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LONDON BRIEFING: Reckitt names Nike's Shannon Eisenhardt as new CFO

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are expected to add to Tuesday's gains at Wednesday's market open, having snapped a seven-day losing streak.

Shell and BP among firms accused of greenwashing over renewable energy

(Alliance News) - Shell PLC and BP PLC are among 12 oil firms who have been accused of greenwashing over the amount of renewable and low-carbon energy they produce.

Pay for FTSE 100 bosses jumps 16% as wider wages behind inflation

(Alliance News) - The bosses of Britain's biggest companies saw their pay surge by 16% last year as most workers saw their pay packets outstripped by inflation, according to new research.

Britain's CEOs get 16% pay rise to 3.9 mln pounds even as workers struggle

LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The bosses of Britain's biggest companies saw their pay jump 16% in 2022, sending their average earnings to 118 times the median UK full-time worker's while employees struggled with soaring inflation, new research showed on Monday.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks mixed amid housebuilder sell-off

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened mixed on Monday, as shares in housebuilders came under renewed pressure, following disappointing house price data and a concerning update from midcap-listed Crest Nicholson.

BP backs green hydrogen start-up aiming to cut fuel's costs

LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - BP has invested in a start-up company developing technology seeking to use vapour from heavy industry to sharply reduce the production costs of zero-carbon hydrogen.

BP leads investment in green hydrogen technology firm Advanced Ionics

(Alliance News) - BP PLC on Tuesday said venture capital arm, bp ventures, led a USD12.5 million financing round for Advanced Ionics, a US-based developer of electrolysers for green hydrogen production.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 lags peers as miners fall on China woe

(Alliance News) - Worries for China's property market soured the mood at the start of the week, with the FTSE 100 hit badly thanks to its natural resources sector, although peers in Europe and equities in New York fared better.

London midday: China concerns dampen sentiment on quiet day

(Sharecast News) - London stock markets were struggling for direction on Monday morning, as fresh concerns about China's economy and an absence of any new economic data or corporate earnings prompted investors to exercise some caution.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks weaken on China property fears; oil slips

(Alliance News) - In the absence of positive catalysts, stock prices in London took their cue from weak trading in Asia, starting the week in the red at Monday's market open.

CNPC's Daqing unit awarded $194 mln drilling contract in Iraq

BEIJING, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A drilling subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp has won an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth 1.4 billion yuan ($194 million) to drill wells with two rigs in Iraq's Rumaila oilfield, the company said late on Thursday.

Italy's Saipem wins two contracts with Eni, BP worth a total $700 mln

MILAN, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Italian energy services group Saipem on Thursday said it was awarded two new contracts by Eni's Eni Congo and BP, worth a total of around $700 million.

UK's FTSE 100 rises as energy and mining stocks rally on China stimulus hopes

Coca-Cola HBC gains after raising annual sales forecast

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FTSE 100 movers: Commodity stocks rise, Hiscox sinks

(Sharecast News) - Mining stocks were up across the board on Wednesday, clawing back losses after a poor showing the previous session as weak economic data from China fuelled concerns over demand.

Egdon Resources exercises UK North Sea farm-in option with York Energy

(Alliance News) - Egdon Resources PLC on Monday said it has exercised its farm-in option for the onshore production licence PL081 in the UK North Sea under its agreement with York Energy (UK) Holdings Ltd in early February.