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Citywire Investment News

  • Cattles cuts lending and 1,000 jobs
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:07:18 GMT
    Doorstep lender Cattles has announced plans to reduce lending by 75% and says it will shrink its payroll by 1,000 as the group moves to reassure lenders about its prospects. 
  • BP falls as Q4 estimates seen falling
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:30:56 GMT
    BP shares were hit in opening deals by talk the oil major has been advising analysts to trim their fourth quarter forecasts.

Citywire News

  • Icelandic government drops plans to sue UK
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:27:47 GMT
    The Icelandic government has dropped plans to sue the UK for freezing Landsbanki?s assets but will bankroll a legal challenge from Kaupthing. 
  • Cattles cuts lending and 1,000 jobs
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:07:18 GMT
    Doorstep lender Cattles has announced plans to reduce lending by 75% and says it will shrink its payroll by 1,000 as the group moves to reassure lenders about its prospects. 

FT.com - Financial Markets News

  • Satyam admission weighs on Indian shares
    Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:02:36 +0000
    Satyam shares plunged by around 80 per cent in Mumbai after its chairman confessed to fixing the IT outsourcing company's books for the past "several" years despite a broader Asia Pacific rally to two-month highs
  • Scottish Southern leads FTSE lower
    Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:52:42 +0000
    Weakening resource stocks ended the six-session rally on London's equities market on Wednesday, but there was support for shares in Marks Spencer after the retailer avoided issuing a profit warning alongside its Christmas trading update.
  • Fund managers fight tougher disclosure rules
    Wed, 7 Jan 2009 06:30:16 +0000
    Three associations representing fund managers in Australia, the UK and US have joined forces to warn that their industry would be damaged if market regulators publish detailed information on short-selling trading positions
  • Euro weakens as prices plunge
    Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:45:36 +0000
    The euro fell to three-week lows against the dollar and sterling on Tuesday as plummeting eurozone inflation raised expectations that the European Central Bank was set to cut interest rates in the region.
  • US stocks shrug off glum data
    Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:43:09 +0000
    Traditionally defensive stocks escaped a modest rally on Wall Street as investors shrugged off more glum economic data and dipped their toes into riskier sectors

BBC News

  • Thousands face further rail chaos
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:56:45 GMT
    Thousands of rail passengers face long delays after a power failure stops all trains in to and out of London Euston.
  • Brown urged to 'condemn' Israel
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:46:54 GMT
    Gordon Brown must "unambiguously condemn" Israel's actions in Gaza, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says.
  • India IT boss quits over scandal
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:44:29 GMT
    The boss of Satyam, India's fourth-biggest software firm, resigns after admitting to irregularities in its accounts.
  • MS to close stores and cut jobs
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:42:04 GMT
    Marks and Spencer says it plans to close 25 Simply Food stores and two of its regular stores, and cut 1,230 jobs.

Mortgage News

  • SHIP members predict boom in drawdown business
    Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:41:39 GMT
    Many equity release providers are predicting that drawdown business will account for 70% of the equity release market by 2010, research from Safe Home Income Plans shows.

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