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Big falls in Asia overnight on concerns over the rise in oil prices and U.S. interest rates worries.

The DOW Jones could test the 10,000 level in trading today.

Marks & Spencer, Luc Vandevelde will step down as chairman following criticism he is not spending enough time on the job

Securicor said it had maintained its good start to the year as it reported a 10.5 percent rise in underlying first-half profit to 39.0 million

Ebookers online travel agency said sales in the first quarter rose 47 percent to 160 million with and a profit of 1.3 million pounds up from a loss of 4.9 in the same period a year ago. They also said that 270 jobs would be cut in Europe and India as part of a cost-cutting programme saving the company around 2.5 million pounds and they were increasingly confident of the year ahead.

3i Group, A string of U.S. investment banks and private equity houses are looking at a possible five billion pound bid for the company according to the Sunday Express

Balfour Beatty says it has won United States road construction contracts worth more than $200 million.

Canary Wharf, Investors owning about 13 percent of plan to reject both rival bids in the 1.7 billion pound takeover battle for the property firm

Bunzl has bought French cleaning and safety products distributor Groupe Pierre Le Goff for 236 million euros

Aggregate said it would buy U.S. construction firm Frehner for $95.8 million

Chrysalis said its first-half revenues were flat, and profit fell to 2.2 million pounds from 7.6 million pounds mainly due to the disposal of its television unit last year. SMG said it had agreed to sell its 25 percent stake in breakfast television firm GMTV Ltd to ITV Plc for 31 million pounds

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