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Antofagasta & Persimmon: Stock market week ahead – 11-15 Aug

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week

Informa and Bloomsbury Publishing: Big director share deals this week

Find out which directors are buying and selling shares in their own companies

Stelrad stutters as markets soften

Hefty impairments have constrained reported profits

Next is ‘unfashionable’ – but in the best way

It’s not simply a case of underpromising and overdelivering

Burford Capital builds pipeline ahead of key Argentina ruling

An accounting uplift masks slower cash realisations in the litigation funder’s core business

Spectris offer shows turnaround story was underappreciated

The industrials company is on the brink of a takeover by US private equity

Serco reaps the rewards of US defence pivot

The outsourcer has kept its full-year outlook unchanged despite beating its own guidance in the first half

Hutchmed’s growing firepower

The China-focused biotech company has seen both sales and cash increase exponentially

Hikma Pharmaceuticals downgrades on price pressures

The MENA-focused generics business sees its margin problems continue into the first half

McDonald’s seeing low-income consumers struggle

The chain is introducing more value options to the menu and has brought back the Snack Wrap