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• Evening Standard, London, market report column.

  - 2004-09-02

  By Steve Hawkes, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 2--Retail tycoon Philip Green broke cover to dismiss speculation he is lining up a bid for Sainsbury's today as shares in the supermarkets giant soared on talk of a potential takeover...

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• WORLD MARKETS: London

  - 2004-02-06

  A SLIDE in the oil majors Shell and BP and weak banking stocks left the FTSE 100 down 14.1 at 4,384.4. Shares in the mortgage lenders Abbey National and HBOS fell after the Bank of England lifted interest rates and raised the prospect of more to come. Shell fell after...

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• THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Falling dollar hits UK firms

  - 2003-10-04

  Close Brothers Things are looking brighter for Close Brothers, which posted a 14 per cent increase in profits for the year. The mainstream banking division is now providing two-thirds of its profits, up from only a third in 2001 when investment banking had brought in the cash....

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• WORLD MARKETS: London

  - 2003-03-28

  FALLING OIL stocks led blue chips lower, while the high street banks Lloyds TSB and Abbey National dropped amid worry over the impact of the Iraq war. But Man Group beat the trend to close up 5.5 per cent after the hedge fund manager said high demand for its products...

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• World markets: London

  - 2002-10-16

  THE FTSE 100 jumped 5 per cent to end at 4,130.3, its highest level for a month, with banks accounting for one-third of the gains after Bank of Ireland detailed its approach for Abbey National. Market watchers said the bid could trigger a raised offer or even a bidding war....

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• Around the World's Markets: London

  - 2001-09-04

  THE FTSE 100 closed down 32.9 points at 5,312.1 as the index battled to stay within its long-term 5,300-5,600 range. The closure of Wall Street for the Labor Day holiday kept turnover subdued. Oils were among the bigger losers amid worries about the outlook for the world economy, with Shell...

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