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Market reports from Share Cast

• London close: Footsie left behind
  30 Jul, 2010 16:34
  Footsie was the sick man of Europe at trading's close as it failed to sustain a recovery that followed a downward turn sparked by disappointing US economic data.

• London afternoon: Shares knocked by US GDP
  30 Jul, 2010 13:59
  The Footsie hit new lows in the aftermath of disappointing US gross domestic product (GDP) data for the second quarter. Inflation adjusted and seasonally adjusted gross domestic product rose at an annualised rate of 2.4% in the second quarter, a significa

• London midday: Stocks off the bottom
  30 Jul, 2010 12:12
  Leading shares entered the lunch time trading session with a bit of momentum, with the FTSE index coming off its lowest levels of the day in the last half hour of the morning.

Press round-up from Share Cast

• Friday newspaper round-up: TalkTalk, EDF, Google
  30 Jul, 2010 06:35
  TalkTalk has signed a deal with Vodafone to launch a mobile phone service under its own brand — but it will target only its existing broadband customers.

• Thursday newspaper round-up: BP, Russia, Banks
  29 Jul, 2010 06:12
  BP has fired the starting gun on a $30 billion fire sale, holding talks with TNK-BP, its Russian joint venture, about the sale of a $1 billion package of oil projects in Venezuela, the Times has learnt. The talks, part of a programme of disposals designed

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Vedanta, Energy bills
  28 Jul, 2010 06:32
  BP's new chief executive began his reign over Britain's largest industrial company by delivering a snub to the US Senate.

Company news from Share Cast

• F&C gears up
  30 Jul, 2010 17:23
  Investment trust titan Foreign and Colonial (F&C) took a step back in the first half of 2010, though it outperformed its benchmark index.

• Mali discovery cheers Randgold boss
  30 Jul, 2010 16:16
  Shares in Randgold Resources were shining after the Africa-focused gold miner's chief executive Mark Bristow said its recent discovery of a gold deposit at Gounkoto in western Mali confirms the region's potential for further finds of this size.

• Citigroup pays $75m sub-prime fine
  30 Jul, 2010 14:21
  American bank Citigroup is paying a $75m (£48m) fine to settle charges that it misled investors over their exposure to sub-prime mortgages.

Sector review from Share Cast

• Sector movers: Media stocks move higher
  29 Jul, 2010 14:19
  Updates from the media sector have been given an enthusiastic reception.

• Sector movers: UBS numbers buoy banks
  27 Jul, 2010 11:39
  Banks are buoyant after strong second quarter results from Swiss sector giant UBS.

• Sector movers: Microsoft results lift ARM
  23 Jul, 2010 12:43
  The sharp rise in ARM's share price has given the technology hardware and equipment sector a lift.

Share research from Hargreaves Lansdown

• Anglo American - Reinstating the dividend payment
  30 Jul, 2010 12:55
  The group’s half year results (30July2010) saw the company reporting good progress. Economic recovery in many parts of the world helped the group report a 104pc increase in operating profit to $4.36 billion. Group restructuring and cost savings initiatives all contributed, with management now confident enough to reinstate the dividend payment – axed during the depths of the financial crisis. The company’s sale of what are now seen as non-core businesses also remained ongoing - the already announced sales of

• Royal Dutch Shell - Restructuring and cutting costs
  29 Jul, 2010 14:00
  The group’s second quarter/half year results (29July2010) generally exceeded analysts’ forecasts. Second quarter profit on a current cost of supply basis (a figure which strips out gains or losses from inventories and other non-operating items) increased by 95pc to $4.53 billion against that achieved in Q2 2009 ($2.3 billion). Assisted by a rising oil price, group restructuring measures continued to gain traction – costs of just over $3.5 billion on an annualised basis were removed over the period, with some

• AstraZeneca - Enjoying emerging market momentum
  29 Jul, 2010 13:25
  The group’s second quarter/half year results (29July2010) materialised at the high end of analysts’ expectations. Pre-tax profit during the quarter rose by 10pc on a constant currency basis to $2.91 billion, whilst earnings per share came in at 179 US cents. The group’s core brands - Crestor, Seroquel and Symbicort – continued to enjoy strong performances, whilst emerging market sales again saw positive momentum (+16pc) – this compared to an increase of 1pc in Western Europe. In addition to

Press tips from Share Cast

• Friday tips round-up: Rolls-Royce, Aegis, Travis Perkins
  30 Jul, 2010 06:55
  Rolls-Royce is among the FTSE 100's band of defensives. The shares trade on a multiple of 15.5 times forecast earnings for 2010, putting the stock at the top of end of its historic range.

• Thursday tips round-up: BP, BG, Sage
  29 Jul, 2010 06:08
  BP unveiled a $32.2bn (£20.7bn) charge related to the oil spill on Tuesday. This is not a full and final figure for the costs involved in the catastrophe, but a rough assessment. The Telegraph feels that a hold rating on the shares is appropriate. If you

• Wednesday tips round-up: Misys, Arm, Croda
  28 Jul, 2010 06:53
  Reckitt Benckiser is looking for more bolt-on acquisitions in the health and personal care area - and SSL is an excellent purchase, although at £2.54bn it cannot be described as cheap.

Broker tips from Share Cast

• Broker tips: BAE Systems, Pace, Partygaming
  30 Jul, 2010 13:17
  Strong results and upgraded full year profits guidance has not been enough to overcome investor concerns about future prospects for BAE Systems, a situation acknowledged by Nomura Securities' decision to slice its price target for the defence systems firm

• Broker snap: Pace purchase makes strategic sense
  30 Jul, 2010 13:15
  Having met with the management of digital set-top box maker Pace in the wake of the company's interim results finnCap has nudged up its fiscal 2010 earnings estimates.

• Broker snap: bwin a good match for Party
  30 Jul, 2010 13:01
  Scale matters in online gaming which is why Peel Hunt is a fan of Partygaming's proposed merger with Austrian rival Bwin, describing it as potentially 'a match made in heaven.'

Directors dealings from Share Cast

• GETECH chairman buys
  30 Jul, 2010 17:18
  A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far.

• Ocado boss takes delivery of shares
  29 Jul, 2010 15:59
  A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far.

• Forbidden deals
  28 Jul, 2010 16:41
  A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far.