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Police chief resigns after Brooks arrest
Former editor arrested by police investigating allegations of phone hacking and corrupting police officers by News International View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Oil price tumbles after reserves release
Oil prices tumbled after Western nations surprised the market, releasing the biggest amount of oil from their emergency strategic stocks since 1991 View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Oil leaps after Opec fails to boost output
Oil prices jump sharply after Opec, the producers’ cartel, fails to strike a deal to raise production at a highly charged meeting in Vienna View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Oil leaps after Opec fails to strike deal
Oil prices jump sharply after Opec, the producers’ cartel, fails to strike a deal to raise production at a highly charged meeting in Vienna View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Stocks stabilise after early summer swoon
Early summer swoon abates as optimists on the global economy perceive value in certain risk assets, but buying is timid with concerns about the eurozone and slowing US growth View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
US bank stocks fall after Goldman probe
The investment bank’s shares suffer following reports Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan district attorney, has asked the bank to hand over information relating to pre-crisis activities View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
LinkedIn stock surges after IPO
LinkedIn shares soar to as much as $114.64 from an initial public offering price of $45, evoking comparisons with hot IPOs from the height of the dotcom boom View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
LinkedIn’s shares surge after IPO
LinkedIn’s initial public offering has so far lived up to the hype, pricing at $45 a share and raising $351m View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Asian shares mixed after Bernanke comments
Asian shares fluctuated on Wednesday as investors digested bearish comments from US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, which increased fears about the global economic slowdown View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage