By David Henry TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) took an unusual step to fight off investors seeking more oversight of his activities - ...

Australian shares inched 0.1 percent higher on Wednesday, led by blue-chip miners after comments from two voting U.S. Federal Reserve presidents eased fears the Fed was contemplating an imminent cut in ...

The curse of hedging that blighted gold in the 1990s is making a comeback, and threatens to loom over the market like Banquo's ghost.

Well-received results from a number of FTSE 100 heavyweights and a sharp drop in consumer-price inflation in the UK lifted London's benchmark index to fresh multiyear highs on Tuesday.

Britain's parliament is to probe UK-based mining and oil firms, delving into areas such as transparency and disclosure after troubles at two mining companies burnt some investors' fingers. Parliament's ...

Cruise ship operator Carnival, the world's largest, took a hit after it issued a brutal profit warning overnight for its full-year earnings per share, primarily as a result of lower net revenue yield expectations ...

Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital on Tuesday after being hit by rubber bullets, police said, as labour strife spread ahead of mid-year pay negotiations. As well as the violence at ...

Britain's dominant cement makers could be forced to sell off plants to tackle a lack of competition which regulators say has cost customers hundreds of millions of pounds. The Competition Commission said ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital on Tuesday after being hit by rubber bullets, police said, as labour strife swells in mines and factories ahead of mid-year ...

By John Balassi May 21 - Market tone is mixed early on Tuesday, but the pace of US high-grade issuance is still expected to pick up after yesterday's relatively tame USD2.35bn in new supply. Today's session ...

Rallying miners and a contract win for outsourcing company Capita helped steady the FTSE 100 by midday on Tuesday despite weakness in travel firms after disappointing results from Carnival. By 1011 GMT, ...

Antofagasta: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 1065p to 1040p, while leaving its hold recommendation unchanged.

Markets were trading within a narrow range on Tuesday morning after finishing at 12-year highs the day before, as traders consider how much further the impressive year-to-date rally has to go.

Britain's competition regulator may force major cement producers to sell plants as part of efforts to break open the country's cement market, after finding a limited number of players was likely to be ...

While it may be true that ENRC may be worth more as a privately held company than as a listed concern minority owners deserve more than the 260p per share offered by the group's founding oligarchs and ...

A spate of profit warnings from Australian mining services firms suggests the country's "once-in-a-century" resources spending boom may have peaked sooner than companies, economists and policymakers ...

There are things to love and loathe about most companies. Today, I'm going to tell you about three things to love about Rio Tinto . I'll also be asking whether these positive factors make this FTSE 100 ...

Mondi, the international packaging and paper group, has appointed Frederik Phaswana as its joint Chairman as of June 1st, replacing Cyril Ramaphosa who stepped down at the start of this month.

By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended little changed on Monday, with indexes hovering near record levels as concerns about a correction cut earlier gains that had been prompted by news ...

Shares in beleaguered miner ENRC fell almost 3pc on Monday after independent directors formally dismissed a lower than expected sighting shot.

The oil rig maker was hit by a double-whammy of analyst downgrades.

The FTSE 100 managed to close Monday's session moderately higher, albeit at 12 year highs, after rising by 33 points to the 6,756 point mark.

1630: Close The FTSE has settled at a new five-and-a-half-year high after a volatile session. The gains were driven by a strong performance from RBS after Numis raised its target price from 308p to 410p, ...

Royal Bank of Scotland was in the lead after Numis raised its target price from 308p to 410p, while upgrading the stock to buy.

The FTSE 100 had erased its early-morning gains by Monday lunchtime, as strong performances by easyJet and RBS were offset by heavy falls in the mining sector.

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Petrofac Petrofac is an energy services firm with a first-class growth record. Since 2007, sales, earnings per share (EPS) and dividends per share at the company have grown year-in, year-out. In the last ...

South Africa's rand hit new four-year lows on Monday after Mercedes Benz said workers at an assembly plant had staged an illegal strike and the government-allied union demanded big wage hikes for coal ...

Transport firm FirstGroup led the fallers after cancelling its final dividend as it restructured its balance sheet and refinanced after a year in which operating profits halved. In results announced two ...

Marks & Spencer (M&S) and Vodafone are expected to make waves Tuesday when they release their full-year results.

Alent: Credit Suisse initiates with a target price of 430p and an outperform rating.

Dividend income accounts for around two-thirds of total returns, the actual rate of return taking into account both capital and income appreciation. Given that share prices are often volatile and unpredictable, ...