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* First major UK purchase since market bottomed in July Financials * Purchase at 8.4 pct initial yield * Shares up 3.1 pct, outperforms index LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - British Land (BLND.L), the UK'ssecond largest property firm by market value, said on Monday ithas made its first major office purchase in London since the UKcommercial property market slump ended in July. is pleased to announce that Senior Consultant and industryexpert, Mark Polino, has been honored as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional(MVP) for Microsoft Dynamics GP for the third year in a row. Third-quarter downgrades affected 1.8% of market volume, a significantimprovement from the first quarter's peak downgrade rate of 14.5% (on a record$522.4 billion in downgrades) and also below the second quarter's 5.5% rate. Non-Cyclical Consumer Goods Non-Cyclical Consumer Goods.

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