Capital Shopping Centres Group (LON:CSCG) noted the announcement by Simon Property Group, released earlier today stating that it does not intend to make an offer for the company.
Compass Group (LON:CPG) announced acquisitions today, of Küchenbetrieb Menke - Bremer Betriebsverpflegung GmbH & Co. KG, Menke Cateringkonzepte GmbH & Co. KG and Menü-Dienst Nolting GmbH & Co. KG for an aggregate cash consideration of up to €4.8 million and of 90% of the shares of Chiyoda Kyushoku Services Co, Ltd and Marunouchi Polestar Co, Ltd.
Standard Life (LON:SL) announced that its offer for Focus Solutions Group is now declared fully unconditional.
For once the food operation was the star performer at Marks & Spencer (LON:MKS), which overcame December’s icy blast to report better than expected Christmas trading. Underlying sales for the period under review grew by a very robust 2.8 percent in the 13 weeks to January.
African Eagle Resources (LON:AFE, AltX:AEA) has significantly upgraded the Dutwa nickel resource. It has reported the project's first indicated resource, by upgrading 75 percent of the Wamangola - the larger of Dutwa’s two deposits - resource into the indicated category.
Dragon Oil PLC (LON:DGO) announced the completion and initial testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) B/150 development well in Turkmenistan, showing a combined initial test rate of 1,622 barrels of oil per day.
Forte Energy (ASX:FTE, LON:FTE) said this morning it had sufficient drilling, assay and radiometric data on its A238 uranium project in Mauritania to begin a more detailed geological assessment of the target.
Chaarat Gold (LON:CGH) has appointed Dr Robert Maurice Weinberg as a non-executive director of the company, and chairman of the audit committee, with immediate effect.
AIM-listed clean fuel specialist IdaTech (LON:IDA) has successfully launched a new generation of products, the methanol-water fuelled ElectraGen ME.
Avia Health Informatics (LON:AVIA) today announced that its Odyssey clinical decision tool is now available via 3G networks and deployable on mobile touchscreen devices.
Range Resources (ASX:RRS, LON:RRL) has boosted its interest in the shallow oil East Texas Cotton Valley project to 21.75%, an increase of 8.1875%, for $148,000.
Bahamas Petroleum Company (LON:BPC) has hired a contractor for a 2D seismic programme across four of its offshore licenses.
Probability (LON:PBTY) has had a record month in December with deposits in the quarter to 31 December 2010 soaring 35% over the previous quarter.
Shares in Leed Petroleum PLC (LON:LDP) got a hammering in morning trade, after the Gulf of Mexico focused oil and gas group reported a 30 percent production drop in the quarter to end-December 2010 from the third quarter, a reduction of its reserves, and that it has started a strategic review of its options.
Evolution Securities responded to Ferrexpo’s (LON:FXPO) report of record breaking production in 2010 by lifting its targets and projecting an even better 2011.
Atlantic Coal (LON:ATC) was among the strongest risers on the London Stock Exchange today. Investors are flocking to the stock in the wake of positive newsflow from the company and rising coal prices prompted by the impact the recent floods in Australia are having on the coking coal producers there.
EMED Mining Public Ltd (LON:EMD, TSX:EMD) said the agents that facilitated the recent IPO in Canada have exercised the over-allotment option granted to them in full, raising a further C$2.4 million for the company.