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Airlines fly lower ahead of traffic stat updates
Shares in airlines flew lower on Monday due to concerns that there could be an extension on the ban on the carrying of laptops and tablet devices in the cabins of flights on certain routes, while rising terror concerns in Europe and Middle East tensions caused worries about leisure travel and oil prices.
Tuesday preview: FX traders eye opinion polls, AO World reports
Tuesday will see further opinion polls as the countdown to Thursday's UK general election rolls over, while some second-line macroeconomic and company diary items keep investors ticking over.
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UK car sales skid lower though electric cars rebound
UK car sales tanked in May and while the industry expects overall sales to remain strong over 2017 as a whole, some experts disagree.
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UK election now 'the biggest event risk' for FX markets - Citi
The UK election having become "the biggest event risk for FX markets in the space of a week", said Citi currency strategists on Monday.
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Qatar equities quake as Arab League states sever diplomatic ties
Qatar's stock market suffered its largest fall in almost a decade after Saudi Arabia led other Gulf states including United Arab Emirates and Egypt in cutting diplomatic ties, purportedly over protecting themselves from "terrorism and extremism".
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Smart home market 'worth billions' to energy companies, but beware blockchain
In their battle against price caps and as they search for new areas of growth, energy companies could be on the verge of tapping into a huge source of new revenue by accessing the 'smart home' market.
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Poll predicts May's Tories to fall short of majority, markets prefer other poll
Two new opinion polls on Monday showed a continued wide divergence of predictions just three days ahead of the general election.
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Russia's Polyus Gold eyes London return and top-four status
Russia's largest gold miner Polyus Gold has announced its return to the London Stock Exchange after delisting in 2015 amid sanctions imposed by the West over Russia's annexation of Crimea.
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Royal Mail sells Nine Elms plots to Greystar, Telford Homes to build
Royal Mail has agreed to sell two of the seven plots on the site of its former south London mail centre at Nine Elms site to US-based developer Greystar for £101m cash, which has appointed AIM-listed Telford Homes to deliver 894 build-to-rent homes.
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BBA Aviation CEO Pryce disembarks after 10 years
BBA Aviation chief executive Simon Pryce has stepped down after 10 years at the aviation support services provider, with non-executive director Wayne Edmunds taking the role on an interim basis until a permanent successor is found.
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Monday newspaper round-up: Rate sensitivity, manufacturers, cars, sugar war
One in 25 businesses, or nearly 80,000 enterprises, would struggle to handle an increase in interest rates of as little as a quarter of a percentage point, according to research by the insolvency trade body, in the clearest sign yet of the fragile state of corporate balance sheets. It is thought that some 79,000 businesses would be unable to repay their debts if rates were to rise, four times as many as in September when the Association of Business Recovery Professionals, or R3 as it is known, conducted a similar survey.