Finance & Stock Market News

U.S. stock futures slip ahead of U.S. GDP data

* Wall St stock index futures pointed to a lower start on Friday as investors stayed cautious ahead of U.S. GDP data, with S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq futures down 0.3 to 0.4 percent at 0911 GMT.
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AIG set to add Citi as top underwriter for AIA IPO -sources

HONG KONG, July 30 (Reuters) - American International Group Inc is set to name Citigroup as the fourth joint global coordinator for the planned share market float of its Asian life insurance business AIA, sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
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HK's CKI exploring opportunities in Australia, Canada, China

HONG KONG, July 30 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Infrastructure said on Friday it is exploring other opportunities in Australia, Britain, Canada and China, following its deal to team with three affiliates to buy British power grid assets from France's EDF for $9.1 billion
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BRIEF-Electrocomponents appoints Peter Johnson as chairman

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Electrocomponents PLC:
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BRIEF-Nick Gresham to become Smiths News' CFO next month

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Smiths News Plc:
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BRIEF-Prosperity moves towards acquiring Guangzhou assets

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Prosperity Minerals Holdings Ltd:
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BRIEF-EDF sees significant gain from sale of UK grids

PARIS, July 30 (Reuters) - EDF finance head Thomas Piquemal tells analyst conference:
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France's Flamanville 3 nuclear plant to open in 2014-EDF

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - France's Flamanville 3 nuclear plant is to begin commericial output in 2014 with construction cost now seen at 5 billion euros ($6.52 billion), utility EDF said in its first half 2010 financial statement on Friday.
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European shares fall for 3rd day; focus on US GDP

By Atul Prakash
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European shares fall for 3rd day; focus on US GDP

By Atul Prakash
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