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(Sharecast News) - London stocks were set to fall at the open on Friday following a downbeat session on Wall Street and a mixed performance in Asia, as investors continued to mull Jensen Huang's resignation as chief executive of Nvidia.

(Sharecast News) - The world has left behind the age of coal, oil and gas and is now firmly in "the age of electricity", the world's leading energy economist has said. Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said more than twice as much electricity generation would be added to the global economy in the next decade than in the last, as countries scramble to secure their energy supplies against fossil fuel price volatility and supply shocks, such as the Iran war. - Guardian

(Sharecast News) - Aviva said it expected earnings per share to grow broadly in line with its 11% target this year after general insurance premiums grew 19% to almost £12bn in the first nine months of the year driven by Direct Line and the new home insurance partnership with Nationwide.