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CVS Health Plans to Split Drugstores From Aetna by 2028

CVS Health plans to break up the integrated model it built around the $78bn Aetna deal, separating its drugstores from its insurance and drug-benefits businesses. Existing shareholders will…

UK Stock News

Petra Diamonds Secures $20m Advance Deal

Petra Diamonds says a diamond buyer will advance at least $20m against future output from its Cullinan mine, and its senior lender will hold off enforcement for up…

UK Stock News

Prudential Shares Post Seventh Straight Daily Gain

Prudential shares rose for a seventh consecutive session yesterday, closing at 944.2p, two sessions short of the longest winning run in the stock’s price history, though still well…

UK Stock News

MedPal Repeat Revenue More Than Doubles to £1.34m

MedPal AI’s New Health weight-loss clinic grew October revenue by a third to £3.63m as revenue from returning customers more than doubled, though funding talks are still at…

UK Stock News

Gem Diamonds Lifts Guidance After Revenue Jump

Gem Diamonds sold fewer carats in the third quarter but took in more revenue, helped by large stones including a 347 carat diamond. It raised full-year production and…

UK Stock News

Foresight Solar NAV Slips to 93.8p

Foresight Solar Fund’s net asset value slipped 1.1p a share in the third quarter as higher discount rates and the dividend outweighed time value, power prices and inflation,…

International Markets

Novo Nordisk Raises Outlook on Wegovy Pill Beat

Novo Nordisk beat third-quarter forecasts on strong sales of its Wegovy pill and raised its 2026 outlook again, with its Copenhagen shares higher before the US opens.

UK Stock News

Barratt Redrow Keeps Guidance, Private Demand Softens

Barratt Redrow left full-year guidance unchanged in its AGM trading update this morning, but its underlying private reservation rate fell and completions dropped 12.1%, with rental deals lifting…

UK Stock News

Coca-Cola HBC Lifts Revenue Guidance

Coca-Cola HBC has raised its 2026 organic revenue growth guidance after third-quarter sales grew 9.0%, but left its profit growth target unchanged. The shares have yet to trade…

UK Stock News

Zotefoams Footwear Slump Cuts Organic Sales

Zotefoams says non-footwear markets are growing strongly, but footwear sales fell faster than planned in the third quarter. The board still expects full-year adjusted profit in line with…

UK Stock News

Smith+Nephew Cuts Guidance, Ends J&J Talks

Smith+Nephew has lowered its full-year profit outlook on weak US hip and knee sales and confirmed that talks with Johnson & Johnson about its Orthopaedics business have ended,…

UK Stock News

Trainline Holds Guidance as Europe Turns Profitable

Trainline held its full-year guidance as its European consumer arm turned profitable for the first time, lifting first-half adjusted EBITDA 7% even as revenue slipped 1% and UK…

US Stock News

Booking Holdings Stock Falls on Cautious Q4 Guide

Booking Holdings’ third-quarter adjusted earnings per share topped Yahoo Finance consensus, but reported revenue missed, and a fourth-quarter gross bookings guide of 2% to 4% growth, down from…

UK Stock News

Jefferies Upgrades Centrica to Buy

Jefferies upgraded Centrica to buy and raised its target price to 200p, saying the market is overlooking the business’s visibility and growth. Tuesday’s morning spike faded by the…

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