And that's a good moment to stop the liveblog for the night.

• The Guardian's news story on the Vodafone deal is online here:

• There's live coverage of the Vodafone-Verizon deal from 5.16pm in this blog

• The tax implications of the deal (and the fact Vodafone won't pay any in the UK) are covered at 5.47pm and 7.54pm

• Details of the payments to shareholders are here at 6.49pm

• And our round-up of expert reaction starts here, at 7.03pm

• Earlier, I covered this morning's strong UK and eurozone manufacturing data, along with worrying data from India (see 7.41am onwards for full details, or 11.52am for a round-up)

• European stock markets already closed with strong gains before the Vodafone-Verizon deal was announced, as traders cheered today's factory data (closing round-up and analyst comments here)

• And in the eurozone, the debt crisis looms over Germany as the general election approaches (see 12.24pm)...

• while a leaked report showed more challenges ahead for Cyprus (see 4.23pm).

I'll be back tomorrow for more live coverage of events in the City, the eurozone and the global economy (and who knows what other dramas could unfold?) Until then, thanks and goodnight. GW