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| | | Today's News | - North Korea has confirmed it has a uranium-enrichment facility with thousands of centrifuges, further fueling security concerns after its deadly attack on a South Korean island.
- Oil falls to near $85 in Asia after US crude inventory reports.
- Birmingham City Council has expanded its contract with outsourcing titan Capita in a deal worth about £300m to Capita.
- Aberdeen Asset Management was boosted by new business wins. Underlying profits in the new year to September rose to £210m from £85.1m, on revenues of £639m against £422m. Pre-tax profits were £125.6m against £10.1m. Aberdeen CEO ruled out making an offer for Gartmore.
- BP shares rise after weekend announcement of $7.1bn sale on Pan American stake. BP stock was up 0.5% at 438.3p on Monday.
- Wal-Mart will buy controlling stake in South African company Massmart in approximately a $2bn deal.
- Wood Group has won an $875m engineering, procurement and construction contract for Israel's Dorad Energy.
- Private Equity trust Electra Private Equity is tapping the market for more funds to take advantage of significant private equity investment opportunities. The company intends to raise up to £100m through a placing offer of 5% subordinated convertible bonds due 2017.
- ACM Shipping has announced an interim profit of £2.8m on revenues of £14.5m. ACM holds £5.8m of cash.
- Topps Tiles announced a full year pre-tax profit of £12.4m and is paying a 1p per share final dividend.
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| | | Highlights of the day | - Asian markets crumpled Tuesday as Chinese shares slid on fears of an interest rate hike. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average dropped 1.7% to 9,954.74 points.
- The Euro is under pressure. The Irish bailout has failed to convince investors the continent's debt crisis has been contained.
- The FTSE 100 has opened up 41.85 points, or 0.75% and is currently at 5,592.80points.
| | | | Co. | Broker | Recommendation | Price Target | | BT | Exane BNP | Outperform | 265p | | Rotork | Panmure | Hold | 1,670p | | Aviva | JP Morgan | Overweight | | | Britvic | Nomura | Buy | | | ITE Group | Investec | Buy | | | Punch | Panmure | Buy | 105p | | Resolution | JP Morgan | Underweight | 284p | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Key Data Releases Today | | | | Prev | Fcst | Cons | | 15.00 | US Consumer Confidence | 50.2 | 52.0 | 52.0 to 53.9 | | | | | | |
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