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 Investors call for tighter London listing rules 

Sunday, May 20, 2012
ABI says erosion of listing standards has affected the quality of the leading UK stock market indices

 Network confusion links Facebook and Nasdaq 

Saturday, May 19, 2012
The reputation of both the social network and the stock exchange could be damaged by the glitch which held up opening trades in Facebook’s stock

 Faltering start for the new Facebook 

Friday, May 18, 2012
Glitches delayed the opening of trading and underwriters had to intervene to prevent the group’s shares falling below the $38 price set on Thursday

 Facebook fails to meet high expectations 

Friday, May 18, 2012
SP 500 financials index loses over 6% to make it the worst performing sector on the week, led by JPMorgan as its deals with fallout from $2bn loss

 Global equities extend losing streak 

Friday, May 18, 2012
Growth assets are shunned as investors fret about the future of the eurozone and the global economy, sending yields on German Bunds lower

 Resource stocks mirror global economy 

Friday, May 18, 2012
Decline of groups involved in supplying essential raw materials for business show how investors really feel about the global economy’s direction