World markets
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| Hang Seng Index | 22,670.61 | +0.93 (0.00%) |
| TSEC | 8,228.85 | -8.98 (-0.11%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,776.78 | -58.23 (-2.05%) |
| CAC 40 | 3,967.15 | -83.96 (-2.07%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,658.09 | -94.41 (-0.74%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,966.00 | -96.40 (-1.90%) |
| BSE Sensex | 19,684.81 | +10.48 (0.05%) |
| KOSPI | 1,971.08 | +1.89 (0.10%) |
Mothercare chief executive insists recovery on track despite fall in sales
Mothercare is crawling towards a recovery as chief executive Simon Calver insisted the UK company was on target to break even within two years.
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Top stories
Fri May 24, 2013 12:58am BST. (Reuters) - The chief executive of Royal Mail, Moya Greene, who is responsible for leading a turnaround of the business, is set to receive an annual bonus worth nearly 500,000 pounds, as the company readies itself for a stock ...
Flybe has hit out at the owners of Gatwick, claiming the airline's decision to sell 25 take-off and landing slots at the base to easyJet for �20m was due to the airport's "discriminatory" treatment of smaller airlines.
Global markets face a witches' brew of new risks as Japan's monetary adventure wobbles, China's slows further, and the US Fed prepares to shut the spigot of dollar liquidity.
Occupational pension funds have won a reprieve from a European regulatory overhaul that they feared would have had disastrous consequences for scheme members in several countries as well as the companies that fund them.
He warned profits would fall for the next two years as he launched a stinging attack on the company's previous management. Boost: Victoria Pendleton and her Halfords bike.
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