Footsie little changed on Billiton takeover news

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The UK's benchmark index the FTSE 100 is little changed in early trading at 5904.5 with mining grou...

The UK's benchmark index the FTSE 100 is little changed in early trading at 5904.5 with mining group Billiton 8p higher at 389p after 88% of shareholders of Australian rival BHP voted in favour of a taking over of the UK listed stock. Tech stocks are depressed thanks to poor trading reports from US firms Agilent Technologies and Palm, who both said quarterly results are likely to disappoint investors. Spirent fell 8p to 305p. The US tech focused Nasdaq index still gained for a third day yesterday, adding 27.24 points to 2193.68 while the Dow Jones rose 32.66 to 11,248.58 and the Sta...

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