UK A month of two halves:  November proved to be a month of two halves for the UK: first, the run-up to the Budget, and then the fallout from the Budget. Amid hopes of a forthcoming cut in interest rates, the FTSE 100 Index flirted with the 10,000-point level during the month, but eventually subsided, dampened by Budget-related jitters. Alongside the FTSE 250 Index, the blue-chip index eventually ended November broadly unchanged. Budget measures:  the government’s Budget froz