In other corporate news, Smith & Nephew PLC (LON: SN) shares surged 15% after reporting an 11.2% rise in first-half trading ...

As of 1213 GMT, the blue-chip index FTSE 100 fell 0.9% and the British pound gained 0.5% against the dollar to 1.34. DAX index in Germany rose 1.8%, the CAC 40 in France gained over 1%. The Bank of ...

Spectris raised its interim dividend by 5.3% to 28 pence per share from 26.6p. Spectris on Tuesday withdrew its recommendation of a takeover offer from Advent International LP and instead backed an ...

Precision instrumentation supplier Spectris said on Thursday that second-quarter momentum and strategic cost savings had ...

Investing.com -- Spectris (LON: SXS) plc, the precision measurement specialist, on Thursday reported an 8% increase in first-half sales and maintained its full-year profit guidance despite mixed ...

Top KKR partner Alisa Wood recalled being turned down by the firm's CEO, Henry Kravis, in 2003. See the rejection letter ...

KKR has upped its offer for British scientific instruments maker Spectris to £4.8bn, regaining backing from the company over ...

The private-equity group on Wednesday posted net income of $319.7 million, or 87 cents a share, compared with $148.2 million, or 40 cents a share, a year earlier. The U.S. asset manager plans to take ...

The financial sector traded modestly lower as President Trump attacks major lenders and government statistics agencies.

How jolly good it is that financial justice has finally caught up with disgraced investment guru Neil Woodford.

Index Ventures was among the first investors in startup hits Figma, Scale AI and Wiz. Fast-moving quantitative funds are meant to flourish in tough markets but, with President Trump's tariff moves ...