Article: Evening Standard, London, Stock Watch Column.

By Malcolm Withers, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 10--Dealers in Europe, Africa and the Middle East were hit by a mysterious glitch on their Reuters 2000 and 3000 screens for three-and-a-half hours today, leaving them "blind". Reuters shares, meanwhile, slipped 4 1/2 pence to 260 1/2 pence.

If they had been able to watch, dealers would have seen insurers were under pressure again as Legal & General made its move to raise UKpound 786 million via an underwritten rights issue.

The step is on the basis of 13 new shares for every 60 at 60 pence a share. It promptly fell back 5 pence to 107 3/4 pence with ...

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