World markets
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| BSE Sensex | 20,111.61 | -112.37 (-0.56%) |
| KOSPI | 1,981.09 | -1.34 (-0.07%) |
Senate panel peels back Apple's offshore taxes
By Patrick Temple-West. WASHINGTON | Tue May 21, 2013 12:57pm EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc's chief executive officer defended the company's tax record at a Tuesday Senate hearing where lawmakers said the maker of iPads, iPods and ...
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Top stories
Falling petrol prices pushed down UK inflation more than expected last month, giving the Bank of England's incoming governor Mark Carney more room to step in and shore up the economy should the recovery falter.
Jamie Dimon has won a clear victory over shareholder activists looking to strip him of his chairmanship of JPMorgan Chase but investors used the bank's annual meeting to deliver a big protest vote against three of its directors.
Nick Buckles, the chief executive of G4S, bowed out on Tuesday after a turbulent reign that encompassed a humiliating Olympics shambles, an embarrassing aborted takeover attempt and a profit warning that left investors concerned over the future of the ...
LONDON�Burberry Group PLC showed further signs of recovery following a midyear profit warning, as it reported a rise in full-year revenue on Tuesday.
Vodafone is to plough back a �2.1bn dividend from US telecoms group Verizon into its business rather than offer shareholders a windfall, after the UK mobile operator reported its biggest annual fall in service revenues in five years.
Trends
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| OCDO | Ocado Group PLC | -0.81% | 1,635.59M |
| MRW | Wm. Morrison Supermarkets plc | -0.52% | 6,686.82M |
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| Financial | -0.34% |
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| Healthcare | +0.49% |
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| Services | -0.35% |
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| Technology | -0.86% |
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| Transportation | +0.86% |
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| Utilities | +0.14% |
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