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| Hang Seng Index | 23,366.37 | -126.66 (-0.54%) |
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| S&P/ASX 200 | 5,180.10 | -28.90 (-0.55%) |
| BSE Sensex | 20,111.61 | -112.37 (-0.56%) |
| KOSPI | 1,981.09 | -1.34 (-0.07%) |
Apple chief Tim Cook defends tax practices and denies avoidance
Tim Cook, Apple chief executive, defended the US technology group's tax practices in the face of blistering report by congressional investigators charging that it was engaged in massive tax avoidance schemes to save billions of dollars in tax on its ...
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Top stories
The pound fell against other major currencies after figures showed that the pace of UK inflation slowed more than expected in April.
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.
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.
The boss of G4S will walk away with more than �16 million in cash, shares and pension benefits after being dismissed for failing to put the company back on track after last year's Olympic Games security fiasco.
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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| Conglomerates | +0.33% |
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| Cons. Cyclical | +0.95% |
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| Cons. Non-Cyclical | -0.25% |
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| Energy | +1.02% |
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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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