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            <title><![CDATA[FTSE 100 hits 10,000 mark for first time]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A rally on the first trading day of the new year has taken London's main share index through the milestone.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wild market swings as tariffs rattle US economy]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[US stocks tumble on fears over slower growth]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[FTSE 100 stock index closes at new all-time high]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A weak pound and hopes of easing tensions in the Middle East drive up the UK's top stock index.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[More ethnic minority bosses at top UK companies]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A review of the largest companies shows there are now 12 ethnic minority CEOs at FTSE 100 firms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[FTSE 100 bosses earn UK average salary in 3 days]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bosses of the biggest firms will earn more than the typical worker by Thursday lunchtime, research claims.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[M&S returns to FTSE 100 on food and clothes boost]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The retailer returned to the FTSE 100 index of Britain's biggest listed companies on Wednesday.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK watchdog plans to shake up stock listing rules]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The plans have been deployed in a bid to make the UK more attractive for companies to list.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bank shares hit as investor nerves return]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Worries over the financial strength of the sector persist, with Deutsche Bank down 14% at one point.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shares fall as fears persist about failed US bank]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Stock markets ended lower despite efforts to limit the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank's collapse.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Desert Island Discs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Amanda Blanc, businesswoman, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Building giant chooses US over London in blow to UK]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[CRH says it is considering moving its main share listing in a further blow to the UK stock market.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[FTSE 100 closes at record high]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The stock index closes at a high as global inflation and interest rate fears ease.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 20:40:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[London loses position as top European stock market]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Paris is now Europe's biggest stock market, overtaking London for the first time since records began in 2003.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Furniture website Made.com on brink of collapse]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The online retailer says talks with potential buyers had failed, pushing it towards administration.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[More mortgage lenders pull deals on rate rise fears]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Yorkshire Building Society and Santander join others in suspending mortgage offers to new customers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bank will not hesitate to raise interest rates]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Bank of England said it was "monitoring developments closely" after the pound hit a record low.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pound hits record low after tax cut plans]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sterling sinks close to $1.03 as global markets react to the UK's biggest tax cuts in 50 years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pound sinks as investors question huge tax cuts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Markets worry over the outlook for government finances following the biggest tax cutting moves in 50 years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Global stock markets fall as economy fears grow]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Dow Jones share index closed below 30,000 at its lowest level in more than a year.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Global shares fall as growth fears rattle investors]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stock markets tumble over China lockdown fears]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Shares drop as Covid cases in Beijing raise the prospect of supply chain disruption.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil hits $113 a barrel despite emergency measures]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Members of the International Energy Agency agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from stockpiles.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stock markets rebound on Russia sanctions]]></title>
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