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IN BRIEF: BHP rolls out Australia's first battery-electric locomotives
BHP Group Ltd - Melbourne, Australia-based diversified miner - Rolls out Australia's first brand new purpose-built battery-electric locomotives in the Port Hedland. The two BELs, developed with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Westinghouse...
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IN BRIEF: Old Mutual promotes Soul Abraham as Old Mutual Insure CEO
Old Mutual Ltd - Anglo-South African financial services firm - Appoints Soul Abraham as chief executive officer-designate of Old Mutual Insure, its wholly owned subsidiary. Names Ranen Thakurdin as group...
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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks fall amid weak GDP print ahead of budget
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 on Thursday fell back from recent record highs weighed by soft economic data, mixed earnings and a batch of index heavyweights going ex-dividend. ...
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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 falls as earnings and ex-divs drag
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were lower at midday on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 lagging behind its European peers as weak corporate updates and ex-dividend shares offset...
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LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks mixed as GDP grows slower than expected
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened mixed on Thursday, as weaker-than-expected UK growth data weighed on sentiment ahead of the November 26 budget....
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LONDON BRIEFING: UK GDP barely grows; Aviva meets targets early
(Alliance News) - UK GDP barely grows in the third quarter, rising just 0.1%, while Aviva lifts its outlook as the Direct Line integration boosts performance and Burberry narrows its...
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UK growth stalls as September slump ends third quarter weakly
(Alliance News) - The UK economy barely expanded in the third quarter of 2025, with September figures showing a monthly contraction in the final set of growth data before the...
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LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: FTSE 100 seen up ahead of UK GDP data
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open slightly higher on Thursday, following the end of the US government shutdown and ahead of the release of UK growth...
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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 hits new high on SSE spark, gold gains
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 climbed to another fresh peak on Wednesday, powered by gains in electricity generator SSE and gold miners as the yellow metal headed north once...
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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE eases after touching record high
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were mixed at midday on Wednesday, as the FTSE 100 lost early momentum after touching fresh record highs in morning trade....
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