The board of Spectris PLC (LSE:SXS) has backed an improved £4.1 billion cash offer from KKR, which trumped a £3.8 billion deal agreed last week with another US private equity firm, Advent ...

AstraZeneca PLC (LSE:AZN) shares spiked higher on Tuesday afternoon on reports that the boss of the UK pharmaceutical giant wants to move the company to the US. CEO Pascal Soriot wants to the FTSE ...

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FTSE called higher The FTSE 100 is expected to edge higher at the open, taking its cue from a firmer finish on Wall Street ...

Chemring Group (LSE:CHG) has struck a £20 million deal to buy a UK-based designer and manufacturer of software-defined radio (SDR) tracking systems for defence, government, and law enforcement ...

Kodal Minerals PLC (AIM:KOD) CEO Bernard Aylward talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's progress at the Bougouni Lithium Project, including a formal offtake agreement with Hainan ...

Shares in Bunzl PLC (LSE:BNZL) fell almost 3% following a downgrade by a Canadian investment bank amid concerns over growing competition. RBC Capital Markets dropped its recommendation to ...

Aviva PLC (LSE:AV.), Legal & General Group PLC (LSE:LGEN), M&G PLC (LSE:MNG) and other pension fund managers have agreed a new commitment with the government to allocate 10% of their workplace ...

12.19pm: US futures and dollar sink The pound is up 0.4% at $1.3587 and the euro 0.9% to $1.159 (its highest in three and a half years) as the US dollar has subsided heavily in the past few hours ...

Deltic Energy PLC (AIM:DELT) shares rose more than a third in value on the news that it is to be acquired by Rockrose Energy in a cash deal. The 7.46p per share deal is pitched at a 36% premium to ...