Updates from Tate & Lyle and Carpetright

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A small lift for the FTSE 100, up 11 points yesterday at 6,449. Unilever was the biggest climber, up +2.07% to 2367p with Tesco also up, rising +1.96% to 365p.

Increasing anxiety about the US debt predicament - President Obama cancelled a trip to Asia on the back of the Government shutdown - saw the Dow Jones sink 136 points to 14,996. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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