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London pre-open: Stocks to fall amid conflicting China-US trade reports
London stocks were set to fall at the open on Thursday, tracking losses in Asia amid conflicting reports about the progress being made in China-US trade talks.
Centrica maintains full-year guidance, profits slide at Johnson Matthey
London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open 35 points lower on Thursday, having closed down 0. 84% at 7,262. 49 on Wednesday.
Thursday newspaper round-up: Google, ex-BA exec, Direct Line
Google will no longer allow political advertisers to target voters based on their political affiliation, the company announced Wednesday, in a move that will increase pressure on Facebook to limit micro-targeting. Google also plans to “clarify” its ad policies around false claims to explicitly ban doctored video and images known as “deepfakes”, misleading claims about the census, and “demonstrably false claims” that could undermine trust in elections or the democratic process.