Hot Off The Wires - 10 March 2020

News

• Global markets suffered their worst day since the financial crisis of 2008 in a sell-off dubbed the new Black Monday amid growing alarm over the effect of coronavirus on the world economy.

• Italy’s entire population of 60m people have been placed in quarantine in a desperate attempt to halt the spiralling coronavirus epidemic.

• Business confidence in the UK has plummeted since the start of the global coronavirus crisis, according to a survey by the Institute of Directors.

• Britain and the EU are set to present competing drafts of their future trade agreement as each side digs in ahead of the resumption of negotiations next week.

Results

• Informa (INF) - Final Results

• Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) - Annual Financial Report

• M&G (MNG) - Final Results

• John Wood Group (WG/) – Final Results

• Close Brothers Group (CBG) – Half Year Results

• Ultra Electronics Holdings (ULE) – Final Results

• TP Icap (TCAP) – Final Results

• SimplyBiz (SBIZ) -Final Results

• Marshall Motor (MMH) - Final Results

• Frontier Developments (FDEV) – F1 license and other publishing deals

• Midwich Group (MIDW) – Final Results

• Marlowe (MRL) – Acquisition

• Seeing Machines (SEE) – Half Year Results

Trivia

How many flowers do I have if all of them are roses except two, all of them are tulips except two, and all of them are daisies except two?

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