Hot Off The Wires - 12 November 2019

News

• The sale of British Steel to the state-backed Jingye Group has sparked speculation that it could open the door for another Chinese company to make an offer to Tata Steel.

• Walgreens Boots Alliance has received a buyout proposal from the private equity group KKR, a deal that would be the biggest private equity transaction on record.

• Greggs has raised its profit guidance for the fourth time this year as the bakery chain continues to buck the high street slowdown.

• The 737 Max jet should fly again in January, Boeing said yesterday.

• UBS has been fined $51m in Hong Kong for overcharging thousands of customers for bond trades over almost a decade.

Results

• Land Sec. Group (LAND.L) - HY Results

• Meggitt (MGGT.L) - Update on Q3 trading and 2019 guidance

• Experian (EXPN.L) - HY Report

• ITV (ITV.L) - Q3 Trading Statement

• DCC (DCC.L) - Acquisition of Ion Laboratories

• Vodafone Group (VOD) - HY Report

• AVEVA Group (AVV.L) - HY Report

• B&M European (BME.L) - HY Report

• Electrocomponents (ECM.L) - HY Report

• Assura (AGR.L) - Interim Results 2019

• OnTheMarket (OTMP.L) - Agreement with Persimmon

• Telic Communications (TCM.L) - Trading Update

• Gear4music (G4M.L) - Interim Results

Trivia

Who won the third football world cup in 1938?

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