FTSE ENDS FLAT AS COMMODITIES OFFSET BANKS OIL RISES ON GLOBAL TENSIONS TWO UTILITIES ANNOUNCE BIG PRICE RISES LEHMAN SHARES FALL AFTER REPORT OF FAILED SALE BANKING WORRIES HIT EUROPEAN STOCKS LOCAL AUTHORITIES SEEK TO STEM HOUSING WOES BARNES & NOBLE CUTS YEAR SALES VIEW ENERGY PLUNGE HELPS FACTORIES, JOBLESS CLAIMS EASE AMERICAN EAGLE GOLD COINS SOLD OUT AFTER SPREE WALL ST DROPS ON CREDIT FEARS AND HIGHER OIL OIL SURGES ON GLOBAL TENSIONS AND SOFT DOLLAR BANKERS STRUGGLE WITH B&B RUMP AS SHARES LANGUISH SSE HIKES GAS AND POWER PRICES NASDAQ FALLS MORE THAN 1 PCT AS OIL GAINS OIL RISES TOWARDS $120 ON RUSSIA-U.S. TENSION WALL ST CUTS LOSSES ON ENERGY BOUNCE JULY LEADING INDEX PLUMMETS 0.7 PERCENT: CONF. BOARD CORRECTED: HEINZ PROFIT UP; HORMEL HURT BY TURKEY COSTS BARNES & NOBLE PROFIT FALLS, CUTS YEAR SALES VIEW OIL RISES TO $119 ON RUSSIA-U.S. TENSION

FDA: IRRADIATING SPINACH, LETTUCE OK TO KILL GERMS ECONOMY REMAINS STUCK IN LOW GEAR OIL JUMPS $5 ON US-RUSSIA TENSIONS, SLIDING DOLLAR NY AG: WILL TAKE MERRILL TO COURT ON FRIDAY BARNES & NOBLE'S 2Q PROFITS FALL 15 PERCENT FANNIE, FREDDIE SHARES STABILIZE STOCKS FALL ON RISING OIL, UNEASE ABOUT FINANCIALS OIL JUMPS $6 ON US-RUSSIA TENSIONS, SLIDING DOLLAR IKB TO BE BOUGHT BY LONE STAR FUNDS BARNES & NOBLE'S 2Q PROFITS DECLINE 15 PERCENT FANNIE, FREDDIE SHARES KEEP FALLING LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS FELL SHARPLY IN JULY BURGER KING 4Q PROFIT RISES 42 PCT SCHAEFFLER TO BUY MINORITY STAKE IN CONTINENTAL OIL RISES ON US-RUSSIA TENSIONS, SLIDING DOLLAR STOCKS OPEN LOWER ON FINANCIAL SECTOR WORRIES BARNES & NOBLE'S 2Q PROFIT FALLS 15 PERCENT KOHL'S NAMES NEW CEO JOBLESS CLAIMS FALL FOR SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK STOCKS POINT LOWER AFTER JOBLESS CLAIMS DATA

FDA APPROVES IRRADIATED PRODUCE U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER TAKES GOLD IN OVERTIME OIL LEADS A COMMODITIES COMEBACK WITTMAN TAPPED AS MARSH CFO GAMESTOP BEATS EXPECTATIONS FEED, FUEL COSTS HURT HORMEL PROFIT RICE PRESSES IRAQ ON SECURITY DEAL SUICIDE BLASTS KILL 59 IN PAKISTAN BURGER KING OVERCOMES HIGHER COSTS FALLING BANKS, RISING OIL SINK STOCKS U.S. SOFTBALL TEAM IS DENIED GOLD SUICIDE BLASTS KILL 50 IN PAKISTAN NFL UNION CHIEF GENE UPSHAW DIES LONE STAR UNIT TO BUY 90.8% IKB STAKE WEEKLY JOBLESS CLAIMS FALL 13,000 FANNIE, FREDDIE REMAIN IN FOCUS STRONG SALES BOOST HEINZ'S NET SUICIDE BLASTS KILL 46 IN PAKISTAN INVESTIGATORS PROBE MADRID CRASH FANNIE, FREDDIE FEARS CRIMP FUTURES

OIL SURGES ABOVE $120 AS TENSIONS RISE UK LOSES APPEAL FOR EASTERN EUROPEAN WORKERS PERSIMMON SAYS CONDITIONS STABILISING BROWN CALLS FOR BIGGER AFGHAN ARMY PERSIMMON SAYS CONDITIONS STABILIZING LONE STAR TO BUY SUBPRIME VICTIM IKB FINANCIAL WOES HALT DOLLAR RALLY UK RETAIL SALES SHOW SURPRISE RISE IN JULY LONESTAR TO BUY SUBPRIME VICTIM IKB PERSIMMON SAYS WORST MAY BE OVER ENRC REBUFFS KAZAKH RIVAL CONTINENTAL, SCHAEFFLER AGREE MINORITY DEAL SYRIA LOOKS FOR RUSSIAN ARMS DEAL FANNIE AND FREDDIE CRISIS DEEPENS OBAMA VP SPECULATION RIFE AS LEAD DWINDLES BABCOCK & BROWN TOP EXECUTIVES STEP DOWN LEHMAN'S SECRET TALKS TO SELL 50% STAKE STALL ERICSSON AND STMICRO TO JOIN FORCES US AND POLAND SIGN MISSILE-SHIELD DEAL DOVISH CENTRAL BANK STANCE HITS POUND

