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There was something for both the bulls and the bears in mining titan BHP Billiton's interim results, with underlying pre-tax earnings ahead of expectations while the bottom line number was shy of what the market had been anticipating.
Read moreShares in travel operator Thomas Cook rose strongly on Wednesday morning after the firm said it was offloading its stake in its Indian subsidiary as the group reported a 3% rise in first-quarter revenue.
Read moreIllumina's board has unanimously rejected Roche's $5.7bn hostile takeover offer for being, in the words of the company, "grossly inadequate".
Read moreRead our views on 2012 and hear Alan Higgins, Chief Investment Officer for UK interviewed on Bloomberg.
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