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AS THE City's scribblers returned to their desks after an extended New Year's weekend, few knew quite what to expect as the markets sparked back into life. Many traders and company chief executives ended 2010 on a high, with the FTSE rounding off a roller- coaster year above the psychologically important 6,000 mark.
As champagne corks flew across the UK on Hogmanay, it's likely the celebrations were particularly lively in Weir Group boss Keith Cochrane's household, after the Glasgow-headquartered engineering firm stole the crown as the FTSE 100's biggest riser of the year, gaining 150 per cent.See the full content of this document
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Onwards and Upwards
Rupert Soames, chief of temporary power provider Aggreko, may also have allowed himself a tipple or two after the firm saw its shares end the year up more than 60 per cent following a string of contract wins, including a deal for next year's 2012 Olympic Games in London and last summer's World Cup in South Africa.
But with many economists still unwilling to pin their colours to the mast of sustainable recovery, many arrived...See the full content of this document
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