CHINA BLOCKS ITUNES OVER ALL-STAR TIBET ALBUM FREE DOWNLOAD E.ON AND SCOTTISH & SOUTHERN RISE POWER PRICES BY 30% ICBC BECOMES WORLD'S MOST PROFITABLE BANK PERSIMMON SAYS HOUSING MARKET WILL NOT WORSEN E.ON ENERGY PRICE SURGE TO HIT FOUR MILLION TATA TURNS TO ASSET SALES TO PAY FOR JAGUAR AND LAND ROVER STANSTED FACES SECOND STRIKE THREAT AMLIN PROFITS PUNCTURED BY PLUNGING INVESTMENTS FINAL CALL FOR BAA FORCED SALE OF AIRPORTS MAY COST BAA £1BN JOHN MENZIES' PROFITS SLIDE BY 26% ON EXPANSION COSTS OLD MUTUAL PAYS €165M FOR CHINESE FUND STAKE E.ON ENERGY PRICE SURGE TO HIT FIVE MILLION BUYING A PROPERTY FROM THE SMALL ADS IT MIGHT HELP BUYERS, BUT NOT OUR NATIONAL FINANCES HIGH STREET SALES TAKE AN UNEXPECTED UPTURN ENERGY PRICE SURGE TO HIT FIVE MILLION AUTUMN TV LOOKS TO TIME-TRAVELLING COSTUME DRAMAS PERSIMMON SLASHES DIVIDEND AS PROFITS SLUMP LEHMAN CASH CALL 'SHUNNED' BY CHINA AND KOREA

MILLIONS HIT BY ENERGY BILL HIKES MILLIONS MORE HIT BY 2ND GAS RISE SHERBERT REVIVAL AFTER DALEY DIVE UNEXPECTED RISE IN RETAIL SALES OVER 4 MILLION HIT BY GAS RISE OVER 5 MILLION HIT BY GAS RISE PERSIMMON HIT AMID HOUSING SLUMP STILL SHOPPING: RETAIL SALES JUMP MAKE ROOM TO BEAT HOUSING GLOOM HOLIDAY AIRPORT STRIKES CALLED OFF ARE LADS' MAGS ON THE WAY OUT? PERSIMMON'S PROFITS PLUMMET UK BULLETS PIERCE ECONOMIC GLOOM DROVES OF ESTATE AGENTS GO BUST HOUSE SALES DROUGHT HITS FIRMS FIRE FEARS AFTER SPARKS FROM IPOD PRICE COMPARISON WEBSITES SLAMMED BANK CHIEFS SPLIT AGAIN ON RATES EBAY UPS BID FOR FIXED-PRICE SALES WEB BOOMS AS HIGH STREET SLUMPS

A SURGE IN OIL AMID THE TENSIONS IN EUROPE SALES FUEL QUARTERLY PROFIT AT HEINZ REPORTS OFFER MIXED SIGNS ON THE ECONOMY OIL JUMPS AMID U.S.-RUSSIAN TENSION STOCKS FALL ON FINANCIAL SECTOR WORRIES OIL RISES ON FALLING U.S. GASOLINE SUPPLIES U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS FALL AGAIN EVERCORE IN $120 MILLION DEAL WITH MIZUHO U.S. EQUITY FUND ACQUIRES TROUBLED GERMAN BANK COMCAST TO SLOW INTERNET SERVICE AT TIMES TO ITS HEAVIEST USERS EVERCORE PARTNERS NEARING A $120 MILLION DEAL WITH MIZUHO JUDGE ORDERS DRUG MAKER TO PROVIDE EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT TO TERMINALLY ILL TEENAGER REGULATOR WILL HELP BORROWERS AT INDYMAC STATE OF THE ART: FROM SNAPSHOTS, A 3-D VIEW SKIN DEEP: AN UNDERDOG PURSUES THE SCENT THE SECOND COMING OF KHAKI PRESCRIPTIONS FOR FANNIE AND FREDDIE WELCOME, FRESHMEN. HAVE AN IPOD. NOTABLES VOICE THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS FOR FANNIE AND FREDDIE REPORT REJECTS MEDICARE BOAST OF PARING FRAUD

ONE-TWO PUNCH HITS STOCKS GRAND THEFT AUTO ROCKS NAPSTER TRIES HALF-PRICE SUMMER SALE TO MOVE NUMBERS IKB SALE COULD BE FIRST OF MANY VIDEOS OF BOLT'S LATEST RUN STAY ONLINE AS FAST AS THE RUN ITSELF; IOC PLAYING WHAC-A-MOLE A PERFECT MATCH ONE-TWO PUNCH HITS MARKETS KYRGYZSTAN FACES ECONOMIC PRESSURES CONTI AND SCHAEFFLER MAKE NICE MARINES IN MEDIA THE INTERNET'S NEW SHORTCUT OLYMPIAN BUST? GERMAN SUBPRIME VICTIM GOES THE AMERICAN WAY THE WORLD'S RICHEST ROYALS #12 CHEW HUA SENG #21 CHENG WAI KEUNG & FAMILY #14 CHANG YUN CHUNG #10 BRIAN CHANG #1 NG TENG FONG & FAMILY BEIJING'S BIGGEST LOSERS

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