The S&P completed its biggest weekly gain since at least 1974 and finished higher for a second straight day, the first back-to-back gains in 5 weeks. The 25-session losing streak matched one which occurred in August 2001 in the middle

Dollar Index: To say the least, markets were volatile in October and currencies were no exception. The dollar and the yen were the big beneficiaries of the equity market unwind. The Euro lost about 20% to the yen and over

Ian Livingston, chief executive of BT, said: 'BT Global Services, under François's leadership, has established itself as a world leader in providing networked IT services, helping customers in more than 170 countries make the most of globalisation.

Avoiding the writedown helped raise net income by 536m Euros and led to it posting a quarterly net income of 414m euros.

A new report by thinktank Demos has concluded that staff should be encouraged to use social networking sites as part of their daily activities.

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