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Alongside reports that the movement has collected $150,000 in private donations, Occupy Wall Street and the host of groups associated with it has put out a global call-to-arms, asking all like-minded individuals to join it on 15 October, turning a host of isolated protests into a "world revolution."

With the Occupy the London Stock Exchange protest set to begin on Saturday, critics have begun to question whether, given its recent track record with the student protests and August riots, UK police forces will be able to handle another protest.

The Occupy protests sweeping across America will spread to British shores Saturday, organizers say, with thousands of individuals pledging to march on the London Stock Exchange.

Shares in European banks and leading financial services firms fell sharply on Wednesday after French and German leaders failed convince to traders concerned about the euro zone debt crisis and instead rekindled plans for a financial transaction tax.

Shares in Betfair were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the group reported a rise in revenue and pre-tax profit in the full year ended 30 April.

Transocean ltd, the owners of the deep water horizon drilling rig that was destroyed by the explosion before the initial Gulf of Mexico oil spill has claimed that the full responsibility for the disaster should be placed on BP's shoulders.

Shares in the London Stock Exchange were up on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the group reported a rise in pre-tax profit in the year ended 31 March.

Shares in Jupiter Fund Management were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading, despite the group saying it had more than tripled its pre-tax profit in the full year ended 31 December 2010.

The London Stock Exchange announced today that it would be joining with Canadian firm TMX Group Inc in an "all share merger of equals".

Budget airline Flybe Group is to float on the London Stock Exchange next month in an IPO estimated to raise around £60 million.

Intel's Q2 are showing strong revenue from netbooks for the three months to July despite the iPad arrival.

'Friends Life' the new brand formed by Axa's UK Life and Pensions business merging with Friend's Provident has been announced today after Resolution acquired Axa's business for £2.75 bn.

Alexon Group, a ladies clothing retailer listed on the London Stock Exchange, has announced like-for-like sales down 5.4 pct for the 19 weeks ended 12 June 2010 due to volcano ash disrupting supply chains.