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13 Mar
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Summit discovers potent antibiotics to fight increasingly resistant gonorrhoea

Biopharmaceutical firm Summit Therapeutics has discovered new antibiotic compounds that kill gonorrhoea bacteria, the company announced on Tuesday.

13 Mar
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Hammond raises prospect of public spending increases

Philip Hammond held out the prospect of increases to public spending as he set out improved short-term figures for UK economic growth and the public finances, including lower than expected government borrowing in 2017-18.

13 Mar
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US open: Stocks waver amid news of State Department shake-up

Stocks are holding higher, but are off their best levels, following an in-line reading on US consumer prices and as traders digest the White House's decision to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA chief Mike Pompeo.

13 Mar
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Burford Capital to sell investment in Teinver matter for $107m

AIM-listed finance and investment management firm Burford Capital, which focuses on law, has agreed to sell its investment in the Teinver matter for $107m in cash.

13 Mar
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BAE Systems picks Crossrail CEO for newly-created role of MD of Maritime and Land UK

Aerospace giant BAE Systems has appointed Crossrail chief executive Andrew Wolstenholme to the newly-created role of group managing director of Maritime and Land UK.

13 Mar
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Amazon in talks with JPMorgan to launch business credit card

Amazon waded further into the crowded waters of B2B supply this week, with reports the e-commerce giant was in talks with US banks about offering a credit card to small US-based businesses.

13 Mar
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FTSE 250 movers: IG rallies on Numis note; Greencore hit by profit warning

London's FTSE 250 was down 0. 7% to 19,967. 82 in afternoon trade on Tuesday.

13 Mar
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Market buzz: Computacenter, Inmarsat down sharply

1430: With Computacenter shares right atop their 200-day moving average, Credit Suisse has revised its target price for the shares higher from 1,300p to 1,380p, albeit noting how the company had already pre-announced its full-year figures. CS also point out that progress at the company will be held back by upcoming contract renewals - which tend to result in lower short-term profitability - and some isolated contract losses. "However, all industry news-flow suggests robust trading should continue.

13 Mar
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Quiche, yoga leggings, GoPro cameras added to ONS inflation basket

Ladies' exercise leggings, GoPro-style video cameras, fresh raspberries, quiche, pre-mashed potato and kids' soft play have all been added to the basket of goods used by the Office of National Statistics to calculate inflation in 2018.

13 Mar
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Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, CIA chief Pompeo set to replace him

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is out of the White House after a series of disagreements with President Donald Trump.

13 Mar
Applegreen full-year profit rises 18%

Petrol forecourt, convenience and food-to-go operator Applegreen posted a jump in full-year profit on Tuesday as it got a boost from a recent acquisition and like-for-like growth in food and store sales.

13 Mar
US inflation rises in line with expectations in February

US inflation data for February came in as expected on Tuesday, no doubt helping to assuage concerns about rising inflation as investors try to gauge whether the Federal Reserve will hike rates three or four times this year.

13 Mar
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Europe midday: Stocks mixed ahead of US CPI

Stocks have drifted lower to trade mixed, as investors play it safe ahead of the latest consumer price data in the States due out in just over half an hour.

13 Mar
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UK growth weakest in G20 as world economy strengthens, OECD says

The world economy is strengthening but Britain will have the weakest growth in the G20 in 2018, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said.

13 Mar
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DMGT to sell US property information business for $205m

Daily Mail & General Trust has agreed to sell EDR, its US property information business, to private equity investors Silver Lake Partners and Battery Venture for $205m.

13 Mar
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London midday: Stocks flat as investors eye spring statement, US inflation

London stocks were flat by midday on Tuesday, with investors reluctant to make any big bets either way ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond's spring statement and the latest inflation reading from across the pond.

13 Mar
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Asia report: Markets mixed as steelmakers slide on tariff concerns

Markets in Asia finished mixed on Tuesday, following a similar close on Wall Street overnight, with steel producers swinging back to losses amid ongoing concerns over the effects of Donald Trump’s proposed metals tariffs.

13 Mar
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US small business confidence index beats forecasts in February

A widely-followed gauge of small business confidence picked-up last month amid expectations for higher real sales and improved economic sentiment.

13 Mar
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US pre-open: Stocks to edge higher ahead of inflation reading; Qualcomm slumps

US futures pointed to a slightly firmer open on Wall Street on Tuesday as investors eyed a key reading on inflation.

13 Mar
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John Menzies starts 2018 well after record year

John Menzies said it made a good start to 2018 as the aviation services group reported record annual underlying profit driven by new contracts.