on Wednesday, but largely flat, hoping central bank action in the world’s biggest economies could temper some of the slowdown in world growth, even though bond yields continued to flag recessionary fears. Tokyo’s Nikkei lost 0.2 per cent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.6 per cent, and the Shanghai Composite moved up 0.9 per cent. In Europe, London’s FTSE 100, Germany’s DAX and the Paris CAC 40 were down by between 0.2 and 0.4 per cent by about 6:10 a.m. ET. New York futures were down.
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A higher intake of eggs is being linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death, if a new study is to be believed. But the findings come not long after the U.S. removed daily cholesterol limits, with a growing number of scientists saying that when cholesterol is in food, it has little effect on the amount of cholesterol in the bloodstream.