Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said 46 out of the 218 coal blocks whose award was deemed illegal by the Supreme Court last week should be exempt from cancellation because they were already operational or close to being so. Don't cancel visite site everything," Rohatgi told the Supreme Court, which via Economy News Headlines - Yahoo! News By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - European markets cautiously navigated warnings that the conflict in Ukraine was sliding out of control, focusing instead on whether the European Central Bank will strengthen its stimulus plans when it meets this week. Ukraine reported its forces were under fire again from Russian tanks on Monday as fresh signs emerged that the troubles are damaging the euro zone's already-fragile economy. Signs that growth impetus waned in the key industrial engine of German via Economy News Headlines - Yahoo! News Fund managers said the rising cost of housing - which accounts for as much as a third or more of various measures of inflation and is outpacing other consumer cost increases - has revived price pressure in the economy. http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/finance/market-overview-ftse-100-rangebound-us-markets-closed/
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Access Industries, which already owns 42.5% of Perform, made an offer of 260p per share for the rest of the company, valuing the entire business at 701.6m. my company Perform's board reiterated its confidence in its prospects as an independent company and urged shareholders to "take no action at this time". Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank helped to keep scandal-hit oil explorer Afren in the red, after it cut its target price from 185p to 175p. Technological company Exova continued to fall after it on Friday revealed that its revenue had declined in the first half due to headwinds in aerospace and transportation sectors. FTSE 250 - Risers Perform Group (PER) 257.80p +26.50% Dixons Carphone (DC.) 363.30p +5.43% African Barrick Gold (ABG) 244.90p +4.84% Redrow (RDW) 283.40p +3.39% De La Rue (DLAR) 730.50p +2.74% Euromoney Institutional Investor (ERM) 1,111.00p +2.68% IP Group (IPO) 219.80p +2.66% Debenhams (DEB) 68.10p +2.48% Cairn Energy (CNE) 184.00p +2.45% FTSE 250 - Fallers Fidessa Group (FDSA) 2,230.00p -2.54% Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI) (PDL) 174.10p -2.52% Exova Group (EXO) 188.50p -2.33% Supergroup (SGP) 1,068.00p -2.11% Telecom Plus (TEP) 1,430.00p -1.85% Ocado Group (OCDO) 322.60p -1.74% Infinis Energy (INFI) 212.10p -1.71% Circassia Pharmaceuticals (CIR) 312.00p -1.52% NR http://www.lse.co.uk/sharecast-news-article.asp?ArticleCode=22007334&ArticleHeadline=ftse_250_movers:_perform_group_jumps_on_takeover_bid_news&utm_medium=Auto%20Updates&utm_campaign=Twitter%20Auto%20Updates&utm_content=Twitter%20Auto%20Updates&utm_source=Twitter&utm_term=FTSE%20250%20movers:%20Perform%20Group%20jumps%20on%20takeover%20bid%20news
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According to The Telegraph over the weekend, Liberty, which already owns a 6.4% stake in ITV through its investment in July, is "forming alliances" with the latter's major institutional shareholders, such as Fidelity and Blackrock. BAE Systems was also heading north after Bank of America analysts upgraded the stock from 'underperform' to 'buy', saying global geopolitical tensions could result in an increase in defence budgets. Retail stocks were divided, with Sports Direct, Marks & Spencer and Kingfisher all trading well, while supermarkets Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury were all seen sinking into the red, weighed by ongoing concerns about market competition from cut-price rivals as well as Tesco's profit warning at the end of last week. GlaxoSmithKline was another poor performer amid reports the board could face an investor revolt over its chairman, Sir Chris Gent. Although he is due to step down next year, some investors are calling for him to stand down much sooner. UK banking group Barclays was also lower after it announced it is to offload part of its Spanish business to Caixabank as part of its non-core asset disposal programme, but said it would lose 500m on the sale. FTSE 100 - Risers BAE Systems (BA.) 456.50p +2.56% Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 439.90p +2.33% Kingfisher (KGF) 309.20p +1.81% Sports Direct International (SPD) 734.00p +1.17% Burberry Group (BRBY) 1,435.00p +0.99% Hammerson (HMSO) 613.50p +0.99% Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.) 1,031.00p +0.98% Reed Elsevier (REL) 992.00p +0.97% FTSE 100 - Fallers Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets (MRW) 173.00p -2.54% Tesco (TSCO) 226.05p -1.70% http://www.lse.co.uk/sharecast-news-article.asp?ArticleCode=22007520&ArticleHeadline=ftse_100_movers:_itv_a_strong_riser_on_bid_speculation&utm_medium=Auto%20Updates&utm_campaign=Twitter%20Auto%20Updates&utm_content=Twitter%20Auto%20Updates&utm_source=Twitter&utm_term=FTSE%20100%20movers:%20ITV%20a%20strong%20riser%20on%20bid%20speculation