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Bonds Drop Around World With US Yields at 20-Month High on Fed
Government bonds tumbled from Australia to Portugal and Treasury yields rose to a 20-month high after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said policy makers may end bond purchases in mid-2014.
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Top stories
The UK's banks have been told to find an additional �13.4bn of capital this year on top of the balance sheet-strengthening measures they had already been planning.
The UK's retailers saw strong sales growth last month after a disastrous April, with both volumes of goods sold and the amount spent rising to their highest-ever level.
PARIS - Shares in Eurotunnel which operates the under-sea tunnel between France and England fell by 4.47 percent on Thursday after the European Commission pressed for a cut in prices charged to run trains on the route.
Sebastian James, Dixons' chief executive, said the chain had experienced a "tablet explosion" last Christmas and, given that less than a third of British households have a tablet, there is "lots of road left in this particular product".
The Scottish first minister has backed a break-up of RBS to split its risky investment bank from its mainstream retail and business lending arm.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| DXNS | Dixons Retail PLC | 3.87% | 1,596.00M |
| GDL | Greka Drilling Ltd | 9.83% | 85.28M |
| GENL | Genel Energy PLC | 0.43% | 2,621.72M |