If Bt has bought back 2million 5 thousand shares to day. How come it shows on trades as a sell?

Daily Mail comment.

Daily Telegraph comment.

Camelot ... what events ?

Skinny ... they are sorting the wheat from the chaff internally , if management don't shape up they are being shipped out. This is happening at all levels top to bottom.

U.K. Telecoms firm BT Group PLC (BT) said Wednesday it has signed a global managed networked IT services contract with Anglo American PLC (AAL.LN), a diversified mining company, worth $220 million over the next five years.

MAIN FACTS:

-Contract covers all Anglo American's networking requirements at several hundred locations around the world.

-Under the new contract BT also becomes Anglo American's global supplier of choice for network hardware equipment.

Skinny I've emailed you .... and applied for the job of CEO !

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lol , thick tw*ts :-)

Goldman Sachs Upgrades to Conviction Buy Tp 309p

Had a dabble here - interims tomorrow.

Final Results.


Key points:

· Underlying revenue excluding transit down 1.9% for the year, within our target range

· EBITDA1 target of above £6bn delivered a year early

· Free cash flow2 of £2.5bn, up 13% and well above expectations

· Net debt up £266m after £2.0bn pension deficit payment

· Proposed final dividend of 5.7p, up 14%, giving a full year dividend of 8.3p, up 12%

· 10m homes and businesses passed with fibre, many months ahead of schedule

Outlook:

We expect

· Underlying revenue excluding transit to show an improving trend in 2013 and 2014

· Growth in EBITDA1 in 2013 and 2014

· Normalised free cash flow (which excludes pension deficit payments and related tax credits) of £2,307m in 2012 to be broadly level in 2013 and above £2.4bn in 2014

· BT Global Services to deliver solid EBITDA growth in 2013

· BT Global Services operating cash flow to be lower in 2013 before returning to growth in 2014

· Dividends to grow by 10%-15% per year for the next three years

· Share buyback programme of around £300m in 2013

BT.A Morgan Stanley reiterates it's Overweight Tp 280p

BT.A Deutsche Bank reiterates it's Hold Tp 220p

BT.A Goldman Sachs Retains it's Conviction Buy

BT.A Exane BNP Paribas reiterates it's Outperform Tp 270p

BT.A HB Markets reiterates it's Buy

BT.A Oriel Securities reiterates it's Buy Tp 275p

BT.A JP Morgan Cazenove retains it's neutral Tp 240p

BT SELLS FRENCH APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS

BT Group plc today announces the sale by BT Global Services of its French application development services business to the publicly listed French IT services company Osiatis. The sale will be effective as of 1 June 2012.

The sale allows BT Global Services in France to focus further on its core strategy, which is to offer networked IT services and communications solutions to corporate customers and the government sector.

The unaudited gross assets of the business being sold were €1.84 million as at 31 March 2012.



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BT wins live Premier League rights

Following today's announcement by the Premier League, we are pleased to confirm that BT has been awarded the A and G packages of live rights for the 2013/14 to 2015/16 Premier League seasons.

Our rights include 18 first picks, around half of those available, which means that for the first time consumers have a real choice of provider when it comes to watching the best games. We have secured access to 38 live games, including the opening game of the season, which represents a quarter of the 154 matches to be shown each season.

We will launch a new football-focused channel to carry the games. It will offer new interactive features when supplied over BT's fibre network and we will look to distribute it on other platforms. Full details and pricing will be published in due course.

Ian Livingston, Chief Executive, said: "We are pleased to have won these rights and to have secured around half of the best games on offer each season. We look forward to offering football fans real value and great quality using the latest technology.

"BT is already investing £2.5bn in fibre broadband. Securing Premier League rights fits naturally with this, as consumers increasingly want to buy their broadband and entertainment services from a single provider."

Well I wasn't expecting to be able to buy again below £2 any time soon! Added a few @199.8.

Ex-divi wed 8th Aug '12 (5.7p)

New 3 month high (222.90p)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/12/us-telecoms-eu-regulations-idUSBRE86B0X420120712

Here's the reason for today's rise. Good news from Europe? Shurely shome mishtake.

1st Quarter Results

A nice little surge pre divi day. Hope the ex-divi drop will not be too severe.

ITV in talks with BT to show Premier League games

ITV could show live Premier League football matches for the first time in its history under a tie-up with BT, it can be revealed.
BT is in talks to allow the broadcaster to screen on a terresterial channel some of the 154 sought-after games that it secured for £738m, as well as to produce the coverage of the matches.

BT sticking its land line prices up again I'm disgusted.

May buy some more :-)