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AFP 07:45 PM | November 11,2009
“The number of unemployed people increased by 30,000 over the quarter to reach 2.46 million”
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Reuters 04:05 PM | November 10,2009
Strong investment banking underpinned profits for both banks, although Barclays shares dipped on concern its investment bank will be unable to sustain its growth and is seeing costs rise
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Reuters 01:32 PM | October 27,2009
Dealers said they expected the London-based company’s shares to open 3% higher on the earnings
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Reuters 03:24 PM | October 23,2009
This was much worse than analysts’ expectations of a 0.2 % rise. Not a single analyst out of the 35 polled by Reuters before the data had expected a negative reading
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Reuters 05:39 PM | October 19,2009
At 1049 GMT, the benchmark FTSE 100 rose 65.36 points at 5,255.60 reversing losses from Friday when the index closed back below the 5,200 level after results from Bank of America and General Electric disappointed markets
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AFP 05:55 PM | October 14,2009
Britain currently has around 9,000 troops in Afghanistan, the second largest deployment after the United States. There have been 221 British deaths there since the war began in 2001
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Reuters 01:47 PM | October 13,2009
By 0757 GMT, the FTSE 100 index was 16.63 points lower at 5,193.54, having gained 48.30 points, or 0.9% to 5,210.17 on Monday, its highest close since late September 2008
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AP 03:12 PM | October 12,2009
Gordon Brown’s office, which had released details of the plan on Sunday, said the premier will make the announcement in a speech
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Reuters 02:46 PM | October 12,2009
By 0925 GMT the benchmark FTSE 100 was up 51.29 points at 5,213.16, a fresh high for 2009 and trading back above the 5,200 level for the first time since mid-September 2008
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Reuters 06:57 PM | October 07,2009
Jaguar Land Rover is pleased that its funding plans are progressing, its CFO Kenneth Gregor said
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Reuters 06:09 PM | October 05,2009
At 1109 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 3.02 points, or 0.1% higher, at 4991.72 after ending on Friday at a near three-week closing low below the 5,000 level, down 59.11 points at 4,988.70
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AFP 04:18 PM | September 29,2009
Barclays will acquire 400,000 credit card accounts and gross assets of around $939 million under the terms of the transaction
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AP 09:38 AM | September 29,2009
It does not specifically name any Western country, but Gadhafi mentioned both the United States and Britain during a speech after the signing
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Reuters 04:40 PM | September 23,2009
Weak dollar underpins commodity gains; Liberty leads property stocks lower after share placing; British data mixed but investors await Fed decision
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Reuters 02:19 PM | September 22,2009
By 0817 GMT the FTSE 100 was up 48.64 points at 5,183.00, after closing 0.7% lower on Monday to end a six-session winning streak
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