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EasyJet Plc share price up, launches an £8.5-million ad campaign with Hugh Laurie

EasyJet Plc, Europes second-biggest discount courier, announced that it is launching a new advertising campaign in the U.K. today which will be the first in its history to target business travellers. The campaign, dubbed “Business Sense” comes at a cost of £8.5m and will feature the voice of “House” star Hugh Laurie. It will be […] Read more

Comcast Corp. share price up, announces a Wi-Fi roaming agreement with Liberty Global Plc

Comcast Corp. made a joint statement with Liberty Global Plc and revealed that its customers will be provided with the opportunity to use the European Wi-Fi hotspots of Liberty. In exchange, Libertys subscribers will be able to use Comcasts Wi-Fi networks in North America. According to the statement, the service is to start on a […] Read more

Barclays share price up, names Aviva’s John McFarlane to succeed Chairman David Walker

The second-biggest bank in the U.K. – Barclays Plc appointed John McFarlane as a successor to David Walker as chairman of the bank. Barclays said that Mr. McFarlane will join the bank on January 1st as a non-executive director, and will take the position of Chairman on April 23rd, when the next years annual general […] Read more

RadioShack Corp. share price up, negotiates with creditors and third parties for fresh financing

RadioShack Corp. revealed that it is in talks with creditors and third parties to get more capital and avoid bankruptcy after the electronics retailer posted another quarter of increasing losses and declining sales. According to an official statement, RadioShack is in advanced negotiations to bolster its balance sheet, including debt restructuring. The company is also […] Read more

Yahoo! Inc. share price up, reveals threats of $250 000-day fine for defying US government

According to some newly-released documents, Yahoo! Inc. might have been forced to pay millions of dollars on a daily basis on fines in case the company kept refused to comply with requests by the U.S. government for its users Internet data. The general counsel of Yahoo – Mr. Ron Bell – shared that the company […] Read more

Gazprom share price up, reports a 41% net profit decline

Gazprom OAO, Russias state-owned gas giant, and the largest gas exporter in the world, reported poor profits for the last quarter, hurt by simmering tensions with Ukraine. Gazprom said Q1 net profit fell by 41% on an annual basis to RUB 223 billion ($6 billion). Revenue, however, rose by 7% to RUB 1.56 trillion, while […] Read more

Royal Bank of Scotland share price up, to relocate its headquarters in case of a “Yes” vote over Scottish independence

Today Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc confirmed that its headquarters would be relocated in England in case the Scottish independence referendum next week ends up with a positive vote. A similar announcement was made by Lloyds Banking Group yesterday. The bank, which is 80%-government owned, made a stock exchange statement, which was cited by […] Read more

Activision share price up, Destiny wraps up $500m in sales on day one

Activision Blizzard Inc, the biggest western video-game maker, announced sales of its highly-anticipated shooter Destiny have totaled more than $500 million on release day. Activision, the original wing of Activision Blizzard, and maker of blockbuster first-person shooter (FPS) franchise Call of Duty, joined forces with another FPS game developer Bungie, maker of the hugely popular […] Read more

JDS Uniphase Corp. share price up, plans to separate its optical from its networking businesses

The fiber-optic communications company JDS Uniphase Corp. revealed that it plans to split into two separate publicly traded companies by the third quarter of 2015. JDS, whose market capitalization amounts to $2.78 billion, said it will separate producing optical components and commercial lasers in one entity and its network-testing equipment business in another. “We believe […] Read more