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Regulator Ofcom nails BT over rivals' access to telegraph poles
The new rules mean competitors must now have equal access to Openreach’s infrastructure
Hike in Premier League football costs continues to hurt Sky’s bottom line
Sky has forked out an extra £494mln so far this year as part of the record deal it struck to screen live Premier League games
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Back to the dog pound: Dogs of the Footsie outperform in 2017
At the end of January, John Harrington tweaked the famous investment strategy known as the Dogs of the Dow, and applied it to UK stocks. How are the investments doing?
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Primark to keep the ball rolling nicely at Associated British Foods
Week ahead; Associated British Foods , Sky , Unilever Burberry, Reckitt Benckiser...
Immedia out of tune as it swings to a loss
The AIM-quoted firm blamed “timing differences” between new and expiring contracts as it fell to a £184,000 loss before tax
Regulator tightens grip on BT as it mulls superfast broadband price cap
Ofcom is proposing to reduce the amount BT’s Openreach division can charge competitors for its superfast broadband service
FTSE 100's losses made heavier by South Africa-focused stocks
An otherwise storming quarter that saw the Footsie rise 180 points ended on a dull note
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As Sirius Minerals prepares to move to the main market, is it time to SXX up the ISA?
Is it time for BT, Lloyds and Vodafone to move over and make room in the ISA for Sirius Minerals?
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Rookie Investor: Finding out the easy way the importance of a stop-loss
The Rookie Investors has still got the Fever(tree), but would he have done had he set a stop-loss?
BT Group fined record £42mln by Ofcom over Openreach broadband installation delays
Ofcom has fined BT Group £42mln for breaching rules that abused its market power as the owner of network division Openreach
Ofcom calls on broadband providers like BT Group to give customers ‘instant’ compensation
A total of £185mln of compensation could be paid out to UK customers, Ofcom said.
BT’s Plusnet fined by Ofcom for overcharging customers
"This fine should serve as a reminder to telecoms companies that they must adhere to Ofcom's billing rules at all times, or face the consequences.”
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Rookie Investor: The story so far
As I venture into the world of equity trading, here’s the background to my story and where I’m at now
FTSE shares end lower as sterling marks 8-week low vs dollar on Brexit jitters
FTSE 100 shares closed lower on Tuesday after investors turned edgy over Brexit plans which hit banking and retail shares as well as took sterling to an 8-week low against the US dollar
Profit-takers trim back BT shares after Openreach deal boost; brokers stay positive
In a note to clients published today, analysts at Barclays Capital reiterated its ‘overweight’ stance on BT Group with an unchanged price target of 475p.
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FTSE up with copper, FTSE 250 marks record 19,000 as Scots want referendum
Around 3.30pm, the FTSE 100 index was up almost 28 points at 7,371, just below the day’s best level of 7,376, having only hit a low of 7,342
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Elon Musk and Donald Tusk: one is popular, the other is called Donald
Openreach becomes more open; Elon Musk proposes battery farm down under; mullet-haired pub bore has a point
BT's separation from Openreach seen as positive for investor sentiment
BT has agreed to separate from Openreach but will still retain assets, begging the question of whether it gives the network true autonomy
FTSE 100 ends higher as BT declares Openreach plans, US jobs gain
FTSE 100 stocks ended higher on Friday, led by telecoms behemoth BT after confirming it would separate Openreach
BT nabs Rio Tinto’s chairman
Jan du Plessis is to step down as chairman of the mining giant as he assumes a new position on the board of BT
BT offers lower growth than peers, says Goldman Sachs as it makes downgrade call
Shares in BT have climbed more than 10% in the wake of its earnings alert in mid-January
BT scores £1.2bn deal to secure UEFA Champions and Europa League broadcast rights for another 3 years
The FTSE 100-listed firm will pay around £394m each year for the rights which will run until the end of the 2020/21 season.
