbread are all in Thursday’s broker spotlight.
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FTSE 100 slides despite strong updates from Admiral and CRH
With half an eye on tomorrow's jobs release in the US investors took money off the table
Whitbread's Costa Coffee loses its froth
Total group sales were up 1.7%, down from 5.8% a year earlier
FTSE100 drops for the fourth straight day
The index had lost around 23 points by lunch to 6,103
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FTSE100 slips as companies release mixed earnings reports
The FTSE100 slipped around 20 points to 6,106 this morning
Whitbread serves up higher sales but shares drop
Whitbread said total sales had increased 11.1% and like-for-like sales rose 3.6%
Thursday's agenda - Marshalls to pave the way?
There's a veritable flurry of corporate releases on Thursday......