World markets
| Shanghai | 2,308.04 | +25.17 (1.10%) |
| S&P 500 | 1,667.47 | +17.00 (1.03%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 15,347.00 | +208.88 (1.38%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 23,474.03 | +391.35 (1.70%) |
| TSEC | 8,367.28 | -0.91 (-0.01%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,817.99 | +11.29 (0.40%) |
| CAC 40 | 4,001.27 | +22.20 (0.56%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,613.05 | +105.45 (0.84%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 5,214.20 | +33.40 (0.64%) |
| BSE Sensex | 20,426.17 | +140.05 (0.69%) |
| KOSPI | 1,985.90 | -0.91 (-0.05%) |
Inflation 'may hamper Carney', warns ITEM Club
The Ernst & Young ITEM Club said �the persistence of high inflation could undermine the Monetary Policy Committee's credibility� and �tie [its] hands�.
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Top stories
Marks & Spencer has become the latest in a string of UK companies to face criticism from tax campaigners over the way it structures its online sales to Europe - with one describing its sales operation as similar to that of the internet retail giant Amazon.
The outgoing governor of the Bank of England Sir Mervyn King has warned that a government scheme to help the housing market should not become permanent.
The board of Yahoo, the faded Web pioneer, agreed on Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, a signal of how the company plans to reposition itself as the technology ...
The study said a separate Scotland could have �significant difficulties� replicating the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), which protects bank deposits of up to �85,000.
David Cameron has written to the leaders of Britain's offshore tax havens stressing the need to "get our own houses in order" as he pushes for international action to tackle avoidance schemes.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| OCDO | Ocado Group PLC | 31.96% | 1,540.91M |
| MRW | Wm. Morrison Supermarkets plc | 0.86% | 6,622.64M |
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| Capital Goods | +0.70% |
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| Conglomerates | +1.08% |
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| Cons. Cyclical | +1.12% |
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| Cons. Non-Cyclical | -0.42% |
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| Energy | +0.82% |
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| Financial | +1.34% |
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| Healthcare | -0.24% |
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| Services | +0.22% |
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| Technology | +0.32% |
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| Transportation | +0.16% |
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| Utilities | +0.15% |
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