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...When Barings occupied its new offices at 8 Bishopsgate in 1981, it gained an efficient space with spectacular views over the City....
...The announcement knocked the price of bitcoin by more than 5 per cent from about $9,200 to less than $8,700....
...For better or worse, it’s a symbol of US capitalism,” says Spencer Mindlin, an analyst at Aite Group, a markets consultancy, in New York....
...Marks and Spencer added 2.2 per cent to 480.6p, Sports Direct gained 1.9 per cent to 698p and Next rose 1.4 per cent to £63.20. The BRC said Furniture and Flooring was the best performing category....
...Morgan Commodity ETF Services LLC originally lodged its Physical Copper Trust prospectus in October and has refiled amended versions a further five times, the last in July....
...Normally, the US is a graveyard of British retail ambition, with everyone from Knickerbox to Marks & Spencer and even Tesco failing to match expectations....
...Fresh snowfalls across Britain weighed on the retailers, with Marks and Spencer down 1.7 per cent to 375½p, Next off 1.8 per cent to £19.85 and Dixons Retail 4.5 per cent weaker at 24¼p....
...A summer of stormy annual meetings, which began with a governance dispute at Prudential and continued with a pay row at Marks & Spencer, will acquire a fresh chapter on Tuesday....
...Marks and Spencer recently started selling branded products in its food stores after sales of its own-label goods declined....
...Marks and Spencer was down 0.7 per cent to 399p, while Debenhams fell 2.8 per cent at 81¾p....
...Earnings per share rose 5.8 per cent to 16.4p....
...BP was up 4.5 per cent to 515p and BHP Billiton rose 4.8 per cent to £26.18....
...Marks and Spencer lost 2.3 per cent to 387¼p in the wake of Friday’s warnings from New Look and Arcadia. of weak sales growth....
...Marks and Spencer dipped 2.7 per cent to 352¼p even though Capital Research & Management declared a raised stake of 5.5 per cent....
...Analysts are expecting pre-tax profits of about £960m – just short of the £1bn barrier that M&S broke in its mid-1990s heyday – on turnover of £8.5bn....
...Shares worth $2.4bn at Freedom’s Friday close of $10.45 – up 8.4 per cent on unusually high volume – will also be issued to GLG’s owners, who will control the group....
...Gross margins were up 3.6 percentage points to 42.8 per cent on the back of better buying....
...Next’s underlying sales at stores unaffected by new openings fell 3.2 per cent from August 1 to Christmas Eve, while total retail sales rose 8.7 per cent....
...But the real litmus test for M&S will be on November 8 when Mr Rose presents interim results....
...Next and Marks and Spencer continued their good runs, up 2 per cent to £15.30 and 1.4 per cent to 479p respectively on indications of strong Christmas trading....
...Marks and Spencer gained 1.1 per cent to 445¾p, boosted by a note from UBS, which added 25p to the retailer’s price target, now 475p....
...Ahead of its eagerly-anticipated second quarter trading update today, Marks and Spencer was another top gainer, up 2.3 per cent to 384p....
...It prompted another round of selling in large-chain retail stocks, with Wm Morrison down 2.3 per cent to 178p, J Sainsbury 2.8 per cent weaker at 275p and Marks and Spencer 0.6 per cent softer at 345¼p....
...However, it was another good day for Marks and Spencer as brokers revised their forecasts in the light of Tuesday’s interim figures. Lehman Brothers upped its target on the stock to 505p....
...Marks and Spencer, the retailer, gained 1.8 per cent to 368½p on vague, but wild rumour, that a venture capitalist group, led by ex-WestLB banker Robin Saunders could be preparing a bid....
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