Pick of the early market news

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After last week's ructions, the FTSE 100 finished Friday 1.85% up at 5,545. Will Berlusconi's exit calm the markets? We'll find out shortly. Italy has a major five-year bond auction this morning. Globally, China-US relations are tense again with President Obama telling China to "act like a grown-up nation" on devaluation concerns. And Japan's economy has grown - it expanded 6% in the July to September period - for the first time in four quarters.

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