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Citywire Investment News
- Saturday Papers: RBS keen to offload private equity fund stakes -- bid news and gossip
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:40:00 GMT
BAE Systems has lost the race to build the British army's next generation of 'Scout' armoured vehicles.
- Saturday Papers: Eurozone agrees £22bln bail-out for Greece -- other news
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:43 GMT
Unexpected rise in US shop sales boosts hopes of revival.
- Broker Roundup: Goldman Sachs has a Conviction Buy for Aveva
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:11:00 GMT
Nomura ups target for Old Mutual and RBS upgrades Lancashire Holdings.
- We messed up on mis-selling but we're clamping down now, says regulator
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:04:02 GMT
The Financial Services Authority vows to be more proactive, do more to protect the consumer and toughen up on the mis-selling of financial products.
- Withers: 50% tax likely to remain for most of next parliament
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:47:25 GMT
The law firm believes the party that wins this year's election will be forced to keep the 50% tax on income in place for longer than anticipated.
Citywire News
- Saturday Papers: RBS keen to offload private equity fund stakes -- bid news and gossip
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:40:00 GMT
BAE Systems has lost the race to build the British army's next generation of 'Scout' armoured vehicles.
- Saturday Papers: press tips and comment
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:35:00 GMT
Comment on Lehman report, ASOS, Cashbox and Hydrotec.
- Saturday Papers: Eurozone agrees £22bln bail-out for Greece -- other news
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:43 GMT
Unexpected rise in US shop sales boosts hopes of revival.
- Ratewatch - mortgages
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
The best remortgage and guarantor mortgage deals.
- Home sales slumped by half in January
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:42:17 GMT
The number of house purchases dropped by half in January, after the stamp duty holiday ended in December.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- US stocks flat despite strong retail figures
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:03:12 GMT
US stocks were flat in spite of surprisingly strong retail sales data and positive employment figures from Canada
- Solid economic data give positive backdrop
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:33:36 GMT
Global Markets Overview: Record rise in eurozone industrial production help global stocks build on Wall Street?s overnight advance, but gains tempered by uncertainty
- Bid talk helps lift London equities
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:42 GMT
BSkyB gained on market speculation that Rupert Murdoch?s News Corporation, its 39 per cent shareholder, could take the broadcaster private
- Wood pulp shortage lifts UPM-Kymmene
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:16:22 GMT
Volkswagen shares rallied 4.3 per cent to ?74.43 after the German carmaker said it would use a convertible bond issue and a share sale to fund acquisitions
- Oil falls after energy watchdog lifts forecasts
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:04:42 GMT
Crude oil prices fell after disappointing US consumer confidence data while sugar prices managed a partial rebound after their pounding this week
BBC News
- Calls to raise crime age rejected
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:39:08 GMT
The age of criminal responsibility will stay at 10, the government says, after a senior adviser for England calls for it to be raised.
- Two escape injury in gun attack
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:32:40 GMT
Two people escape injury after a shot is fired at the window of a house in the Caulside Park area of Antrim on Friday night.
- Protest says cut Trident not jobs
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:17:51 GMT
About 1,000 people have joined an anti-nuclear protest in Edinburgh calling for the scrapping of Trident.
- Karzai U-turn on polling watchdog
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:59:55 GMT
The Afghan president agrees to let two foreigners sit on a key election monitoring body, reversing a previous decision.
- Maliki leads Baghdad poll count
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:57:43 GMT
Partial results for Iraq's elections show PM Nouri Maliki's coalition ahead in the crucial area of Baghdad, officials say.