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U.K. stocks climbed, extending their highest level in 5 1/2 years, as merger and acquisition activity in the utility industry offset a selloff by metal producers.
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Tesco Plc, the U.K.’s largest retailer, said it will exit the U.S. and scale back domestic expansion at a cost of about 2 billion pounds ($3 billion) as it reported the first annual profit drop in almost 20 years.
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European stocks advanced the most in four weeks as trading resumed after a four-day weekend and a report showed U.S. factory orders increased in February.
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U.K. stocks advanced, extending a five-year high, after jobless claims in the country fell more than estimated in January and Bank of England minutes showed more members voted for increasing stimulus measures.
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The European Union will probably stick to a policy of seeking temporary solutions to its debt crisis in the coming weeks rather than move toward a fiscal union or breakup of the euro, a top Fitch Ratings official said.
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European stocks fell from a 4 1/2- year high as Fitch Ratings downgraded Italy and China’s retail sales and industrial output missed forecasts.
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European stocks declined from a 15- month high as concern of a deepening economic slowdown in China overshadowed optimism resulting from the Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing.
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U.K. stocks advanced the most in two weeks as BP Plc reported earnings that exceeded analysts’ estimates and mining companies rebounded with metal prices.
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U.K. stocks advanced as a report showed housing starts in the U.S. climbed faster than analysts had estimated and Associated British Foods Plc gained.
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U.S. stocks dropped, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lower for a third day, after the International Monetary Fund cut estimates for global growth and investors awaited quarterly results from Alcoa Inc.
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