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WH Smith buoyed by strong profits from train and airport stores - Boss Kate Swann said the travel division will open 17 new UK stores in the second half of the financial year on top of the 18 opened in the first half, as strong sales offset a poor performance from High Street branches.

FTSE LIVE: Investors eye Spain bond auction amid bailout fears - Spain will sell two and 10-year bonds today as concerns grow that the heavily-indebted country is struggling to manage its finances and could seek an international bailout.

ALEX BRUMMER: IMF Counsellor Jose Vinals sets out blueprint for saving ... - His four point plan challenges the Berlin-Paris doctrine that it is up to individual countries to sort out their own affairs as laid out in the fiscal treaty.

FTSE CLOSE: Markets fall ahead of key Spanish debt auction; Tesco plan ... - Supermarket giant Tesco failed to win over investors with its £1billion plan to revive its UK arm today as the grocer followed world markets into the red.

Tesco to scale back store expansion and throw £1bn at turning around ailing - Tesco is to cut the amount of new store space it opens by over a third as it focuses on getting old outlets up to scratch and winning back disgruntled customers.

IMF warns for the first time that the euro could collapse - The eurozone could break up and trigger a global economic slump to rival the Great Depression, the IMF warned last night. In its World Economic Outlook report, it said the collapse of the crisis-torn single ...

Eurozone officials come out in support of Madrid in effort to quell crisis - Luxembourg Prime Minister and leading eurocrat Jean-Claude Juncker yesterday said Spain was on track. But the attempted vote of confidence may turn out to be a kiss of death.

ALEX BRUMMER: Scary map for euro leavers - If the IMF is to be believed in the euroland case it could be disastrous, creating a period of depression which would make the 1930s look like a children's tea party.

MARKET REPORT: Playtech's boss adds to cash pile - Shares of Playtech, the gambling software group he founded and floated on AIM more than six years ago, ran into hefty selling and fell to 316p before closing 10.75p lower at 339.75p.

CITY FOCUS: Madrid battling back from brink - Luxembourg Prime Minister and leading eurocrat Jean-Claude Juncker yesterday said Spain was on track. But the attempted vote of confidence may turn out to be a kiss of death.

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