SYDNEY--The Australian share market fell its most in two months after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could reduce economic stimulus and China's manufacturing showed signs of contraction.

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Thursday 08.00 BST. Global stocks are in sharp retreat, led by a savage plunge in Tokyo, as traders are spooked by the prospect of reduced central bank support and a slowing Chinese economy.

Lagarde: UK growth "not particularly good". Mark Carney, says the UK is a "crisis economy" as it struggles to emerge from the global recession and the IMF says George Osborne needs to change tack.

The airline Flybe is dropping its direct flights from Belfast City Airport to London Gatwick. The route has been axed after the Exeter-based company sold its runway slots at Gatwick Airport.

PARIS | Thu May 23, 2013 7:57am BST. PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrived in court on Thursday to be questioned by a French magistrate over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former ...

Thu May 23, 2013 2:57am EDT. LONDON May 23 (Reuters) - British bicycles-to-car-parts group Halfords unveiled a plan to cut its dividend and invest in the group as part of a three-year turnaround plan designed to push sales to the 1 billion pound ($1.50 ...

The blue chip index fell 1.5pc at the open to 6733, after closing on Wednesday at just 90 points shy of the record close of 6930.2 it reached during the 1999 dotcom boom.

United Utilities Plc (UU/), the U.K.'s largest publicly traded water company, said fiscal full-year profit rose 8.7 percent as higher prices helped counter lower volumes and a shift by customers to meters from fixed rates.

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