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 FTSE begins Thursday down slightly, slipping 0.17 per cent 18 March 2010, 10:00
The FTSE 100 opened slightly down on Thursday with the banking sector suffering in the first hour of trading. >>>
|  FTSE 100 up almost half a per cent following unemployment figures 17 March 2010, 18:00
The FTSE 100 rose by almost half a per cent on Wednesday following the news unemployment in the UK fell by 33,000 in the final quarter of 2009. >>>
|  Unite union to meet with US counterpart over BA strikes 17 March 2010, 16:00
Reports claim the union Unite, which represents British Airways (BA) cabin crew, is to meet with its US counterpart Teamsters later today.
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|  UK unemployment falls by 33,000 in final quarter of 2009 17 March 2010, 14:30
Unemployment in the UK fell by 33,000 in the three months to January, with the jobless rate standing at 7.8 per cent, official figures have revealed.
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|  FTSE 100 registers gains ahead of unemployment figures 17 March 2010, 10:00
The FTSE 100 continued to build on gains made on Tuesday to open this morning up over a third of a per cent. >>>
|  BA leads the FTSE 100 gains at close of trade on Tuesday 16 March 2010, 17:45
The markets in London ended trade slightly up on Tuesday with British Airways (BA) leading the blue-chip gainers.
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|  Govt told by European Commission it must cut budget deficit 16 March 2010, 15:00
The British government must do more to cut its £178 billion budget deficit, a report by the European Commission has said in a pre-general election blow to Labour.
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|  Lip gloss, garlic bread and cereal bars added to inflation basket 16 March 2010, 11:30
Lip gloss, hair straighteners, garlic bread and cereal bars have all made it onto the nation's typical 'basket of goods' used to calculate inflation.
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|  London markets up 0.64 per cent in early trade on Tuesday 16 March 2010, 10:30
The FTSE 100, Britain's leading shares index, was up 0.64 per cent at 36.03 points to 5,629.88 at 09:40 GMT on Tuesday morning.
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|  Mining sector slump causes FTSE 100 to fall over 0.5 per cent 15 March 2010, 18:30
The FTSE 100 suffered a disappointing start to the week on Monday, slipping over half a per cent. >>>
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