Foxconn International Holdings tumbled 7.4% after core customer Nokia announced a profit warning for the first half of the year.

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The government service has returned to its core mission of providing raw data, such as warning of hurricanes and tornadoes, and leaves the more specialized work for specific industries and companies to the private sector.

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The scientists' union Prospect echoed this view, warning that the new council must not be at the expense of existing research or the nation's core scientific capability.

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