World markets
| Shanghai | 2,302.40 | -2.71 (-0.12%) |
| S&P 500 | 1,655.35 | -13.81 (-0.83%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 15,627.26 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 23,261.08 | -105.29 (-0.45%) |
| TSEC | 8,398.84 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,835.01 | +13.36 (0.47%) |
| CAC 40 | 4,051.11 | +14.93 (0.37%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,752.50 | +10.07 (0.08%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 5,157.80 | -7.60 (-0.15%) |
| BSE Sensex | 20,062.24 | -49.37 (-0.25%) |
| KOSPI | 1,993.83 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
Leaders: George Osborne's Plan B | Poor healthcare
WHILE David Cameron was embarked on his latest round of diplomacy in Europe to try to get EU agreement on tackling tax avoidance by multinational companies, his Chancellor, George Osborne, was back in London responding to the report on the UK ...
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Top stories
The US Federal Reserve heralded the beginning of the end for its third round of quantitative easing as Ben Bernanke said it could slow the $85bn-a-month pace of asset purchases �in the next few meetings� if the labour market is strong.
Nationwide has increased its share of the British mortgage market to a record level, helped by government-funded programmes to support housebuyers, such as the Bank of England's Funding for Lending Scheme.
The Committee on Climate Change acknowledged that paying for �green� energy may be costly in the short term but it will actually save the country up to �100 billion in the long run.
Cable & Wireless Communications, the telecoms group that traces its history back to the early days of the British empire, is to leave the UK after more than 140 years and move its headquarters across the Atlantic.
An energy company has told customers they will have to find another �80 a year for energy - despite a surge in their profits of nearly 28%.
Trends
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| OCDO | Ocado Group PLC | 0.13% | 1,644.73M |
| MRW | Wm. Morrison Supermarkets plc | -2.32% | 6,566.26M |
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| Cons. Non-Cyclical | +0.19% |
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| Energy | +0.06% |
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| Financial | +0.73% |
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| Healthcare | +1.44% |
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| Services | -0.36% |
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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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