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BAT stock set to rise on FTSE All Share index as a result of a complex deal, while the FTSE was on a roller coaster ride and the FTSE 250 closed down 104.89 points

London equities continued to fall fast after fears of a global recession spelt big losses for Japanese banking stocks and took the Nikkei 225 to a 26-year closing low. Sterling fell another 2.5% against the dollar and oil dropped below $63

The prime minister shrugged off opposition attacks on Britain’s debt levels, calling for a ’spirit of national unity’ as he defended the use of higher borrowing in response to the economic downturn

Asian shares fall again at the start of the week with Tokyo’s Nikkei index closing at its lowest level for 26 years.

Gordon Brown is to make the case for increased government borrowing as a way to tackle the downturn.

Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs chief executive, called Vikram Pandit, his Citigroup counterpart, last month to discuss a merger, in a dramatic example of the secret manoeuvring that preceded the government bail-out of the financial sector