Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,112.20	-206.04	-1.35%
S&P 500	1,628.93	-22.88	-1.39%
Nasdaq	3,443.20	-38.98	-1.12%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,112.20

-206.04

-1.35%

S&P 500

1,628.93

-22.88

-1.39%

Nasdaq

3,443.20

-38.98

-1.12%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,683.98	-16.95	-0.63%
FTSE 100	6,348.82	-25.39	-0.40%
DAX	8,197.08	-32.43	-0.39%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,683.98

-16.95

-0.63%

FTSE 100

6,348.82

-25.39

-0.40%

DAX

8,197.08

-32.43

-0.39%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	13,005.60	-239.63	-1.81%
Hang Seng	20,986.90	-238.99	-1.13%
S&P/ASX 200	4,801.40	-59.98	-1.23%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

13,005.60

-239.63

-1.81%

Hang Seng

20,986.90

-238.99

-1.13%

S&P/ASX 200

4,801.40

-59.98

-1.23%

FirstGroup to Win U.K. West Coast Rail Contract, Telegraph Says

By Isaac Arnsdorf - 2012-08-12T14:51:09Z

FirstGroup Plc (FGP) will win a 14-year contract to run the U.K.’s West Coast mainline train service, the Sunday Telegraph said, without saying where it got the information.

FirstGroup offered as much as 7 billion pounds ($11 billion) to run the service, outbidding current operator Virgin Trains by about 1 billion pounds, the newspaper said. The Department for Transport is expected to award the contract to FirstGroup this week, according to the report.

The department said in a statement today that a decision on the future of the franchise has not yet been taken and would be made shortly.

To contact the reporter on this story: Isaac Arnsdorf in London at iarnsdorf@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alaric Nightingale at anightingal1@bloomberg.net

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