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Financial Times - G4S was among the top performers on Friday even as the FTSE 100 drifted lower.

AFP Journal Internet - LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - No decision will be made this weekend on Lloyds' participation in the British government's asset protection scheme or its plans for a rights issue, a government source told Reuters on Friday.

The pound made its biggest weekly gain against the euro in more than four months amid optimism about the UK economic outlook.

AFP Journal Internet - By Dominic Lau LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Disappointing third-quarter results from Bank of America (NYSE: IKJ - news) and General Electric (NYSE: GE - news) and weak U.S. consumer sentiment survey dragged European shares lower [...]
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House prices in Britain will fall 10 per cent next year reversing their recovery of recent months according to a leading think tank.

AFP Journal Internet - LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Sound Oil plc (LSE: SOU.L - news) :

AFP Journal Internet - By Harpreet Bhal LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 share index closed 0.6 percent lower on Friday as banks and mining stocks fell after disappointing U.S. corporate earnings and a sharp fall in consumer sentiment.

AFP Journal Internet - The leading stock exchange closed down -- despite striking a 12-month high earlier in the session -- after disappointing financial results from the US and amid profit-taking from earlier gains.

Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 share index closed 0.6 percent lower on Friday as banks and mining stocks fell after disappointing U.S. corporate earnings and a sharp fall in consumer sentiment.

ShareCast - London's blue chips closed lower as investors used a 100 point plus fall for the Dow as an excuse to take profits.