FTSE 100 stocks dragged lower by miners and copper price drop shock
The FTSE 100 was down 32 points to 7,342 shortly after 3.15pm on Monday
FTSE shares end flat, give back record peaks, except Vesuvius
FTSE 100 stocks ends flat on Thursday after falling back from a fresh record high as shares in outsourcing group Capita slumped 9%
BT hanging in there against Virgin Media onslaught
Haitong says BT's Openreach arm is holding up well in the face of the network expansion by Virgin Media
HSBC repeats its positive stance on telecoms giant BT Group after CEO round-table
Analysts at the bank repeated a ‘buy’ rating and 425p price target on the FTSE 100-listed stock, which offers around 38% upside potential.
BT rallies on new board appointments to the board of its regulatory-challenged Openreach unit
BT revealed that Brendan Barber - chairman of employment relations service Acas and a former Trades Union Congress boss - and Edward Astle - a former Board member of National Grid PLC (LON:NGG) - will become non-executive directors of Openr
Selectively breeding the Dogs of the Footsie
The normally reliable investment strategy based on the "Dogs of the Dow" system has had a bad couple of years; what if we tweaked it?
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Selectively breeding the Dogs of the Footsie
The normally reliable investment strategy based on the "Dogs of the Dow" system has had a bad couple of years; what if we tweaked it?
BT Group tries to reassure as Italian issues overshadow quarterly results
BT posted third quarter pretax profits of £526min, down from £832mln a year earlier, as revenues rose to £6.13bn.
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FTSE 100 shares firm after Tesco gains on Booker deal
FTSE 100 shares edged higher on Friday, helped by a jump by supermarket Tesco
Once in a lifetime opportunity at BT?
BT's 'Italian Job' has done more than 'blow the bloody doors off'. Was the reaction overdone?
Can BT Group provide any relief for shell-shocked investors with results tomorrow?
After Tuesday’s share price debacle, investors will be hoping BT Group can provide some reassurance with third-quarter numbers on Friday.
FTSE 100 closes up but unfettered by Brexit plans or Dow’s 20K ascent
In New York, the US blue chip index was up over 150 points to 20,064, the first time it has exceeded the psychologically significant 20,000 level in intraday trading.
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Supreme Court dismisses government’s Brexit appeal
A major Brexit decision, botched Italian Job and government borrowing figures all feature in today’s Trending
Investors hang up on BT as Italian accounting scare adds to ongoing regulatory, pension worries
BT also spooked investors with a cautious update in today’s announcement, saying “the outlook for UK public sector and international corporate markets has deteriorated.”
Connemara Mining says new man is good but not that good
A glance at the largest rises and falls in London at 3.30pm
BT shares plunge as forecasts chopped after “inappropriate” accounting at Italian business worse than thought
The FTSE 100-listed firm, which announced an initial investigation in October, said the review had found “a complex set of improper sales, purchase and leasing transactions.”
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FTSE 100 stocks end flat as BT counterweighs a miners’ rally
FTSE 100 stocks closed flat on Tuesday, with miners’ gaining, but telecoms group BT topped the losers after the business endured a £8bn hit. Tickers ended remarkably resilient in the wake of the UK Supreme Court’s decision that the HM Gover
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Of BT's battles with Ofcom & Sky, and Unilever's face-off with supermarkets
Lots of big names reporting this week including: BHP, Dixons Carphone, easyJet, Diageo, Sky, Unilever and BT
BT to start charging for sports channel
Up until now BT Sport had been free to its TV channel subscribers
FTSE 100 shares swing but close below 7200
FTSE 100 shares swung on Friday but ended down 10 points and below 7200 as the 45th President of the United States was being sworn in
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BT, phone home (not the US)
Trending: Ofcom clobbers BT-owned EE; New York Wheel among coolest construction projects of 2016; is it real, or is it Zuckerberg?; Southern Rail
FTSE 100 edges higher despite Pearson share dump
FTSE 100 shares closed higher on Wednesday, in spite of investors dumping shares in educational publisher Pearson
FTSE 100 hits 10th successive record high close
FTSE 100 shares appear positively related to the Nasdaq as the London ticker again hits a fresh record high on Wednesday - its tenth successive
BT receives Barclays boost
Of the 14 brokers logged as following BT, eight are ‘buyers’ and only two have ‘sell’ recommendations on the stock.
