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Investors across Europe and the US are in flight-mode this afternoon, with US markets opening sharply lower as the weak corporate earnings season continues to plague sentiment.

Hargreaves Lansdown is topping the FTSE 100 leaderboard for a second consecutive day of trading as the index starts the week in the black.

European shares have opened lower for the third consecutive day after Japan led Asian indices lower overnight.

Five years on from the credit crunch which sent global stock markets into disarray and ruined many banks around the globe, including Northern Rock in the UK, the landscape for investors has changed considerably.

Former Polly Peck International (PPI) owner Asil Nadir has been found guilty of stealing a total of more than £5.5m from the company in 1989 and 1990.

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The FTSE 100 fell alongside other major markets across Europe today, after the Federal Reserve cut its growth forecast for the US economy.

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