http://www.advfn.com/lse/rss.asp London Stock Exchange Company Newsfeed en Mon, 12 May 2008 07:23:53 BST Mon, 12 May 2008 07:23:53 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=VOD&article=26245743&headline=singapore-telecom-units-to-roll-out-apples-iphone-in-india-australia http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=VOD&article=26245743&headline=singapore-telecom-units-to-roll-out-apples-iphone-in-india-australia SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd and its subsidiaries have signed a deal with Apple Inc. to roll out its iPhone in India, the Philippines and Australia later this year, SingTel said on Monday. The iPhone is Apple's internet-enabled multimedia mobile phone with a multi-touch... Mon, 12 May 2008 07:23:53 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=WHG&article=26245675&headline=wren-homes-acquires-options-over-11-sites-for-extra-care-schemes http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=WHG&article=26245675&headline=wren-homes-acquires-options-over-11-sites-for-extra-care-schemes LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Wren Homes Group Plc., the AIM listed retirement housing specialist, said it has acquired options over eleven additional sites suitable for Extra Care Schemes, ranging from 50 to 75 units at each scheme, for a nominal consideration. Wren already has planning permission for... Mon, 12 May 2008 07:15:14 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=SBRY&article=26245669&headline=delta-two-able-to-bid-for-sainsbury-again http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=SBRY&article=26245669&headline=delta-two-able-to-bid-for-sainsbury-again LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Delta Two, the Qatari-backed investment vehicle that made a 10.6 billion pound bid for Sainsbury last year, will become free to make a fresh bid for the supermarket chain this week, the Daily Mail reported. Delta was prevented from bidding for six months after it pulled out... Mon, 12 May 2008 07:14:15 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=CNA&article=26245199&headline=centrica-suing-accenture-over-it-system-seeks-182-mln-pounds http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=CNA&article=26245199&headline=centrica-suing-accenture-over-it-system-seeks-182-mln-pounds LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Energy group Centrica Plc is suing consultancy group Accenture for 182 million pounds over an IT system that it claims caused chaos in the customer billing operations of its British Gas unit, according to reports. Centrica has issued a High Court writ in which it says British... Mon, 12 May 2008 06:55:41 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=PRS&article=26245157&headline=prisa-holds-over-95-pct-of-sogecable-after-full-bid http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=PRS&article=26245157&headline=prisa-holds-over-95-pct-of-sogecable-after-full-bid MADRID (Thomson Financial) - Promotora de Informaciones SA. (Prisa) said it holds over 95 percent of Sogecable SA. following its 28 euro-per-share bid for the outstanding 53 pct of the audiovisual group it did not already own. In a statement late Friday, Prisa said that in the next few days it will study... Mon, 12 May 2008 06:42:18 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=REP&article=26245013&headline=shell-repsol-quit-iran-gas-project http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=REP&article=26245013&headline=shell-repsol-quit-iran-gas-project LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Royal Dutch Shell and Spain's Repsol YPF SA. have pulled out of one of Iran's biggest gas projects amid geopolitical uncertainty and rising costs, the Financial Times reported. The pair will withdraw from the $10 bln-plus development of phase 13 of South Pars, the world's... Mon, 12 May 2008 05:59:18 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=GAH&article=26245006&headline=thomson-financial-europe-am-at-a-glance-share-guide-shares-oil-mixed http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=GAH&article=26245006&headline=thomson-financial-europe-am-at-a-glance-share-guide-shares-oil-mixed LONDON (Thomson Financial) - U.S. SUMMARY: Shares, dollar lower Index Change Percent change *DJIA 12745.88 -120.90 +0.94 *Nasdaq 2445.52 -5.72 +0.23 *S&P 500 1388.28 -9.40 +0.67 Nymex crude for June $125.96 +2.27 dollars 10 year U.S. treasury 3.77 percent * Friday's close STOCKS: Wall Street ended... Mon, 12 May 2008 05:52:07 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=DCX&article=26244595&headline=beijing-automotive-in-talks-to-develop-cars-under-own-brand http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=DCX&article=26244595&headline=beijing-automotive-in-talks-to-develop-cars-under-own-brand BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Beijing Automotive Industry Corp is in talks with joint venture partner Daimler-Benz for assistance in developing cars under the Chinese company's brand, the South China Morning Post reported, citing a central government economic planner. Li Gang, an official with the National Development... Mon, 12 May 2008 01:06:56 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=EDF&article=26243290&headline=british-govt-considering-ownership-limit-on-new-nuclear-power-stations http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=EDF&article=26243290&headline=british-govt-considering-ownership-limit-on-new-nuclear-power-stations LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The British government is considering a limit on ownership of British Energy Group Plc (BE) nuclear power station sites, according to a report. Ministers are considering allowing bidders for the UK energy group, which at present comprises only French utility EDF, to buy or... Sun, 11 May 2008 15:29:00 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=CNA&article=26243270&headline=edf-bids-for-british-govt-stake-in-british-energy http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=CNA&article=26243270&headline=edf-bids-for-british-govt-stake-in-british-energy PARIS (Thomson Financial) - French electric utility EDF made a bid on Friday to acquire the British government's 35.2 percent stake in British Energy Group, according to reports in the newspaper Journal du Dimanche and from British Broadcasting Corp. The French newspaper, which did not