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  • Investors drop risk after US GDP data
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:43:20 GMT
    Global Markets Overview: The FTSE All-World index is down 0.5% following a lower-than-forecast GDP growth report for the US, and the yen and short-term US Treasuries are seeing record demand
  • BP move forces trusts to reduce returns
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:34:58 GMT
    Investment trusts are being forced to cut pay-outs or dip into their reserves to fill the hole left by the suspension of BP?s dividend
  • Weak growth weighs on dollar
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:22:47 GMT
    The dollar fell below Y86 for the first time in eight months on Friday as mounting concerns about the US economy led to broader weakness for the greenback

BBC News

  • Huntley to sue over prison attack
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:54:05 +0000
    Soham killer Ian Huntley is to sue the Prison Service for compensation after his throat was slashed in an attack by a fellow inmate.
  • Hamas man 'killed in air strike'
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:34:08 +0000
    A Hamas militant is reported killed and several are injured by Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, hours after a Palestinian rocket hit the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.
  • Below-par Murray reaches LA semi
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:30:44 +0000
    Britain's Andy Murray beats Alejandro Falla at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, but the top seed has plenty to work on ahead of his semi-final.
  • Australia bushfires: What went wrong?
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:03:39 +0000
    A report into the bushfires that tore across Victoria, Australia, in early 2009 has called for sweeping changes to the way the authorities respond to natural disasters.

BBC Business News

  • Addresses set to lose county name
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:58:54 +0000
    Counties appear set to be dropped from postal addresses in future years after complaints about out-of-date names.
  • Tax credit overpayments 'to soar'
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:00:09 +0000
    Many more people will face having to pay back some of the money paid to them as tax credits because of Budget changes, experts say.
  • Sale of EDF's UK networks agreed
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:21:50 +0000
    A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing has agreed a deal to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).

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