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Ebay lowers FY revenue estimates from $17.95bn to $17.85bn and loses 4% after the bell
Netflix shares fall 18% after quarterly results
Wal Mart cuts fiscal year 2015 sales growth forecast
WHO: global Ebola cases are nearing 9,000
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the Ebola outbreak is worsening in the three West Africa countries where the disease is concentrated.
US stocks extend losses, as Dow loses 400 points
Google unveils Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet.
On Wednesday, Google unveiled three new Nexus devices, in a bid to gain market share in the high-end mobile market.
Weale (BoE): UK spare capacity is small, shrinking rapidly
Dow Jones plummets 350 points, drags on Footsie, Gilts surge, hedge-funds reel - UPDATE
The Dow Jones Industrials index briefly dropped by 350 basis points, or 2%, after the start of trading, with 10-year US Treasury yields having dropped below the 2% mark.
Athens' benchmark index finishes the session lower by 6.29%
UK 10-year Gilt yields drop 15 basis points to 1.98%
US 10-year Treasury yields plummet 17 basis points to 2.03%
Greek bond yields surge on proposal for early exit from bail-out
Greek bond yields surged in afternoon trading on fears that Athen's bid for an early exit from its bail-out programme could leave the country exposed to financial turmoil.
Abbvie/Shire deal has a 75% chance of going through - Bernstein
US retail sales slipped 0.3% in September
US retail sales slipped 0. 3% month-on-month in September, instead of by the 0. 1% which analysts had penciled in, according to figures just out from the Department of Commerce.
Bank of America saw profits drop to $168m in the latest quarter after legal charge
A legal charge nearly erased US lender Bank of America's profits for the three months to September.
Aldermore Bank cancels IPO
UK challenger bank Aldermore has cancelled its £800m flotation, blaming the “recent deterioration of global equity markets”.
Shire due $1.64bn if Abbvie pulls out of takeover deal - UPDATE
After US drugmaker Abbvie on Tuesday night said it was reconsidering its $54bn takeover of Shire, the UK company has pointed out it would be due a break fee of roughly $1. 64bn if the deal falls through.
A second healthcare worker has tested positive for Ebola in Texas
UK unemployment rate drops to 6%; Forecast: 6.1%
The UK’s unemployment rate dropped to 6% in the three months to August, the lowest since October 2008, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).