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CALL TO LIMIT CHINA UK NUCLEAR SALE -

http://link.reuters.com/feg22t

ANTI-JAPANESE PROTESTS SWEEP CHINA -

http://link.reuters.com/geg22t

NORGES FUND PLANS TO TAKE ON MORE RISK -

http://link.reuters.com/heg22t

CME PLANS EUROPE DERIVATIVES EXCHANGE -

http://link.reuters.com/jeg22t

EARNINGS PROSPECTS IN EUROPE SCALED BACK -

http://link.reuters.com/peg22t

CATERPILLAR WARNS ON GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY -

http://link.reuters.com/keg22t

HAY BECOME KEY US COMMODITY -

http://link.reuters.com/meg22t

VIRGIN RAIL SEEKS REASONS FOR FRANCHISE LOSS -

http://link.reuters.com/neg22t

TREASURY WEIGHS GERMAN 'MINI JOBS' SCHEME -

http://link.reuters.com/qeg22t

G4S TO WITHDRAW FROM PAKISTAN -

http://link.reuters.com/reg22t



Overview

CALL TO LIMIT CHINA UK NUCLEAR SALE -

Chinese companies competing for one of the UK's biggest

nuclear projects are unlikely to end up with a majority stake in

any winning consortium. http://link.reuters.com/feg22t



ANTI-JAPANESE PROTESTS SWEEP CHINA

The biggest anti-Japan street protests in seven years flared

across China on Sunday. http://link.reuters.com/geg22t



NORGES FUND PLANS TO TAKE ON MORE RISK

The world's largest sovereign wealth fund, the Norwegian oil

fund, is planning to take on more risk. http://link.reuters.com/heg22t



CME PLANS EUROPE DERIVATIVES EXCHANGE

CME Group, the world's largest futures exchange

operator, will on Monday unveil plans for a European derivatives

market. http://link.reuters.com/jeg22t



EARNINGS PROSPECTS IN EUROPE SCALED BACK

A disappointing second-quarter earnings season in Europe has

prompted analysts to scale back their expectations for earnings

growth for the rest of 2012. http://link.reuters.com/peg22t



CATERPILLAR WARNS ON GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY

The global economic outlook is more uncertain than at the

start of the crisis in late 2008, according to Caterpillar . http://link.reuters.com/keg22t



HAY BECOME KEY US COMMODITY

Hay has become a key commodity in the U.S. agricultural

market, with price gains in drought-stressed areas outpacing

corn. http://link.reuters.com/meg22t



VIRGIN RAIL SEEKS REASONS FOR FRANCHISE LOSS

Virgin Rail is pushing the government to provide detailed

feedback on why it lost the contest to run the UK's West Coast

rail franchise. http://link.reuters.com/neg22t



TREASURY WEIGHS GERMAN 'MINI JOBS' SCHEME

British treasury ministers are considering the introduction

of German-style 'mini jobs', which exempt workers from tax and

national insurance. http://link.reuters.com/qeg22t



G4S TO WITHDRAW FROM PAKISTAN

G4S is set to pull out of Pakistan amid an

increasingly hostile environment for foreign security companies.

http://link.reuters.com/reg22t



($1 = 0.6379 British pounds)



(Reporting by Stephen Mangan)

Keywords: PRESS DIGEST FINANCIAL TIMES AUG 20

(stephen.mangan@thomsonreuters.com)(+44)(0)(20 7542 7931)

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