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Banking shares led the FTSE 100 lower late morning after Lloyds Banking Group revealed it had set aside £3.2bn to compensate customers for missold payment protection insurance.

It will be a year tomorrow since a General Election which saw Labour win 29% of the vote yet led to the Conservatives forming a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats took place.

One year, seven key developments, but is the coalition doing right by pensioners?

Coming into power so soon after the financial crisis, regulation was high up the coalition government's agenda, and the Treasury wasted little time in setting the course for change.

A year on from the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig that caused one of the worst environmental disasters in US history and saw the oil giant's share price plunge more than 50% in 50 days, we recap the key events...

The FTSE 100 opened higher this morning after a sharp fall yesterday on news Japan had been hit by a second earthquake.

OBSR'S Ruli Viljoen scrutinises the top funds in the UK All Companies sector.

Renewed fears over efforts to cool Japan's nuclear reactors have lead to a sluggish start to the week for European markets.

The FTSE 100 continued its rally this morning off the back of a strong showing in the US where better than expected earning pushed the S&P 500 through the 1,300 point barrier.

The price of UK 10-year government bonds stayed higher after the country's growth forecast for the year was slashed from 2.1% to 1.7% in George Osborne's Budget.