profits

Balfour Beatty shares have plunged over 20% this morning, after the UK's biggest construction company issued another profit warning.

HSBC, the largest listed bank in the UK, has reported a sharp drop of 12% in its first half profits for 2014, as declines in emerging markets impacted the group.

UK profit warnings have hit a three-year high after more than 100 warnings were issued in the first half of 2014, according to a new report.

Royal Bank of Scotland shares rocketed this morning after the bank said it expects a big jump in profits in H1.

Royal Mail has reported a rise in operating profits in its first set of full-year results since floating on the stock market.

Debenhams' chief financial officer Simon Herrick has resigned from his role after a profits warning on New Year's Eve sent shares plunging.

Aggreko's share price shot up more than 8% yesterday, after the firm won contracts to supply power at next year's World Cup in Brazil and Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Standard Chartered saw its stock price plummet 7% during trading today after warning of its first fall in operating profits for a decade.

Polar Capital has more than doubled its assets under management year-on-year, driven primarily by inflows into its Japanese products.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has cut his stake in Tesco, days after the food retailer posted a major profit slump.