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Why firms are fleeing the FTSE

It has been yet another terrible couple of weeks for the City as a centre for equity trading. The FTSE 100 might be hitting record highs, but all it is doing is finally catching up with some of the other major indices around the world. The problem is that companies keep leaving. Anglo-American has received a takeover bid from BHP, which if accepted would mean another major FTSE-100

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