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Richard Brown: When London’s ‘Big Bang’ came

The Big Bang, a package of London Stock Exchange reforms that was implemented 40 years ago today, got off to a stuttering start. SEAQ, the system which shared real-time price information on computer screens, collapsed under the weight of data requests within minutes of markets…

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Dave Hill: Will Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation work?

The glamorous midsection of Oxford Street has become “traffic-free”, the first stage in a long march towards a pedestrianised transformation that won’t even begin to take its completed form until next year. Will the final destination live up to the expectations? I hope so.

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