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State-run lender Halkbank said on Friday it would increase its paid-in capital by 80% to 2.25 billion lira (USD972.4 million) to set up an Islamic lender.

State-run lender Halkbank said on Friday it would increase its paid-in capital by 80% to 2.25 billion lira (USD972.4 million) to set up an Islamic lender.

(Updates to open of U.S. markets, adds dateline; previous LONDON)* ECB questions sour European shares after 3-day rally* Wall St rises 0.25 percent in opening deals* BOJ sticks with bond buying, ECB creeping closer to QE* Rouble bounces over 3 percent, oil above $60 a barrelBy Marc Jones and David GaffenLONDON/NEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Equity markets worldwide extended the week&aposs rally on F

* ECB questions sour European shares after 3-day rally* Wall St rises 0.25 percent in opening deals* BOJ sticks with bond buying, ECB creeping closer to QE* Rouble bounces over 3 percent, oil above $60 a barrelBy Marc JonesLONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - A three-day rally in world share markets started to peter out on Friday as worries emerged that the European Central Bank&aposs money printing plans c

* Asia shares buoyed as Wall St surges for second day* BOJ sticks with bond buying, ECB creeping closer to QE* Risk appetite begins to re-emergeBy Marc JonesLONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - World markets are ending their last full week of 2014 on a high, as Wall Street made its biggest two-day advance since late 2011 and European shares headed for their strongest week of the year.The gains came amid rel

Substantial numbers of disabled people are missing out on government support to help them into work, a group of MPs say.