BUSINESS

Shares in Carnival Corporation were down on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading after the holiday cruise company reported a rise in revenue for the third quarter ended 31 August.

Shares in easyJet were up on the FTSE 250 after the airline was voted the best low cost airline by business travellers for the tenth year in a row.

Shares in JD Sports were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the retailer reported a rise in profit in the half year ended 31 July.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following news yesterday the Eric Daniels will be standing down as CEO of Lloyds Banking Group.

Shares in Lloyds Banking Group were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following yesterday's announcement that its CEO, Eric Daniels, will be retiring in one year.

Shares in Carnival Corporation were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading ahead of the cruise liner company's third quarter results due out tomorrow.

The fall in house prices slowed slightly in September according to figures from Rightmove Plc's House Price Index.

The Confederation of British Industry has said that the Coalition government should protect economic growth in its upcoming Spending Review.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of an announcement on interest rates from the US Federal Reserve expected later today.

Shares in BP were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the Macondo oil well was declared "dead" by US officials yesterday.

The British Chambers of Commerce have called new plans from the European Parliament to extend maternity leave from six to 20 weeks "unaffordable".

John Lewis Partnership has reported a rise in pre-tax profit in the half year ended 31 July, with gross sales also rising significantly.

Shares in Mitchells & Butlers were up on the FTSE 250 in morning trading following news that the pub group is planning to buy Ha Ha Bar & Grill chain for £19.5 million.

Shares in Dunelm Group were down on the FTSE 250 in afternoon trading after the home furnishings company reported a rise in pre-tax profits in the full year ended 3 July 2010.

Shares in Kier Group were up on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the construction company reported a rise in pre-tax profit in the year ended 30 June.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading, with the exception of RBS, which is currently looking for a buyer for Priory Group.

Shares in Kingfisher were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the retailer reported a rise in pre-tax profit of over twenty per cent in the half year ended 31 July.

Shares in Kingfisher were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading ahead of the retailer's interim results, due out tomorrow.

The Office for National Statistics this morning released data showing that the number of unemployed people fell by 8,000 to 2.47 million in the three months to July.

Shares in French Connection were up on the FTSE Fledgling in morning trading after the fashion retailer reported a return to profit and dividends in the half year ended 31 July.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following news that unemployment fell in the three months to July.

Shares in Next were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the group reported a rise in profits in the half year ended July 2010.

Shares in Next were down on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading ahead of the group's half year results, due out tomorrow.

The Labour Party and the unions that fund them appear to be doing their utmost to oppose the cuts being proposed by the Coalition government.

House prices fell for the second month in a row in August, according to the latest Housing Market Survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

The Office for National Statistics has said that Consumer Price Index inflation was 3.1 per cent in August, flat from the previous month, when the figure fell for the third consecutive month.

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following gains on the London index yesterday.

Shares in Debenhams were up on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the group said that it expected profits for the full year ended 28 August to be up 20 per cent from the previous year to £150 million.

Connaught PLC is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Its two pence ordinary shares were trading in October 2009 at over 400 pence per share but on 10 April 2010, these shares traded at a 52 week low of only 9.20 pence and last week, before the company went into administration closed at 16.65 pence. That last share price valued this leading company in its field, with about a six percent share of an annual sector £10 billion, at only £23.27 million - and that includes the parts still fully oper...