Time to buy BT? This broker seems to think so
The research house repeated its ‘buy’ recommendation on the stock and 560p a share price target.
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Sirius Minerals named among the ‘top tips’ for 2017
Here we take a look at the medium and small cap companies included among Fleet Street's top stock market tips for 2017.
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FTSE 100 closes on new high, boosted by precious metals miners
The 'Santa rally' and a strong showing from miners meant the UK premier index closed up around 37 points
Haitong concludes Openreach “cannot be legally separated” from BT Group
Haitong’s analysts drew this conclusion after studying submissions the trustee of the BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) made to Ofcom on October 4, which were published on November 29.
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Trending - Telecoms, the Daily Mail and General Trust and the new fiver
A look at some of the top trending stories of the day
This heavyweight broker is optimistic about the BT split
Goldman Sachs repeated its ‘buy’ advice in the wake of the news and is sticking with its 540p a share price target.
BT told to separate Openreach but keeps ownership
The watchdog stopped short of forcing BT to diverge the subsidiary as most of its rivals had wanted.
FTSE 100 shares dragged lower by miners and oil stocks
FTSE 100 shares ended down on Tuesday, led by miners and oil companies
Sell BT as Sky prepares mobile launch says Deutsche
Sky may launch as early as next week suggests the German broker
Ofcom confirms BT will be excluded from 2.3Ghz spectrum auction
BT/EE’s share of the immediately useable spectrum should fall to around 42% from 45% following the auction
FTSE 100 stocks shed 100 points on sterling rally, data and Wall St sell-off
FTSE 100 stocks shed nearly 100 points on Friday, as a combination of strong sterling, weak construction data and a sell-off by majors on Wall Street left the London market only slightly higher on the week
BT Group remains a favourite of Haitong Research
Without Openreach, BT - and maybe the government - would have a huge pensions problem on its hands
It’s been hammered this year, but is BT dialling in on a recovery?
Shares are down nearly 20% in the year-to-date, but technical analysis suggests a recovery could be just around the corner
Lloyds Banking and RBS to give post-Brexit vote updates
Britain's banks had enough on their plates already, but the Brexit vote made things more complicated still
Down 20% this year, but is BT worth buying?
According to Deutsche Bank, the former state telecoms monopoly still has a lot on its plate.
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Brokers: Heavyweights keen on Morrisons
Exane BNP Paribas and Bernstein both upped their recommendations for the supermarket chain
SKY is not the limit for pay-TV outfit's shares, Liberum says
Sky is having to pay more and more to secure sporting rights and Liberum doubts its ability to pass these costs on to subscribers
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Brokers: IAG a "cause for concern" says Liberum
For analysts at Liberum there were some “causes for concern” at British Airways owner IAG
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UK shares end softer as demand surges for gilts on rate cut talk
London's blue-chip stocks ended lower on Thursday after a session spent mostly suspended beneath the previous closing level as investors sought safer haven in UK government bonds, or gilts
Banking and oil woe drags FTSE 100 Index lower
The FTSE 100 Index was 6.56 points adrift at 6,743.87 in lunchtime trading
BT keeps heat on Sky with good start to year
BT reported a 25% rise in underlying earnings to £1.82bn
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Footsie treads water amid negative news from Lloyds
The FTSE 100 Index was 3.2 points adrift at 6,747.24 in early trading
PREVIEW: Investors look for signs of synergies from Shell's acquisition of BG
To misquote Prince, it’s just another frantic Thursday with around one-sixth of the FTSE 100 companies set to update the market.
Trending: Merger, he wrote
Here is the merger/demerger "on or off" scorecard; Labrokes/Coral - on; Vivendi/Mediaset Premium - off; BT/Openreach demerger - off; Idox/Open Objects - on; Anheuser Busch/SABMiller - on.
