March 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. gilts extended gains, headed for their biggest weekly advance in a decade, and the pound climbed against the dollar after a government report showed the U.S. economy uexpectedly lost jobs in February.
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks fell for the fourth day this week, led by BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group as copper and lead prices retreated.
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Severe gales next week may disrupt the U.K.'s power and transportation networks and bring the risk of coastal flooding to much of the country's shore, the Met Office , the government forecaster, said.
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. gilts rose, headed for their biggest weekly gain in a decade, as a decline in stocks and concern credit-market losses are spreading prompted investors to seek the relative safety of government debt.
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks fell for the fourth day this week, led by BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group as metal prices retreated. J.D. Wetherspoon Plc slipped after the owner of almost 700 U.K. town-center pubs said first-half profit fell 16 percent.
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.K. markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last market close.
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.'s benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, fell 1.02 percent at 8:05 a.m. The index of 102 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange fell 58.60 to 5,707.80. Among the stocks in the index, 4 rose, 97 fell and 1 was unchanged.
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- DCC Plc , a Dublin-based distributor of goods from liquefied petroleum gas to computer software, bought Southern Counties Fuels Holdings for as much as 9.75 million euros ($15 million) to expand in the U.K.
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. labor unions failed to win bigger pay increases than last year for their members in the quarter through January, Incomes Data Services said.
Lyceum Capital has become the first investment house to openly target legal services as the private equity firm moves to position itself ahead of sweeping deregulation of the U.K. profession. The buyout house has also appointed a senior advisory panel to seal its credentials, including former Clifford Chance managing partner Tony Williams, high-profile legal IT consultant Richard Susskind and
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