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Ratings agency Moody's has warned the UK's prized AAA rating is at risk from the eurozone crisis despite the austerity measures taken to help retain its current status.

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Invesco Perpetual fund manager, Jonathan Brown, on why he expects a pick up in M&A activity in the smaller companies sector next year.

A client recently highlighted to me the current similarity of the fund managers he speaks to.

CRYSTAL BALL GAZING

The head of the Bank of France has attacked the UK's AAA-rating and called for it to be downgraded - as expectations increase of a downgrade to France's rating.

THEY SAID WHAT?

EU TREATY VETO

UK unemployment rose by 128,000 in the three months to October to 2.64 million, the highest level since 1994.

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