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Trading halted on London Stock Exchange

                   
ft.com
08-Sep-2008
        
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By Anousha Sakoui in London Trading on the London Stock Exchange was suspended Monday morning after the exchange said it was investigating “connectivity issues”. A spokeswoman for the exchange declined to comment on how long trading would be suspended, but the LSE published a website offering live tracking of the problem. She said the problem was being investigated and that the connection would be brought back in... [read full story]                    

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