Breaking pre-market news on Friday,

- European Union leaders urge IMF to consider a global financial transaction tax in draft summit statement – Reuters.

- Gordon Brown blocked Alistair Darling’s plan to increase VAT – Guardian.

- ING to repay €5.6bn to the Dutch state – statement.

- Springer Science & Business Media bought by EQT V and the private equity arm of the Government of Singapore from Candover – statement.

- Anglo American appoint Ray O’Rourke as a non-executive director – statement.

- Corporate: HMV.

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