* Sees sales uplift of 1.1-1.7 bln stg, prev 1.5-2.5 bln stg * Cuts UK space spend by 200 mln stg * Year underlying profit 705.9 mln stg vs forecast 694 mlnstg * Says Q1 trading is tough due to weather ...

 Impax Environmental Markets plc announces that as at the close of business on 21 May 2012 its unaudited net asset value ("NAV") per ordinary share ("Share") was as follows: NAV per ...

 Impax Asian Environmental Markets plc announces that as at the close of business on 21 May 2012 its unaudited net asset value ("NAV") per ordinary share ("Share") was as follows: ...

(updates prices) * Sterling softer after inflation data * Hits 2-week low vs euro, down 0.3 pct vs dollar * IMF says BOE should ease policy through more QE LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Sterling fell sharply ...

1630: London's leading shares drifted lower, with little to encourage buyers into the market ahead of the release this evening of the minutes from the March 13th meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, ...

NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries prices fell onTuesday as investors took profits after recent gains andcontinuing uncertainty in Europe kept fund managers on thesidelines. Traders also prepared ...

* Votes against pay plans running at around 2x last year * Long-term incentive plans seen as over-generous * Targets often set too low and unlimited payouts on offer * Increased disclosure makes easier ...

The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that the eurozone crisis could prolong the UK's recession while urging the Bank of England to take action to boost growth and reduce unemployment.In ...

* Berlin still opposed to eurozone bonds * Also against giving debtor nations more time to cutdeficits * France to press for common debt issuance at Wednesdaymeeting * Markets perk up, look for progress ...

-IIF estimates Spanish banks will need €55bn in worst scenario. -Spiraling Europe crisis could hurt world economy -OECD -OECD raises US 2012 GDP forecast -OECD lowers 2012 Eurozone forecast to -0.1% from ...

The International Monetary Fund has told the Government to cut taxes and boost spending as early as November if a series of other radical policy proposals fail to restore growth.

The Euro sculpture in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Europe came under mounting pressure to take action to boost growth as the OECD warned the eurozone crisis has worsened and poses the ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Demand for gold in India, one of the world's top consumers, stayed muted on Tuesday after prices in the local market rose as the rupee fell to a record low, increasing the cost of imports. ...

(Updates prices) * Euro adds to pressure on gold * Implats says losing platinum output; price falls * Coming up: U.S. April existing home sales; 1400 GMT By Amanda Cooper LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Gold ...

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* Govt confirms low-carbon power price guarantee, capacitybackup * Reform to limit power bill increases to 100 pounds by 2030 * Power stakeholders welcome reforms but concerns overtiming LONDON, May 22 ...

A trader at work at the German DAX index in Frankfurt. European stocks rose, building on the previous day's recovery from recent sharp losses, in the hope that EU leaders will firm up action on tackling ...

By Manoj Kumar JALANDHAR (Reuters) - Buried in recent monthly data for wholesale prices in India, the wild gyrations of a humble vegetable tell the tale of an economy trapped in inflation by its own rigidities. ...

By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - Fitch cut Japan's sovereign credit status on Tuesday to the lowest level among global ratings agencies as a political stalemate dims the chance that the country can curb ...

By Richard Hubbard LONDON (Reuters) - World shares gained for a second day on Tuesday as speculation grew that European leaders would agree on fresh action to tackle the region's debt crisis at an informal ...

UK households face a further 18 month-long squeeze on their finances according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development, while the International Monetary Fund said the Coalition should ...

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* Equities rise on EU talk, China spending report * But scepticism over a deal keeps the euro under pressure * German bund futures ease as traders pocket profits LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - World shares ...

Japan's sovereign rating was cut by one notch by Fitch on Tuesday as a political stalemate dims the chance that the country can curb its snowballing debt.

The Scottish Investment Trust PLC Net asset values per share (NAVs) at 21 May 2012 Cum - income NAV with borrowings at market value 496.0p NAV with borrowings at par 521.6p Ex - income Discount NAV with ...

 22 May 2012 Concurrent Technologies Plc Treasury Shares Concurrent Technologies Plc (the "Company") announces that today it purchased 20,000 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company at a price ...

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By Manoj Kumar and Archana Narayanan REUTERS - India is weighing further steps to brake the slide in the rupee, which hit a new record low on Tuesday, including selling dollars directly to oil importers, ...

* FTSE 100 index up 0.8 percent * Miners lifted by China economic stimulus hopes * Vodafone boosted by reassuring results, div hike LONDON May 22 (Reuters) - Gains by mining stocks helpedBritain's top ...

UK inflation fell to its lowest level in more than two years last month, providing some welcome relief to household budgets, official figures have shown.The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate of inflation ...

Inflation has wiped nearly 10pc off the real value of savings over the last five years despite falling to 3pc in April.

(Adds further details, data, background) LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Britain must do more to bolsterdemand and the Bank of England should purchase more assets oreven cut its main interest rate - already ...

 PENNANT INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC (AIM: PEN) Transaction in Own Shares Pennant International Group plc ("Pennant" or "the Company") announces that on 15 May 2012 it sold its own ordinary ...