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Bidders line up for $1 billion Rexam healthcare unit - sources

By Anjuli Davies and Arno Schuetze LONDON/FRANKFURT, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Beverage can maker Rexam has launched the sale of its healthcare packaging business, which could fetch around 650 million pounds ($1 billion), four banking sources told Reuters. Rexam said in June it would sell it

Ex-divs to take 20.4 points off FTSE 100 on Aug. 14

LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will go ex-dividend on Wednesday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by market-

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Anglo American: Citi increases target price from 1400p to 1500p reiterating a neutral rating. Atkins: Jefferies raises target price from 950p to 1075p and retains a hold recommendation. Capita: Berenberg takes target price from 955p to 1060p, while downgrading from buy to hold. Cineworld Group: N

London close: Disappointing US jobs report sparks late sell-off

After a relatively quiet start to the trading session, markets sunk sharply into the red on Friday afternoon after the US economy added far fewer jobs than forecast in July. Non-farm payrolls increased by just 162,000 last month, lower than the downwardly revised 188,000 increase in June and much w

Sector movers: Rexam, Vesuvius lift industrials higher

Consumer packaging firm Rexam and molten metal engineering outfit Vesuvius were giving the industrial sector a lift on Friday as investors celebrated the companies' half-year results. Rexam, the FTSE 100 group which makes beverage cans and packaging for healthcare/personal care products, pleased th

FTSE 100 movers: William Hill and RBS disappoint with H1 figures

Shares in William Hill sank sharply on Friday morning as investors gave a cool reaction to the High Street bookie's first-half results, in which pre-tax profits came in flat year-on-year. The firm also didn't give an update on current trading, though analysts at Canaccord Genuity said that July will

London midday: Markets flat as nerves set in ahead of US jobs report

Markets were rangebound on Friday morning as investors scaled back risk appetite ahead of the all-important US jobs report due out this afternoon. Even a impressive reading of construction activity in the UK failed to give stocks a boost this morning; the UK construction purchasing managers' index

London open: Stocks flat as markets await US jobs, RBS sinks early on

Stocks opened tentatively on Friday morning with markets taking a pause as investors waited to see whether the ongoing improvement in US economic data would continue with the all-important employment report due out this afternoon.   The momentum in the US economic recovery gathered pace this week wi

London pre-open: Markets in optimistic mood ahead of US jobs report

Markets are expected to open in positive territory on Friday morning as investors show optimism ahead of the all-important US jobs report due out later on. City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open up 24 points from yesterday's close of 6,682.   Economic data from the States has continued to impr

Rexam H1 profits hit by higher costs

Drinks can maker Rexam was restrained by high aluminium and labour costs, dragging first half profits lower than last year's. Even though sales from continuing operations rose 1.2% to £1.97bn, underlying pre-tax profits that exclude the non-core healthcare business fell 2.3% to £169m. However, ma

Can maker Rexam's first-half profit falls 2 percent

Aug 2 (Reuters) - Beverage can maker Rexam Plc reported a 2 percent fall in first-half profit as global can volumes remain sluggish, but the company said it continued to expect full-year results to improve from a year earlier. Pretax profit from continuing operations on an underlying basis

UPDATE 2-MillerCoors urges LME, bank regulation over metal warehousing

By Josephine Mason NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) - Brewer MillerCoors LLC urged U.S. lawmakers and regulators to boost oversight of the London Metal Exchange (LME) and Wall Street banks' ownership of warehousing firms, saying inflated aluminum prices have cost buyers billions of dollars. <