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  • Live: Malaysia Airlines jet crash

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    1308: Ukraine Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has told CNN there was "no way our forces could be engaged in any way" in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane. He said Ukraine did not have any military assets in the area that could have shot down the aircraft. Klimkin added there's "no way" that separatists took anti-aircraft equipment from Ukraine's military.

  • Hong Kong's MTR Corp beats UK rivals to £1.4bn Crossrail deal

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    Hong Kong transport group MTR Corporation has won a £1.4bn deal to run London's new Crossrail rail link, beating off competition from rivals Go-Ahead, National Express and Arriva.

  • Week ahead: ARM, Glaxo in focus amid a wave of blue-chip earnings

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    After a relatively quiet five sessions in terms of UK corporate earnings, things will pick up a gear next week with a host of blue chips expected to update the market on their recent performances.

  • Europe midday: Ukraine and Gaza conflicts weigh on stocks

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    European stocks continued to decline for a second day as concerns over the conflict between Ukraine and Russia escalated.

  • Broker tips: GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Housebuilders

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    Panmure Gordon said it is "not expecting fireworks" from GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) second-quarter results due out next Wednesday.

  • US close: Stocks bounce back, ending week in the blue

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    US stocks rose on the last day of the week, practically erasing all of the previous day's losses which resulted from the escalating violence in eastern Ukraine and to a lesser extent the decision by Israel to invade the Gaza strip.

  • Live: Malaysia Airlines jet crash

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    1206: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said a cease-fire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia militants was "essential" after an airliner crashed in eastern Ukraine, according to Interfax news agency. Lavrov said a video conference would take place soon between Kiev and pro-Russia rebels on a potential cease-fire.

  • London midday: Stocks fall as tensions rise after Malaysia Airlines crash

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    Global geopolitical tensions were weighing on UK stocks on Friday following the crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine.

  • Shire and AbbVie strike £32bn takeover deal

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    US drug company AbbVie is taking over Shire in a deal valuing the UK group at £32bn, the pair said on Friday.

  • UK housebuilders have little to be afraid of, says Liberum

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    Liberum has trimmed target prices across the UK housebulding sector but said it still sees upside for stocks despite concerns about a slowing down of the housing market.

  • UK housebuilders have little to be afraid of, says Liberum

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    Liberum has trimmed target prices across the UK housebulding sector but said it still sees upside for stocks despite concerns about a slowing down of the housing market.

  • UK competition watchdog orders banking probe

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    Britain's big banks could face a shake-up after the country's competition watchdog launched a probe into the industry.

  • Live: Malaysia Airlines jet crash

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    1034: Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has blamed the deaths of 298 passengers on pro-Russia separatists, referring to tapped phone conversations during which a rebel leader "boasted that the airliner had been shot down". "War has come to the territory of Ukraine, and the consequences of this war have rolled across the world," he said.

  • Live: Malaysian Airlines jet crash

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    08:51 Ihor Dolhov, the Ukrainian ambassador to Nato, has told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that intercepted phone calls between separatists and Moscow confirmed that rebels were responsible for the downing of the Malaysian Airlines aircraft.

  • Malaysia crash hits financial markets and fuels political tension

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    The crash of a Malaysian Airlines jet in Ukraine, apparently shot down by separatist rebels, rocked financial markets on Friday and sparked fears of renewed tensions between Russia and the west.

  • Co-op to sell pharmacy chain

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    The Co-operative Group has confirmed it will sell its pharmacy chain for £620m to Bestway Group as the part of a major restructuring to turn the troubled firm around.

  • Live: Malaysian jet crash

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    08:40 Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are to give international investigators access to the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet, BBC News reported.

  • London open: Stock markets rattled by Malaysia Airlines crash

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    UK stocks opened firmly in the red on Friday morning as heightened geopolitical tensions following the crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane prompted investors to shy away from taking on too much risk.

  • Friday tips round-up: ITV, Computacenter

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    'Buy' ITV on bid talk, recommends the Questor column in The Telegraph, following the news that Liberty Global has bought a 6.4% stake in the broadcaster. "The shares jumped 7pc higher on the announcement and Questor believes the move underpins the value in the UK Media player," the paper said.

  • DCC ups earnings expectations for full year

    Friday 18 Jul 2014

    DCC, the sales, marketing, distribution and business support services group, said that trading for the first quarter was as expected though it raised its guidance slightly for the full year.

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