BT Group dodges a bullet as it is allowed to keep Openreach
BT shares rose sharply, while shares in rivals Sky and TalkTalk dipped, which tells you most of what you need to know about Ofcom's decision on Openreach
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FTSE 100 Index edges higher as pound falls
The price of a barrel of Brent crude fell 0.449% to US$44.52
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FTSE 100 Index rises ahead of busy week
The FTSE 100 Index picked up 22.9 points to 6753.39
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Brokers: Jefferies bearish on telecom firms
Jefferies International has seemingly lost faith in communications groups, as it downgraded its target prices for Sky PLC (LON:SKY), TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC (LON:TALK), BT Group PLC (LON:BT) and Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD).
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Brokers: Vodafone downgraded on structural worries
Vodafone, Just Eat, BT and Rambler Metals
Sky Deutschland pays 80% more for German football rights
The new four-year deal with the German Professional Football Association is almost double what the firm paid last time around, splitting opinion amongst brokers
BT unveils YouTube tie-up for UEFA Champions League final
Liverpool fans unable to get tickets for the Europa League final, controversially taking place in the 38,000 capacity St Jakob Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland,will be able to watch that match on YouTube too.
BT unveils £6bn broadband spend to ward off regulator
Gavin Patterson, BT’s chief executive, said the three year programme would expand superfast broadband and 4G coverage to 95% of the country, or a minimum of 10 mln homes, by 2020. Two million new premises will get fibre optic connections he
PREVIEW: Big four sales fall bodes ill for Morrisons
Aldi, Lidl and the Co-op continue to take market share away from the Big Four
Sainsbury's results put UK retail under spotlight again
As if the UK retail sector hadn't had enough coverage last week, it's now the turn of Sainsbury's....
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UBS picks up on BT with upgrade
UBS has picked up on telecoms giant BT and upgraded the shares to 'neutral' from 'sell' saying the risk from mobile is lessening.
FTSE100 closes lower as small caps outshine
FTSE100 closed down around 28 points as small cap shares outshone their bigger cousin.
Small-caps put on mixed show but Strategic Minerals gleams
Miner soars after taking step towards nickel mining in Australia
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BT Group cut off by Jefferies, Numis opens with a ‘buy’ for Horizon Discovery
BT Group, Vodafone, Ashmore, Burberry, BHP Billiton, Horizon Discovery all feature in Wednesday’s broker spotlight.
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FTSE 100 storms back above 6,000
Good corporate news including strong sets of numbers from Lloyds and RSA sent FTSE100 soaring...
BT set to keep Openreach in Ofcom ruling - analysts
Telecoms regulator Ofcom set to decide whether BT can keep Openreach or must hive it off
Vodafone goes Dutch in pan-European expansion drive
Investors hope Vodafone's Netherlands deal with Liberty Global could lead to something bigger
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Brokers: Out with BP, in with Shell
Also covered: OPG, Tullow, Premier Oil, BT, easyJet, Hikma, Firestone
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FTSE 100 pares losses
Footsie had a firm start and a strong finish but still finished in the red
BT Group dials the right numbers
Having completed its acquisition of mobile phone business EE, the company has announced a new structure to take effect from April.
FTSE 100 dragged lower by oil giants
The oil price is on the slide and taking with it the integrated oil giants
Most followed: O2, Three and other numbers
It's all a numbers game this morning, with a bit Aboriginal arithmetic and some Scouse slang thrown in.
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FTSE 100 turns lower after firm start
A firm start quickly ran out of impetus, with investors focused on weak Chinese data and a sliding oil price
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Risers & Fallers: Crossrider, Gulf Keystone, Nighthawk, Mosman, Plutus PowerGen, Strategic Minerals
Gulf Keystone is owed a pile of money by the Kurdistan Regional Government and soon it might start receiving some of it.
Week Ahead: Big oil and big pharma to the fore
Big oil and big pharma will wrestle for the limelight. On the economic front, the big events are the Bank of England's interest rate decision and US non-farm payrolls.
Sky gives James Murdoch his chair back
The connection between Sky and Fox gets tighter still, raising renewed speculation that a bid may be in the offing
Sky's interims divide analyst opinion..
Interim results from broadcast and telecoms giant Sky, due out tomorrow, appear to split analyst opinion.