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Sterling rose on Friday, taking comfort from a poll showing support for Scotland to remain in the United Kingdom.

The night is very young as the Scottish votes are currently being tabulated. For now, the only disclosed data, aside from the previously announced YouGov prediction of a No victory is information on the turnout, which by most counts will surpass an unheard of in the US 90%.

The initial results are in:

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Alibaba Group Holding priced its initial public offering at $68 a share, the top end of the expected range, raising $21.8 billion on Thursday, in the latest sign of strong investor appetite for the Chinese …

BOSTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Home Depot Inc (HD.N) Thursday said some 56 million payment cards were likely compromised in a cyberattack at its stores, suggesting the hacking attack at the home improvement chain was larger than last year’s unprecedented breach at Target Corp (TGT.N). Home Depot, in providing the first clues to how much the breach would cost, said that so far it has estimated costs of $62 million. It will take months to determine the full scope of the fraud, which affected Home Depot stores in both the United States and Canada and ran from April to September.

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The polls are open in Scotland, and voters are casting their ballots in the referendum on Scottish Independence from the United Kingdom. The 4.2 million registered voters will face a simple question, “Should Scotland be an independent country?” They will be able to answer with yes or no. Voting is open from 7am to 10pm, and the results will be revealed Friday morning, around 1am Eastern Time.

Alibaba Group Holding priced its initial public offering at $68 a share, the top end of the expected range, raising $21.8 billion on Thursday. At that price, the IPO, one of the largest-ever, would give Alibaba a market valuation of $167.6 billion.

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