World markets
| Shanghai | 2,277.84 | +2.17 (0.10%) |
| S&P 500 | 1,650.51 | -4.84 (-0.29%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 14,623.58 | +139.60 (0.96%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 22,621.94 | -47.74 (-0.21%) |
| TSEC | 8,229.76 | -8.07 (-0.10%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,776.78 | -58.23 (-2.05%) |
| CAC 40 | 3,967.15 | -83.96 (-2.07%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,658.09 | -94.41 (-0.74%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,968.40 | -94.00 (-1.86%) |
| BSE Sensex | 19,712.12 | +37.79 (0.19%) |
| KOSPI | 1,970.00 | +0.81 (0.04%) |
FOREX-Dollar recovers vs yen as Nikkei regains footing
Thu May 23, 2013 11:00pm EDT. * Some traders see Nikkei's adjustments already over. * Dollar buoyed by expectations Fed may scale down QE.
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Top stories
Mothercare is crawling towards a recovery as chief executive Simon Calver insisted the UK company was on target to break even within two years.
Fri May 24, 2013 12:58am BST. (Reuters) - The chief executive of Royal Mail, Moya Greene, who is responsible for leading a turnaround of the business, is set to receive an annual bonus worth nearly 500,000 pounds, as the company readies itself for a stock ...
Flybe has hit out at the owners of Gatwick, claiming the airline's decision to sell 25 take-off and landing slots at the base to easyJet for �20m was due to the airport's "discriminatory" treatment of smaller airlines.
Global markets face a witches' brew of new risks as Japan's monetary adventure wobbles, China's slows further, and the US Fed prepares to shut the spigot of dollar liquidity.
Occupational pension funds have won a reprieve from a European regulatory overhaul that they feared would have had disastrous consequences for scheme members in several countries as well as the companies that fund them.
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| Capital Goods | -1.88% |
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| Conglomerates | -1.72% |
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| Cons. Cyclical | -2.30% |
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| Cons. Non-Cyclical | -1.30% |
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| Energy | -1.39% |
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| Financial | -3.17% |
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| Healthcare | -1.62% |
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| Services | -1.57% |
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| Technology | -3.17% |
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| Transportation | -1.76% |
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| Utilities | -0.64% |
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