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Last Updated: Sunday, 2 September 2007, 16:36 GMT 17:36 UK
Gas ring on cooker
French utility groups 'to merge'
Hopes are mounting that French utility groups Suez and Gaz de France are on the brink of signing a merger deal.
EU watchdogs probe energy firms
Gaz de France hit by warm winter

Australian PM John Howard Howard to press new climate deal
Australia's prime minister calls for a new way forward on climate change as Apec talks begin in Sydney.
London Stock Exchange sign Qatar 'may pay £1bn for LSE stake'
A Qatari firm could pay as much as £1bn to snap up Nasdaq's stake in the London Stock Exchange.
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MARKET DATA - 18:43 UK

FTSE 100 6303.3 up 91.30
Dax 7638.2 up 118.23
Cac 40 5662.7 up 70.17
Dow Jones 13357.7 up 119.01
Nasdaq 2596.4 up 31.06
S&P 500 1474.0 up 16.35
BBC Global 30 5844.2 up 64.35

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