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17 Aug
Bonds: Traders unfazed by weak data, wary of easing tensions in EM FX

These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.

17 Aug
FX round-up: Chinese yuan, Turkish lira steady against US dollar

Sterling edged higher on Thursday, joining in the more steady tone to risk appetite in markets generally.

17 Aug
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Commodities: Base metals bounce, but analysts still wary about Turkey

News that Beijing and Washington were moving openly to restart trade talks and that Chinese officials were reining in the ability of the nation's banks to facilitate short-selling the yuan buoyed the commodities complex on Thursday.

17 Aug
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Sector movers: Price action retains defensive air

Some of the more defensive areas of the market figured prominently on the leaderboard as the weekend neared, despite a bounce in stocks amid news that China and the US were restarting trade talks and a better tone in emerging markets as the Turkish lira extended its recent rally into a third day.

16 Aug
UK government investigates social media stars for not labelling advertising posts

The UK government has opened an investigation into celebrities and social media stars who might no be labelling their advertising posts correctly, misleading followers as a result.

16 Aug
Results round-up

Drilling services specialist Capital Drilling turned in "another strong half-yearly result" on Thursday, as the company boasted about its financial performance and the execution of its strategy across the last six months.

16 Aug
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Broker tips: Hikma Pharmaceuticals, eSure, Informa, Huntsworth

Peel Hunt upgraded Hikma Pharmaceuticals to 'add' from 'hold' on Thursday and bumped up the price target to 1,950p from 1,160p following the company's "strong" first-half results a day earlier.

16 Aug
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Cello Health injects pharma duo to board of directors

Healthcare advisory group Cello Health on Thursday appointed independent non-executive directors Clifford Tompsett and Jo LeCouilliard to its board of directors.

16 Aug
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Europe close: Restart of China-US trade talks boosts shares

Stocks on the Continent recovered some of the previous day's losses on Thursday, with the exception of Italian issues, buoyed by news that Chinese and US negotiators will restart talks aimed at resolving their trade stand-off.

16 Aug
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Europe midday: News of China-US talks buoy markets

Stocks are edging higher on Thursday, buoyed by news that Chinese and US officials will hold talks aimed at resolving their differences on trade and hopefully avoid an escalation in their ongoing spat.

16 Aug
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London close: Hopes of breakthrough in China-US talks boost stocks

London stocks snapped back on Thursday, boosted by news of high level trade talks between the US and China, better-than-expected UK retail sales data and a recovery in the mining sector.

16 Aug
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Thalassa's robotics subsidiary waves ex-navy advisors aboard

Thalassa’s Autonomous Robotics arm on Thursday appointed a new defence advisor and defence consultant to provide strategic on potential applications for an autonomous underwater vehicle technology.

16 Aug
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FTSE 250 movers: On the Beach's day in the sun, RHI Magnesita's mettle tested

London's second-tier index was up by 0. 64% at 20,450. 11 on Thursday, led by On The Beach and Marshalls.

16 Aug
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Tesla gets subpoena over Musk's tweet to take company private

Federal regulators have subpoenaed each of Tesla's directors following preliminary inquiries into CEO Elon Musk’s tweet last week assuring investors that he had secured the funding needed to take the company private.

16 Aug
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Friday preview: All quiet on the UK company front

Friday could be very quiet in London, with no notable companies reporting results and no major UK data later.

16 Aug
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US open: Strong start on the Street as White House extends an olive branch to China

Wall Street trading started off strong on Thursday following heavy losses in the previous session, as investors welcomed the latest development in US-China trade relations.

16 Aug
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Mercia's nDreams wins multi-million contract with VR company

National investment group Mercia Technologies announced on Thursday that investee company nDreams has won a multi-million dollar contract with an unnamed virtual reality technology company.

16 Aug
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Berenberg ups target price on Huntsworth after 'better than expected' first half

Analysts at Berenberg updated their forecasts on Huntsworth following the healthcare and communications group's "better than expected" first half.

16 Aug
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MySQUAR soft launches cross-border remittance service

Myanmar-language social media, entertainment and payments platform MySQUAR announced the soft launch of its cross-border remittance service, the initial offering on its mobile money platform, on Thursday.

16 Aug
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No-deal Brexit 'material and growing possibility', warns Fitch

Rating agency Fitch warned of growing risk of a general election and a second Brexit referendum, due to deep divisions within the government that make a no-deal Brexit "a material and growing possibility".