Japanese equities plunge 5%

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Miton Group plc, the AIM quoted fund management company, has announced the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of PSigma Asset Management

The FTSE 100 rose 6.43% or 379.07 points in January, making this the strongest start to a year since 1989.

Former Chancellor Alistair Darling has written an open letter to his successor George Osborne warning he must change course on the economy now or cause "immeasurable damage".

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The UK Treasury has called off its weekly gilt auctions for a four-week period between mid-July and mid-August during the Olympics.

Barclays bank chairman Marcus Agius has confirmed his resignation, admitting the "the buck stops with me" for the firm's interest rate fixing scandal.

Billionaire investor George Soros has called on Europe to start a fund to buy Italian and Spanish bonds, or risk the demise of the euro.