London Stock Exchange Suffers Outage
The Street (Free subscription) | yesterday
The London Stock Exchange halts trading for three-and-a-half hours Thursday because of a technical problem.
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Traders stuck with LSE in spite of crash
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The recent three-and-a-half hour outage at the London Stock Exchange did not cause traders to defect to new share dealing platforms
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Europe shares extend previous session's sharp drop
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares dropped in early trading on Friday, extending sharp losses from the previous session when investors reacted to news that Dubai World has asked to postpone debt. Banks dropped again, with HSBC Holdings shares down another 3.5%, as investors continued to worry about lenders' exposure to the region. Royal Bank of Scotland shares fell 9.1% and Lloyds Banking Group...
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U.K. shares resume trading, FTSE 100 down 1.8%
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- British shares resumed trading on Thursday afternoon, with the FTSE 100 index down 1.8% at 5,265.81. Trading was halted during the morning due to technical issues. Banks were the biggest drag on the index, with HSBC Holdings down 4.3% and Standard Chartered shares down 3.9%, amid worries about Dubai debt exposure. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks...
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LSE resumes trading after three-hour outage
Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Trading on the London Stock Exchange has resumed trading after a technology glitch halted transactions across the market for three and a half hours
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U.K. market due to resume trading at 2:00 p.m.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDOn (MarketWatch) -- The London Stock Exchange said Thursday that it will resume trading of all securities at 2:00 p.m. London time (9:00 a.m. eastern). The exchange had halted trading in mid-morning citing connectivity problems. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
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LSE halts trading after connectivity problems
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Trading in U.K. stocks grinds to a halt Thursday as technical problems force the London Stock Exchange to shut down its systems.
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London's stock exchange crashes again
The Register (Free subscription) | yesterday
Who's to blame this time? The London Stock Exchange has suffered yet another systems crash, leaving brokers high and dry since 9.30 this morning.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
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LSE Stops Trading Due to Technical Problems
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The London Stock Exchange has stopped trading of U.K. stocks from mid-Thursday morning to investigate technical problems.
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U.K. stock trading halted by technical problems
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The London Stock Exchange halted share trading Thursday morning, citing technical problems. A spokesman for the exchange operator said the problem is only affecting its U.K. market. In a notice to market participants, the LSE said it will give a 30 minute notice period before trading resumes. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they...
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LSE profit down 40% as competition bites
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The London Stock Exchange reports a 40% drop in fiscal first-half net profit as rising competition from other trading platforms hit its equities business.
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Europe up for second session in three
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares moved higher on Wednesday, the second day of gains in three sessions, with miners leading the advance as commodity futures rose in electronic trading. Shares of Xstrata climbed 1.8% and Antofagasta shares climbed 1.6% in the mining sector. Elsewhere, Compass Group shares rose 3.1% after the catering group posted fiscal-year adjusted pretax earnings that topped...
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LSE profit declines 40% as equity trading weakens
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The London Stock Exchange said Wednesday that its fiscal first-half net profit fell 40% to 49.3 million pounds, hit by lower income from equity trading as well as costs related to staff cuts and an acquisition. The group said revenue for the six months to Sept. 30 fell 9.2% to 310.9 million pounds. The exchange operator said the average daily U.K. equity value traded declined...
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LSE public censure for ERT over placing
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Environmental Recycling Technologies, the plastic materials company, has been publicly censured by the London Stock Exchange for misleading investors by raising cash and then not using it as planned
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Gartmore Plans IPO
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The U.K. fund manager said it plans to list on the London Stock Exchange, heading a widely expected wave of initial public offerings of businesses owned by private-equity companies.