Economics / Markets

Scotland's £800bn fund management industry has begun to step up contingency plans in the event the country's populace votes for independence this September.

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A leading Bank of England policymaker has said the base rate is likely to rise in "spring 2015" in unusually revealing comments made this afternoon.

Vodafone's sale of its 45% holding in US peer Verizon Wireless could see an extra £10bn invested in UK equities in the coming weeks, according to reports.

The UK's economic recovery is "not yet secure", Chancellor George Osborne has warned, ahead of next month's Budget.

Facebook's share price fell as much as 5% in after-hours trading as the company announced a deal to buy chat application WhatsApp for some $19bn.

Shares across Asia fell on Thursday after latest Chinese manufacturing data came in at a seven-month low.

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