World markets
| Shanghai | 2,288.53 | +12.87 (0.57%) |
| S&P 500 | 1,650.51 | -4.84 (-0.29%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 14,612.45 | +128.47 (0.89%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 22,618.67 | -51.01 (-0.23%) |
| TSEC | 8,209.78 | -28.05 (-0.34%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,765.98 | -10.80 (-0.39%) |
| CAC 40 | 3,963.18 | -3.97 (-0.10%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,658.09 | -94.41 (-0.74%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,983.50 | -78.90 (-1.56%) |
| BSE Sensex | 19,704.33 | +30.00 (0.15%) |
| KOSPI | 1,973.45 | +4.26 (0.22%) |
Co-operative Bank ceases lending to new business customers
The Co-operative Bank has closed its doors to new corporate customers as it tries to repair its balance sheet after its bonds were downgraded to �junk� status.
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Top stories
FRANKFURT | Fri May 24, 2013 6:19am EDT. FRANKFURT May 24 (Reuters) - Banks will return early 8.123 billion euros ($10.48 billion) of crisis loans to the European Central Bank next week after the ECB cut its main interest rate to a fresh record low of 0.5 ...
Uncertainty over whether yesterday's crash creates a buying opportunity or is a prelude to further falls sees the FTSE 100 shed 0.5%.
By William Schomberg. CARDIFF | Fri May 24, 2013 5:55am EDT. CARDIFF (Reuters) - A Bank of England policymaker said on Friday he favored small additional amounts of bond purchases over time, but not a hard-to-manage commitment to longer-term ...
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) said approvals rose 0.9pc on an annual basis in April to 32,153, the highest seen since January.
Lord Hall said the Digital Media Initiative, an effort to develop desktop computer software to make the programme making process faster and more efficient, would be shut down immediately.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| CAZA | Caza Oil & Gas, Inc | 26.53% | 18.76M |
| CAZ | Caza Oil & Gas, Inc. | 0.00% | 29.50M |
| NTOG | Nostra Terra Oil and Gas Company plc | 1.96% | 11.39M |
| FRR | Frontera Resources Corp | 13.90% | 21.31M |
| BTG | BTG plc | 4.37% | 1,163.27M |
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| Basic Materials | -1.00% |
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| Capital Goods | -0.42% |
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| Conglomerates | +1.03% |
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| Cons. Cyclical | -1.12% |
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| Cons. Non-Cyclical | -0.57% |
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| Energy | -0.63% |
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| Financial | -1.23% |
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| Healthcare | -0.40% |
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| Services | -0.54% |
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| Technology | -0.62% |
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| Transportation | -0.56% |
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| Utilities | -0.46% |
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