Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) released an interim management statement for the third quarter. The company achieved £11 million of lettings in total with a further £6.6 million in solicitors' hands.
Autonomy Corporation (LON:AU) announced that its Japanese outfit has entered into the largest license agreement in the history of Autonomy's Japanese operations.
Investec (LON:INVP) has completed the sale of Rensburg Fund Management Limited to Franklin Templeton Global Investors Limited (UK), a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, a global investment management organisation operating as Franklin Templeton Investments.
Pearson (LON:PSON) has raised its guidance for 2010, now expecting adjusted earnings per share to rise 16%.
"...we now expect to report continuing operating profits for 2010 of approximately £850 million, a headline increase of approximately 20%.
"We expect to report adjusted earnings of approximately 76 pence per share, an increase of approximately 16% on 65.4 pence in 2009, and ahead of our previous guidance of approximately 72 pence," said Pearson.
Shares in JD Wetherspoon PLC (LON:JDW) were lifted by the pub operator’s positive pre-close trading statement ahead of its interim results for the six months to January 23.
Royal Bank of Canada’s RBC Capital Markets has initiated coverage of Kenmare Resources (LON:KMR), operator of the Moma titanium minerals mine on the coast of Mozambique.
RBC Capital is putting an ‘outperform’ rating on the stock and a target price of 50 pence, providing strong upside to the current share price of around 32p.
Forte Energy (ASX:FTE, LON:FTE) will raise A$15 million through the issue of 120 million ordinary shares at 12.5 cents per share. Proceeds will be used to accelerate exploration and feasibility work on its highly prospective West African uranium portfolio.
Rambler Metals & Mining (LON:RMM, TSX-V:RAB) this morning revealed it has agreed terms with Metals Creek Resources, which will process the surface material at the East Mine dump at Tilt Cove in Newfoundland.
EMED Mining (LON:EMED, TSX:EMD) has unveiled its drilling plans for the Rio Tinto copper mine in 2011. The company is currently working to restart a major copper mine in the Andalucía region of Spain. It still has a number of hurdles in its way but once it is operational, the Rio Tinto mine will unearth 9 million tonnes of ore per year to produce around 37,000 tonnes of copper concentrate.
EMED Mining’s Rio Tinto copper mine could have areas with better grades and resources that have been overlooked in the past due to the former owners focus on near-pit resources, according to Fairfax mining analyst John Meyer.
European Nickel (LON:ENK, ASX:ENK) plans to start drilling programs on the Acoje nickel project and the Zambales chromite deposit in the Philippines in late May 2011, with preparatory work beginning immediately.
Synchronica (LON:SYNC, TSX:SYN) is gaining more traction for its mobile instant message service Claro Messenger, it revealed this morning. The AIM-listed firm said that Claro Perú has become the fifth subsidiary of América Móvil to launch the service.
The internet phenomenon that is ASOS (LON:ASOS) appears to have an unstoppable momentum behind it. The group said total retail sales rose 59 percent to £100 million in the three months to the end of December, compared with 50 percent growth in the previous quarter.
African Aura Mining (LON:AAAM, TSX-V:AUR) has made more progress in its quest to prove that the stock is undervalued, having successfully completed a 33 hole drilling programme at the Nkout iron ore project in Cameroon.
Oil and gas explorer Bahamas Petroleum Company PLC (LON:BPC) said the M/V Osprey Explorer vessel has arrived in the Bahamas and has commenced acquisition of close grid 2D seismic on the company's four southern licences.
Falkland Oil and Gas (LON:FOGL) unveiled plans to survey prospects across its acreage before its next phase of drilling in the South Atlantic.
Red Rock Resources (LON:RRR) this morning revealed that a maiden resource estimate from the Mount Ida magnetite project in Western Australia has exceeded expectations.
Bezant Resources (LON:BZT) reported that an independent study confirmed the technical and economic feasibility of the Mankayan gold and copper project in the Philippines, sending shares up 16%.
Faroe Petroleum (LON:FPM) has been awarded three new exploration licences in the Norwegian Sea through the 2010 licensing round in Oslo. It has been given varied levels of interest in the licenses, which are located near new discoveries.