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| KOSPI | 1,900.62 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
Running of UK banks slated
'Britain has a global financial sector but a medium-sized economy. As the failures of others show, a country with an outsize banking industry can only prosper sustainably if it runs the tightest of ships'.
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Top stories
Leaders of the G-8 nations have agreed on a series of measures designed to clamp down on tax evasion and tax avoidance. A communiqu� released from the summit of eight of the world's largest economies sets out 10 points aimed at promoting �fair taxes� ...
Federal Reserve officials both expect and want inflation to be higher than it is. So far, that isn't happening. Consumer price data released Tuesday showed inflation rose a mere 1.4% in May from a year earlier.
Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:24am BST. (Reuters) - Britain's Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L) has raised its preliminary offer to buy Germany's largest cable operator, Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (KD8Gn.
Lloyds chief executive Antonio Horta Osorio, left, and chairman Sir Win Bischoff denied political pressure. Picture: complimentary.
Young couples who start a family in their twenties could spend more than a decade saving for a deposit for their first home, according to new research.
Trends
| Gainers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| FGP | FirstGroup plc | 8.18% | 1,199.10M |
| AVV | AVEVA Group plc | 6.03% | 1,625.54M |
| TCY | TeleCity Group Plc | 5.71% | 1,972.03M |
| TCG | Thomas Cook Group plc | 4.30% | 1,794.40M |
| TALK | Talktalk Telecom Group PLC | 4.19% | 2,177.59M |
| Losers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| CPBB | Co-operative Bank plc | -13.65% | 4,425.54M |
| ENRC | Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation | -3.24% | 2,994.33M |
| GNK | Greene King plc | -2.97% | 1,689.56M |
| FRES | Fresnillo Plc | -2.51% | 7,881.16M |
| HOME | Home Retail Group Plc | -2.30% | 1,049.10M |
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