Vodafone talks down FTSE

Vodafone has dropped 1% to 116.25p on reports Deutsche Bahn AG may sell its 18% stake and Deutsche Bank AG may sell its 8% holding in Vodafone's Arcor unit. Xstrata, which has made a $14.6bn hostile bid for Canadian miner Falconbridge, has declined 72p, or 3.8%, to 1,823p. Anglo American has also lost 73p, or 3.8%, to 1,870p. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 Stock Average slumped 614.41 points, or 4.1%, to 14,218.6 points, its biggest points loss since the day after the 11th September 2001 terrorist attacks. Exporters led declines as a seventh Federal Reserve official warned US inflatio...