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Tech weakness pulls Wall Street lower

Another bout of technology-focused stock selling drags down the wider US stock market, as participants digest Janet Yellen’s latest comments

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Nigeria: How violence threatens revival

Nigeria has a nice recipe for growth, but the rule of law and rooting out corruption rank high on the foreign investor check list, CNN's John Defterios writes.{MBD} {IMAGE}

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London lures record number of tech groups

London & Partners says it helped 260 international businesses establish themselves in the capital and that more US and Chinese groups made investments

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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St rises at open, Yellen testimony eyed

NEW YORK, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose at the open on Wednesday, on the heels of the biggest drop in the S&P 500 since mid-April, as earnings season winds down and ahead of congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. The...
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Consumers help eurozone shift gear

Surveys of economic activity out this week have offered evidence that services firms are contributing more to the region’s return to health

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Insurer's annuity sales 'down 40%'

The sale of annuities by insurer Legal and General dropped by 40% in the first quarter of the year amid a shake-up in the pensions system.

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