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Tesco lasts shr options protest ( Reuters ) Fri 03 Jul, 11:14 PM
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Tesco, Britain's largest retailer, narrowly survived a big investor protest over changes to its management share option plan and more comfortably saw off complaints it should do more to help migrant workers.

Stanford victims file class action suit against insurers ( AFP ) Fri 03 Jul, 10:53 PM
Two US legal firms announced Friday that they have filed a class action suit against a London-based insurer on behalf of the Mexican victims of fraudulent financier Allen Stanford.

Latin America poised for quick exit from crisis: IADB ( AFP ) Fri 03 Jul, 09:40 PM
Latin America and the Caribbean are well placed to emerge from the storm buffeting much of the global economy, multilateral lenders said here on Friday.

Lula to call for solidarity with poor nations at G8 ( AFP ) Fri 03 Jul, 09:27 PM
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will call on wealthy nations to moderate their demands on poor countries during next week's G8 summit in Italy, a presidential spokesman said Friday.

G8 united in not shifting reserve currency ( Reuters ) Fri 03 Jul, 09:25 PM
(Reuters) - The Group of Eight leading industrialized nations are showing little enthusiasm for China's idea of questioning the dollar's status as the main global reserve currency, a G8 source involved in preparations for next week's G8 summit said on Friday.

Results & Trading Statements

UPDATE 1-Cosalt swings to H1 loss; scraps interim dividend ( AFP ) Fri 03 Jul, 08:57 AM
* H1 pretax loss 3.4 mln stg vs yr-ago profit 780,000 stg

Climate Exchange avg June ECX trade up 57 pct y/y ( AFP ) Fri 03 Jul, 08:12 AM
LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Average daily trading volumes on the European Climate Exchange (ECX) rose 57 percent in June versus a year earlier, operator Climate Exchange Plc (LSE: CLE.L - news) said on Friday.

BRIEF-Accsys Technologies FY net profit 5.4 mln eur vs 4.1 mln ( AFP ) Thu 02 Jul, 07:29 AM
LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Accsys Technologies Plc (LSE: AXS.L - news) :

TABLE-Auto industry U.S. June results by auto groups ( AFP ) Wed 01 Jul, 10:39 PM
July 1 (Reuters) - Following are U.S. sales and market shares of cars and light trucks listed by auto groups and their wholly owned subsidiaries for June versus the same year-earlier month and for the year-to-date.

U.S. light vehicle sales, market share for June ( AFP ) Wed 01 Jul, 10:32 PM
CHICAGO, July 1 (Reuters) - The following chart represents U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for the month of June.

Broker Recomendations
What the brokers say : 03 July
Lanxess upgraded to "buy"
Philips "hold," target price raised
Communisis "hold," target price reduced
Newspaper tips & round up

Friday tips round-up: Greene King, Game, Wellstream ( ShareCast ) Fri 03 Jul, 07:07 AM
Greene King, the pub operator and brewer, reckons it is in a much better position than many of its rivals. The group issued its full-year numbers yesterday, saying that profits fell by 15%, which beat most analysts' expectations and led to a 3% rise in the share price.

Thursday tips round-up: AstraZeneca, Morgan Sindall, Afren ( ShareCast ) Thu 02 Jul, 06:17 AM
Yesterday's failed blockbuster drug can be tomorrow's niche therapy. That would appear to be the prognosis from AstraZeneca, which yesterday won European marketing approval for Iressa, its once-a-day lung cancer pill.

Director Dealings - News
Tristel chairman sells
Northern Bear chief stake under 2m
Avanti chairman and non-exec buy
Halfords new chairman starts assembling stake
Management Changes
BRIEF-Parkwood Holdings names Michael Quayle as FD
CORRECTED-UPDATE 3-Peace named StanChart chairman, to quit Experian
Business Books: Managing cultures in a flat world
UPDATE 3-Peace named StanChart chairman, to quit Experian
New Issues & IPOs
Bondholders threaten to veto Pearl float
UPDATE 1-Beijing to encourage foreign firms to list in China
UPDATE 1-Pearl bondholders say will not support float
Pearl bondholders say will not support float
The Week Ahead
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FTSE 100 4236 0.05%
FTSE 100
UK at a Glance-Banks, defensives push FTSE to close higher
AFX ( Fri 03 Jul, 05:50 PM)
Market Movers
FTSE 100 movers: British Airways boosted by cost target
TechMARK movers: Morse jumps on outlook
FTSE 250 movers: Salamander up on well spudding
FTSE 100 movers: Miners hit by market wobble
Sector Movers
Sector movers: Media lifted by broker note
Sector movers: Rio weighs on miners
Sector movers: M&S sales rise cheers retailers
Sector movers: Oil service stocks in demand
Currencies
Index suggests return to anaemic growth [at Financial Times]
Defensive mood benefits dollar [at Financial Times]
Uncertain prospects lift dollar [at Financial Times]
Technical Analysis: Sterling continues to drift lower
Commodities
Crude slips further in holiday trade [at Financial Times]
Europe Gasoline-dips in light trade to $600 a tonne
Nigeria militant trial goes on despite amnesty offer
UPDATE 1-E.ON says to cut gas prices by 3.3 pct from Sat
Bonds
Bonds round-up: Quiet day for bonds
Eurozone retail sales figures disappoint
ECB leaves interest rates unchanged
Bonds round-up: Gloomy data gives lift
Economic News
Mortgage repayments soar to £8.1bn
What the Bank has to weigh up next week
Darling warns banks on return of bonus culture
Services sector growth slows
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