World markets
| Shanghai | 2,276.93 | -25.47 (-1.11%) |
| S&P 500 | 1,655.35 | -13.81 (-0.83%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 14,483.98 | -1,143.28 (-7.32%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 22,651.11 | -609.97 (-2.62%) |
| TSEC | 8,237.83 | -161.01 (-1.92%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,835.01 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| CAC 40 | 4,051.11 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,752.50 | +10.07 (0.08%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 5,062.40 | -103.00 (-1.99%) |
| BSE Sensex | 19,759.77 | -302.47 (-1.51%) |
| KOSPI | 1,969.19 | -24.64 (-1.24%) |
IMF pulls its punches on UK economic policy
Behind closed doors at the fund's Washington headquarters, Mr Osborne challenged Olivier Blanchard, IMF chief economist, about the Frenchman's comments that Britain was �playing with fire� over its austerity drive, setting up a battle over the impending IMF ...
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Top stories
By Masayuki Kitano and Hideyuki Sano. SINGAPORE | Thu May 23, 2013 7:36am BST. SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Hawkish comments by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and weakness in China's factory activity rattled Asian markets on Thursday ...
... Off. � Markets tumble after unexpected China figures � China factory activity falls for first time in 7 months � Stop picking on UK companies - SSE � Head of Waitrose Mark Price refuses to meet me.
LONDON | Thu May 23, 2013 7:38am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - State-backed Lloyds Banking Group said it had raised 450 million pounds from the sale of 15 percent of wealth manager St. James's Place to boost its capital.
Japanese stocks plunged, pushing the Nikkei stock index down 7.3% to notch its biggest loss since the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 that devastated the country's northeast region.
File photo dated 21/07/11 of an SSE Training Centre in Perth as energy group SSE today said it will increase tariffs by 9% on average in a move impacting around 5 million electricity customers and 3.4 million gas customers.
Trends
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| OCDO | Ocado Group PLC | -0.22% | 1,644.73M |
| MRW | Wm. Morrison Supermarkets plc | 0.00% | 6,566.26M |
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| Technology | -0.71% |
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| Transportation | +1.06% |
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| Utilities | -0.26% |
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