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The US Federal Reserve has said it will end its purchases of government bonds in October, bringing to a close the quantitative easing (QE) experiment.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has closed above 17,000 for the first time, buoyed by investor confidence about the global economy.

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US authorities have hit French bank BNP Paribas with a giant $8.9bn (£5.2bn) fine for breaking trade sanctions.

Henderson Global Investors has agreed a deal to buy US fund manager Geneva Capital Management in a deal worth up to $200m (£117m).

A New York court has fined a former UK-based Credit Suisse trader for his role in artificially inflating bond prices.

European markets are set to join the global rally which followed the release of a ‘dovish' statement from the Federal Reserve on monetary policy.

The International Monetary Fund has urged the US Federal Reserve to keep interest rates lower for longer after downgrading its forecast for the country's growth rate.

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