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Survey shows global trust in business plummets Tuesday, 27 Jan 2009

BOSTON (Reuters) - Trust in business plummeted worldwide last year, as the global economic crisis sent financial institutions pleading for government support, leaving average people to question industry's ability to bring prosperity, according to a survey released on Tuesday.  Full Article

 
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China airs currency view but no big stir at G8 summit 11:25am BST 

ROME (Reuters) - China may have told world leaders it wants a better, more stable global reserve currency system, but analysts say Beijing is in no rush to dethrone the dollar because it has vast dollar-denominated assets.  Full Article  

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Google's PC gamble will take years to play out Thursday, 9 Jul 2009 

BOSTON (Reuters) - Google's plan for a new PC operating system is its most ambitious assault against Microsoft, but it is a gamble that may not pay off for several years.  Full Article  

Columnist James Saft
Confidence gap

Investors have serious doubts about the popular perception that the U.S. won’t allow key banks to fail, or in saving them in some form won’t make bond holders take substantial losses.  Commentary 

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Symb 4 wk rating
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Current mean
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0593xq.L 4.00 to 1.00 Buy
AURU.L 4.00 to 2.00 Outperform
BGO.L 3.00 to 1.00 Buy
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PDL.L 3.00 to 5.00 Sell
OSUq.L 1.00 to 3.00 Hold
FOUR.L 1.00 to 3.00 Hold
Symb Last Change Chg %
HOME.L 276.50 +10.00 +3.75
UU.L 486.75 +11.50 +2.42
VED.L 1,341.00 +25.00 +1.90
Data as of Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:54am BST.
Symb Last Change Chg %
WOS.L 1,034.00 -32.00 -3.00
RIO.L 1,912.50 -54.50 -2.77
BALF.L 285.25 -7.50 -2.56
Data as of Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:54am BST.

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Currency
US $ inGBP =0.6171
Euro inGBP =0.8577
¥en inGBP =0.0067
Events Dates
British Assets Trust PLC BSET.L Quarterly dividend for the period to 2009-03-31
Declaration:
May 15
Ex-Date:
Jun 10
Record:
Jun 12
Payable:
1:00am BST
Marks and Spencer Group PLC MKSa.BE Semi-annual dividend for the period to 2009-03-28
Declaration:
May 19
Ex-Date:
May 27
Record:
May 29
Payable:
1:00am BST
Morgan Crucible Co PLC MCRUF.PK Semi-annual dividend for the period to 2009-01-04
Declaration:
Feb 19
Ex-Date:
Record:
Jun 05
Payable:
1:00am BST
Tesco PLC TSCO.BE Semi-annual dividend for the period to 2009-02-28
Declaration:
Apr 21
Ex-Date:
Apr 29
Record:
May 01
Payable:
1:00am BST
Whitbread PLC WTB.BE Semi-annual dividend for the period to 2009-02-26
Declaration:
Apr 28
Ex-Date:
May 06
Record:
May 08
Payable:
1:00am BST