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The soaring share price of Lions Gate Entertainment and Disney's $4bn acquisition of Lucasfilm demonstrate the increasing power of content providers, according to Alliance Trust Asset Management's Justin Atkinson.

Barclays has teamed up with Amundi Investment Solutions to launch a fund providing exposure to US takeovers.

The US government has postponed the start date of incoming tax regime FATCA to give businesses more time to comply with the rules.

Investment veteran Warren Buffett expects US growth to continue "inching ahead" of its Western counterparts, despite the looming fiscal cliff putting the country at risk of slipping back into recession.

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Shares in Google closed down 8% after the tech giant's third quarter results - revealing a 20% drop in profits - were mistakenly released ahead of the US market close.

A man has been arrested for plotting to detonate a bomb in front of the Federal Reserve in New York, following a sting operation conducted by US authorities.

A new paper, 'Buffett's Alpha' claims to have identified the main factors that have driven Warren Buffett's extraordinary record in investment.

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