cite sources... Sun, 11 May 2008 15:22:41 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=RDSA&article=26243216&headline=shell-losing-30-000-barrels-per-day-after-nigeria-oil-attacks http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=RDSA&article=26243216&headline=shell-losing-30-000-barrels-per-day-after-nigeria-oil-attacks PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Thomson Financial) - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc. has said it is losing the equivalent of 30,000 barrels of crude oil per day because of recent attacks against its installations in Nigeria. The unrest in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer, helped drive oil prices to a... Sun, 11 May 2008 14:53:45 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=CPW&article=26243206&headline=best-buy-may-make-offers-for-dsg-international-kesa http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=CPW&article=26243206&headline=best-buy-may-make-offers-for-dsg-international-kesa LONDON (Thomson Financial) - U.S. electrical retailer Best Buy Co Inc is weighing up takeover offers for UK rivals DSG International and Kesa, according to a report. Best Buy chief executive Brad Anderson said buying Comet owner Kesa and DSG, which owns Currys and PC World, had "been one of those... Sun, 11 May 2008 14:47:10 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=EAD&article=26243195&headline=zodiac-diehl-still-want-to-buy-airbus-german-plant http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=EAD&article=26243195&headline=zodiac-diehl-still-want-to-buy-airbus-german-plant FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Two companies are still interested in buying Airbus's plant in Laupheim, Germany, according to Saturday's edition of Schwaebische Zeitung newspaper, which cited sources. The newspaper identified the two as German company Diehl and French group Zodiac. Laupheim works council... Sun, 11 May 2008 14:44:34 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=EAD&article=26243171&headline=china-unveils-new-jumbo-jet-company-state-media http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=EAD&article=26243171&headline=china-unveils-new-jumbo-jet-company-state-media BEIJING (Thomson Financial) - China unveiled its own jumbo jet maker in Shanghai on Sunday, state press reported, in a move that could eventually rival Airbus and Boeing. The new company, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (CACC), will be responsible for researching, developing, manufacturing and... Sun, 11 May 2008 14:32:59 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=LLOY&article=26243129&headline=lloyds-tsb-to-announce-hundreds-of-it-job-losses-this-week http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=LLOY&article=26243129&headline=lloyds-tsb-to-announce-hundreds-of-it-job-losses-this-week LONDON (Thomson Financial) - British bank Lloyds TSB Group Plc will announce hundreds of job losses in the UK on Wednesday, according to a report. Lloyds will tell its staff about the outcome of a review of its IT operations, which is expected to recommend the bank outsources more of its IT infrastructure... Sun, 11 May 2008 14:20:26 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=BAY&article=26243078&headline=ba-appoints-headhunter-to-find-coo-who-could-become-ceo http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=BAY&article=26243078&headline=ba-appoints-headhunter-to-find-coo-who-could-become-ceo LONDON (Thomson Financial) - British Airways Plc has appointed a headhunter to find a new chief operating officer who could eventually replace chief executive Willie Walsh, according to reports. BA has recruited Whitehead Mann to find a COO to replace the two directors who quit the company after the... Sun, 11 May 2008 13:59:34 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=BA.&article=26243068&headline=bae-drawing-up-blacklist-of-countries-with-corruption-risk http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=BA.&article=26243068&headline=bae-drawing-up-blacklist-of-countries-with-corruption-risk LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Defence group BAE Systems Plc is drawing up a "blacklist" of countries that it will not deal with to avoid being tainted by corruption, according to a report. BAE is identifying countries where it could face pressure to become involved in practices that could leave... Sun, 11 May 2008 13:53:14 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=BT.A&article=26243062&headline=bt-in-talks-to-sell-uk-data-centres-to-hp-for-1-5-bln-pounds http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=BT.A&article=26243062&headline=bt-in-talks-to-sell-uk-data-centres-to-hp-for-1-5-bln-pounds LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Telecommunications group BT Group Plc is in talks to sell its British data centres to U.S. computing giant Hewlett-Packard Co for 1.5 billion pounds, according to a report. The move will deepen the four-year alliance between the two and is designed to increase the profitability... Sun, 11 May 2008 13:50:37 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=BAB&article=26243004&headline=uk-aircraft-carriers-to-get-approval-next-week http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=BAB&article=26243004&headline=uk-aircraft-carriers-to-get-approval-next-week LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The British government is set to give approval next week for the long-delayed construction of two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, according to a report. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is expected to formally commit to the 4 billion pound programme next week and to... Sun, 11 May 2008 13:28:13 BST http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=VOD&article=26242995&headline=vodafone-mulling-20-bln-pound-bid-for-african-phone-operator-mtn http://www.advfn.com/lse/ShareNews.asp?sharenews=VOD&article=26242995&headline=vodafone-mulling-20-bln-pound-bid-for-african-phone-operator-mtn LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Vodafone Group Plc is examining a 20 billion pound bid for Africa's largest mobile phone operator MTN, according to a report. Chief executive Arun Sarin has told his in-house acquisition team to examine options to buy South African based MTN, which revealed last week that... Sun, 11 May 2008 13:26:08 BST