Nokia is up smartly after it reported a really significant rise in Q3 earnings, with revenues up 13% to euros 3.32 bn and net earnings up 32% thanks to network deals.

GSK scored a few points by announcing that its Ebola vaccine would be available before the end of 2014.

Harvard's expensive investment managers didn't invest very well. Its endowment gained all of 11.3% last year, despite the heavy spending. Meanwhile Yale gained 12.5%.

And as for predicting the price of gold rising to $1900, look at where it is today! You have to know when to hold them and when to fold them. This is gee-whiz marketing aimed at people who have no economic background and are innumerate.

The private-side Chinese purchasing manager's index, run by HSBC, rose into growth for June, with a score of 50.8.

The timing could not be more sinister. Argentina has ruled that the neo-Nazi Partido Bandera Vecinal will be legally allowed to contest the next election.