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A blank gallery where people engage in conversations about the economy and a huge naked humanoid figure are to battle it out for the UK’s best-known art award, the Turner Prize.

Telecoms giant BT led the FTSE 100 Index higher today after cost cutting helped boost third quarter profits by 7%.

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London’s leading shares index pushed higher today amid hope that Greek prime minister George Papandreou would drop his plans to hold a referendum on the eurozone rescue deal.

A raft of solid earnings from household names encouraged investors to overlook the unfolding chaos in the eurozone and send London’s blue chip index higher.

The London market closed in the red today after disappointing jobs data in the US reignited fears over the strength of the global economic recovery.

A vast floor within London's Tate Modern art gallery has been carpeted with more than 100 million “sunflower seeds” – the latest commission in the annual Unilever Series.

BRITAIN’S most prestigious – and controversial – modern art award was launched yesterday amid protests by photographers and artists.

Anti-war campaigners will stage a protest tomorrow outside a museum where former prime minister Tony Blair is expected to attend a party to mark the launch of his new book.

London's FTSE 100 Index plunged more than 2% into the red today as recovery fears sent stock markets reeling worldwide.

Share bounce backs for British Airways and Royal Bank of Scotland helped nudge the FTSE 100 Index higher today and offset disappointing data out on Wall Street.

A provocative nude picture of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields has been removed from display at Tate Modern art gallery in London on police advice, it was revealed tonight.

A provocative nude picture of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields will appear in a new exhibition at the Tate Modern gallery in London, it was revealed today.

Sugar and ingredients group Tate & Lyle today warned over uncertain prospects as it unveiled an 18% fall in underlying profits.

Sugar group Tate & Lyle’s shares were caned today after its patent battle against Chinese manufacturers was dealt a blow by a US court ruling.

A Francis Bacon masterpiece broke the artist’s record at auction when it sold for £43m (€53.9m) in New York, Sotheby’s said today.

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey and pest control firm Rentokil Initial were today facing the boot from London’s FTSE 100 Index.

Two works by Francis Bacon are expected to go under the hammer for more than €35m today, Sotheby’s of London said.

Brewing group Scottish & Newcastle led London shares higher today after European rivals Heineken and Carlsberg confirmed long-running speculation over their interest in the firm.

The London market retreated today despite having come within touching point of the September 2000 highs earlier in the session.

A film collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney is to receive its British premiere at Tate Modern.

Tate & Lyle delivered double-digit profits growth for a third quarter in a row today, but warned a number of factors will impact its performance this year.

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Brewer Scottish & Newcastle saw its shares enjoy a late surge today on rumours of possible bid interest from Heineken or Carlsberg.

Fox’s Biscuits owner Northern Foods said today it was out of the auction for Burton’s Foods – the firm behind Wagon Wheels and Maryland Cookies.

More than £500m (€762m) was wiped from the value of Tate & Lyle after the sugar and sweetener group delivered a surprise profits warning today.

British supermarket shares were today unruffled by the UK's Competition Commission (CC) progress report on its inquiry into the £95bn (€145bn) grocery sector.

Tate & Lyle took a £500m (€763.5m) shares hit today after the company warned of a weaker-than-expected performance by its sugar substitute Splenda.

The owner of food brands Wagon Wheels and Maryland Cookies was today said to be weighing up a possible sale of the business.

Sugar and starch group Tate & Lyle delivered a profits boost today as it braced itself for a tougher few months.

The FTSE 100 Index closed above the 6200 mark today for the first time since February 2001.

The London market tumbled into the red today as interest rate concerns returned to spook investors.

Newly-created pharmacy giant Alliance Boots, formed by the merger of Boots and Alliance UniChem, debuted on a weakening London market today.

Outsourcing group Capita surged to the top of the blue-chip risers board today after delighting UK investors with better-than-expected profits.

Plans by water supplier Severn Trent to spin off its Biffa waste management business kept the FTSE 100 Index above the 6000 mark today.

Water company Severn Trent starred today as the London market’s top riser after revealing plans to demerge its Biffa waste management business.

Uncertainty over the prospects for the FTSE 100 Index continued today as the London market gave back recent gains to dip back below the 6000 barrier.

Energy stocks led the FTSE 100 Index into the red today as hopes of another buoyant session in London were shattered by falling oil prices.

THE ISEQ index leveled off yesterday after the previous days rally with little in the way of corporate news to boost the market. The benchmark index closed down 4.95 points to 6781.07.

Poker group PartyGaming led the FTSE 100 Index into negative territory today as investors piled out of online gaming stocks.

Tate & Lyle warned today that EU proposals to cut guaranteed prices for sugar producers would wipe £85m (€128.3m) off its profits in 2009.

A further rise in the cost of oil helped the FTSE 100 Index hold on above the key 5000 barrier today.