All the news from across the web about the companies featured in Citywire's Top Stocks

easyJet PLC

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• Ticker Report: EasyJet was downgraded by research analysts at HSBC from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating in a report released on Monday

Lloyds Group PLC

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• Reuters: Tens of thousands of customers of banks owned by Britain's Lloyds Banking Group were unable to use their debit and ATM cards for several hours on Sunday as an apparent technical glitch hit its system

Prudential PLC

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• Zolmax News: Prudential’s stock had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by equities researchers at Credit Suisse in a research report issued on Monday; the researchers currently have a $24.72 price objective on the stock

Reed Elsevier PLC

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• StockMarketWire: Citigroup reiterates buy on Reed Elsevier; target raised from 950 pence to 1100 pence

Rightmove PLC

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• WKRB News & Analysis: Rightmove’s stock had its “overweight” rating restated by stock analysts at Barclays in a report issued on Monday; the analysts currently have a $47.78 price target on the stock

Rio Tinto PLC

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• Reuters: A small Canadian aluminum producer is in talks to take over Rio Tinto Alcan's aluminum casthouse in Shawinigan, Quebec, rescuing the plant from closure at the end of this year, the fund's project leader told Reuters on Monday

Royal Dutch Shell Plc

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• Rigzone: Brazil's ANP oil regulator said Shell needs to negotiate with the Brazilian government on an oil reservoir that exceeds the limits of the concession block it controls with France's Total

Unilever PLC

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• Reuters: Hindustan Unilever said on Monday its third-quarter net profit rose 22% to $169.63 million year-on-year, beating analysts' forecasts, even as its sales lagged estimates

Weir Group PLC

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• UPI: Weir Group said it signed a $98 million contract to provide maintenance for the West Qurna-2 oil field in southern Iraq