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IN BRIEF: LondonMetric Property sells retail assets, buys warehouses
LondonMetric Property PLC - London-based real estate investment trust focuses on logistics, healthcare, convenience, entertainment and leisure properties - Sells two "mature" out-of-town retailing properties for GBP64.4 million and buys...
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Harbour Energy acquires Gulf of Mexico operator LLOG Exploration
(Alliance News) - Harbour Energy PLC on Monday said the USD3.2 billion acquisition of LLOG Exploration Co LLC will materially improve cash flow supporting "competitive shareholder distributions"....
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IN BRIEF: Prudential completes share buyback to cover scrip dividends
Prudential PLC - London-based insurer focused on Asia and Africa - Completes share buyback worth GBP24.6 million that was launched to neutralise scrip dividend share issuance. Scrip dividends are paid...
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AstraZeneca says lung cancer trial fails to meet survival target
(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Monday said a phase three trial in a potential treatment for a form of non-small cell lung cancer failed to meet a key aim,...
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LONDON MARKET OPEN: Cautious trade in Europe but gold shines
(Alliance News) - European equities made a mixed start to the holiday-shortened week, but sterling perked up and gold achieved a new record high....
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IN BRIEF: Hiscox completes USD275 million share buyback for 2025
Hiscox Ltd - Bermuda-based specialist insurer - Completes USD275 million share buyback on Friday. The buyback was started in February as a USD175 million programme and increased to USD275 million...
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IN BRIEF: McTighe to stay on as IG fails to find new chair by year-end
IG Group Holdings PLC - London-based online trading platform - Says search for a new chair is "progressing well" but incumbent Mike McTighe has agreed to stay in the role...
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LONDON BRIEFING: Harbour Energy makes USD3.2 billion US buy
(Alliance News) - Harbour Energy has struck a deal to deliver on a "long-standing ambition", while AstraZeneca reports a drug failed to meet its primary endpoint in a phase three...
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UK economic growth eases to 0.1% in third quarter, ONS confirms
(Alliance News) - The UK economy suffered a growth slowdown in the third quarter of the year, numbers from the Office for National Statistics confirmed on Monday. ...
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LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: FTSE 100 set to slip; gold hits new record
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open slightly lower at the start of a holiday-shortened week, before UK economic data, while gold powered to a new record...
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