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London man held for triggering £500bn crash
A British financial trader will appear in court today accused of helping to trigger a stock market crash from his house in London which wiped billions of dollars off the value of US shares in minutes. The US Department of Justice is requesting
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Plane makes crash-landing on beach in Swansea
A plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a beach in Swansea after smoke started spewing from the aircraft. A pilot and two passengers managed to escape unharmed after the light aircraft crash-landed on the beach next to Swansea
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Twitter sees £4bn wiped off value after first set of public results
Twitter saw seven billion US dollars (£4 billion) wiped off its value after its first set of results as a public company disappointed investors and sparked a Wall Street backlash. Shares fell by as much as 24% in New York after the figures
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Markets to shut for second day
Stock trading will be closed in the United States for a second day as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the east coast. The last time the New York Stock Exchange was closed for weather was in 1985, because of Hurricane Gloria, and it will be the
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Sandy forces Wall Street to close
Traders in London have been left in limbo after Hurricane Sandy forced Wall Street to shut down for the first time since the September 11 attacks. Investors struggled to find direction after it was confirmed that America's two biggest
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What's the difference between Wall St banks and car salesmen?
Nobody expects someone selling them a used car to point out all of its flaws. And if you believe the salesperson who tells you that those pants look absolutely fabulous on you, you either have amazing self-esteem, or you're deluding yourself
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Dow Jones closes on four-year high
The fastest growth in US manufacturing in 10 months gave stocks a lift today and pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest close in more than four years. Manufacturing expanded last month at the strongest pace since June,
