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Skydance Shares Fall Sharply in US Trading

Skydance shares fell sharply in US trading today, a day after the company reported quarterly results, and sit well below their 52-week high.

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M&S Pledges to Double its Dividend to 8.4p

Marks and Spencer has pledged to double its dividend to 8.4p for the 2026/27 financial year and set out a plan to grow Food sales and lift margins…

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Travis Perkins Sells Toolstation Benelux for €1

Travis Perkins has agreed to sell its loss-making Toolstation Benelux arm to Fidelium Partners for €1, but will also make a final capital injection of about £35m of…

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Capita Contests £24m Ofgem Cost Proposal

Ofgem has proposed disallowing up to £24m of costs at Capita’s Smart DCC subsidiary, below last year’s draft. Capita will contest it, and the unit sits outside its…

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Oxford Instruments Orders Jump 44%, Shares Rise

Oxford Instruments reported a 44% rise in half-year orders, led by compound semiconductor kits for AI data centres, and set out FY28 growth and margin goals for its…

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Northern Bear Proposes £9.1m Tender Offer

Northern Bear’s first-half profit halved as the board expected, but a proposed £9.1m tender offer at 132.5p a share, part-funded by bank debt, will move the building services…

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Aeorema Lifts Profit Guidance 18%

Aeorema Communications has raised its full-year revenue and profit guidance again, but the AIM-listed events agency’s shares have faded from their opening spike.

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Ferrexpo Halts Production After Grid Attacks

Ferrexpo has temporarily stopped production because attacks on Ukraine’s electricity network left too little stable power to run its operations. The shares fell in early trading, and no…

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Avon Profit Jumps 50% as Targets Beaten Early

Avon Technologies lifted adjusted operating profit by 50.6% to $60.7m and beat every medium-term target a year early, but guided to only mid-single-digit revenue growth for FY27.

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Filtronic Wins $3m Follow-On Satcom Order

Filtronic has won a $3m follow-on order from the US satellite-communications customer behind its $8m development programme, a sign the work is moving towards production. The shares rose…

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Lucid Misses Forecasts as PIF Lends $1.75bn More

Lucid missed third-quarter loss and revenue forecasts, and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has again stepped in, adding $1.75bn of lending to keep the electric carmaker funded into…

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Intel Shares Jump in Wider Chip Bounce

Intel shares were up 6.11% at $59.72 in today’s session, the day’s high, while chip stocks bounced, though the stock remains far below its 52-week peak.

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