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Thousands of shareholders in companies listed on one of London's junior stock markets saw the value of their investments thrown into doubt after it was revealed the bourse was to close...

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Plus Markets, the British stock exchange for small companies, said it planned to shut itself down after failing to attract an acceptable takeover offer...

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Lord Myners, the former City minister who called for shareholders to be active a decade ago, has joined the fight to force Cookson to rewrite its pay policies...

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When I started writing about investment 20-odd years ago, bonds were a minority interest...

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UK bank shares slumped this morning, as the sector was roiled by JP Morgan Chase's revelation of a $2bn (£1.2bn) trading loss...

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Henderson's Ainslie McLennan talks about what property to invest in...

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Germany has threatened to halt vital financial aid to Greece unless a new government commits to the terms of the country's bail-out agreements, as the eurozone announces it will withold €1bn of €5.2bn cash injection due on Thursday...

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UK equities slumped to their lowest level this year on Wednesday and faced further losses amid downbeat corporate reports and concerns about the health of the eurozone, Britain's biggest export market...

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More than £25bn was wiped off the value of Britain's biggest companies on Tuesday as traders dumped risky assets and fled to safety as fears grew that Greece will leave the euro and trigger a fresh crisis...

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Markets take fright after Greece takes another step towards leaving euro by rejecting "barbarous" international bail-out deals..

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Supermarket chain Sainsbury reports annual profits, while Prudential and HSBC update the market on trading, and the Bank of England releases its interest rate and QE decision...

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Financial markets are braced for a radical shift in economic policy and fresh question marks over a eurozone break-up, as Francois Hollande moves into the Elysee Palace on Monday as the first Socialist president of France for 30 years...

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With a third of 2012 now behind us, the winners and losers among the world's benchmark stock markets are starting to emerge...

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One of the things which surprised me as I walked round a WuMart supermarket in Beijing recently was the number of Western brands on the shelves. Pampers, Quaker Oats and even Blue Nun wine at an eye-watering £18 a bottle jumped out...

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Stock markets fell as disappointing US jobs data doused hopes that the global powerhouse would support the eurozone through the political uncertainty of this weekend's elections in France and Greece...

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British shares dropped sharply on Friday as global stock markets fell after weaker-than-expected US jobs figures and poor eurozone services data cast doubts over recovery in the world economy...

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The investment trusts that have delivered rising dividends every year since 1972, when the miners' strike forced Britain into power cuts and a three-day week...

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Britain has produced some world-beating businesses, says James Bartholomew but when everyone has heard of them, it's too late to buy the shares...

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Schroders Sonja Laud on finding under-valued stocks...

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Schroders Sonja Laud on finding under-valued stocks...

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Facebook is expected to begin pitching its shares to investors and analysts next week as the biggest-ever flotation by an internet company draws closer...

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Facebook is expected to begin pitching its shares to investors and analysts next week as the biggest-ever flotation by an internet company draws closer...

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The roadshow for Facebook initial public offering is scheduled to start on Monday and the shares should begin trading on May 18, a source familiar with the process said on Tuesday...

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America's benchmark Dow Jones Index jumped to a four-year high after better-than-expected manufacturing growth eased concerns that the US recovery is losing momentum...

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Oil giant BP is expected to report a drop in first quarter profits, while taxpayer-backed lender RBS is likely to see losses narrow in the first quarter to £348m...

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