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   HEADLINES                            
   USA jobless figure falls to 5.6% 122 
    PPHC 123 
   Grand Met sells Meurice for £35m 124 
   Evode's Italian buy costs it £7m 124 
   Bank's new men + Exit Storehouse 123 
   Chancellor's comments lift po4nd 129 
   APRIL Panel 226 Money Mags 228 (BBC2)
                                        
   OVERVIEW                             
   FT-SE Closed off 14.4 at 1,742.5 125 
   POUND $1.8855 (+1.6c) Eff £ 78.1 135 
   GOLD/oz  $456.25 at London close 136 
   OIL Brent May close: $15.65 bbl      
                                        
   INDEX                                
   Finding your way around CITYVEWS 139 
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            MONEYFILE 220 (bBC2)