Alliance & Leicester shares slump
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Shares in Alliance & Leicester fall by more than 31% - much of the fall coming in the last half hour of trading.
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Shares in catering firm Compass slump nearly 20% after the firm says higher costs are set to hit profits.
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London equities fell on Wednesday after Marks & Spencer reported its worst quarterly sales performance for two and a half years.
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Retailer's stock sinks after investors agree to sell their shares at a lower-than-expected price.
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Shares in UK buy-to-let mortgage lender Paragon Group slump more than 25% as escalating worries over the credit squeeze spreads.
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Shares closed just above their session lows, depressed by a negative morning by Wall Street and a weak retail sector following a disappointing trading update from Boots, dealers said.
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Shares in pharmaceutical giants AstraZeneca PLC and GlaxoSmithKline PLC tumbled Friday after a US safety official raised concerns over key drugs sold by the companies.
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The FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell 0.33 percent to 6,259.70 points.
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The leading share index fell Monday after a volatile trading session which saw J Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer under heavy selling pressure ahead of Christmas sales due later in the week.
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Business & money: Index of leading UK shares falls to lowest level since credit crunch began last August
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Shares in Iamgold Corp. (IMG.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) tumbled on Monday after a rival deal threatened to sink its union with South Africa&#39;s Gold Fields Ltd.
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Leading shares ended lower as weakness in oil heavyweights and a mixed Wall Street offset merger and acquisition fuelled gains in miners and ICI disposal news.
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Leading shares closed down Wednesday, just off session lows, with financial stocks providing the main drag on the Footsie, while Wall Street made heavy losses after disappointing pending home sales data hit investor confidence.
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Global markets slump, with the UK having its worst day in almost nine months, on fears about Chinese investments.
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Leading shares closed sharply lower, as a profit warning from Tomkins, an arrest of another gaming executive in the US and continued weakness on Wall Street undermined sentiment, and offset relief the Bank of England left rates unchanged, dealers said.
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Shares in troubled medical software firm iSoft fall as the firm says a key partner will oppose its takeover.
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A flurry of corporate updates failed to inspire investors today as the FTSE 100 Index slipped back towards the 4700 barrier. Catering group Compass and Rentokil Initial set the tone for the top flight as shares