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- Treasury confirms Budget date as 24 March
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:05:55 GMT
The Treasury is expected to confirm Budget day will be 24 March, making a 6 May general election more likely.
- Edinburgh Partners hires ex Swip investment boss Wood
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:54:27 GMT
The investment boutique has hired former Scottish Widows Investment Partnership CIO Graham Wood.
- Standard plans £100m savings drive but cannot confirm jobs are safe
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:53:51 GMT
David Nish, chief executive of Standard Life, said greater use of technology would cut costs but could not confirm there would be no job losses.
- Morning Market: Cautious start ahead of industrial production data
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:47:58 GMT
Barclays slips on acquisition reports, Standard Life pleases, but sharply lower profits unsettle Tullow and Laird Group.
- Property: Get ready for the triple dip
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT
UK property is likely to enter an unprecedented triple dip through 2011, say some of the sector?s leading managers and advisers.
Citywire News
- Northern Rock reports £257 million loss
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:14:49 GMT
State lender says it beat its financial targets in 2009.
- Treasury confirms Budget date as 24 March
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:05:55 GMT
The Treasury is expected to confirm Budget day will be 24 March, making a 6 May general election more likely.
- Morning Market: Cautious start ahead of industrial production data
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:47:58 GMT
Barclays slips on acquisition reports, Standard Life pleases, but sharply lower profits unsettle Tullow and Laird Group.
- Have you paid too much tax?
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:29:45 GMT
A key HMRC deadline for reclaiming overpaid tax is fast approaching. The elderly, self-employed and higher rate taxpayers in particular should take care to check they are not still owed by the tax man.
- Broker Roundup: JP Morgan starts coverage of property sector with positive stance
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:18:14 GMT
Citigroup cuts Aviva target and Bernstein positive on Diageo and SABMiller.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- Tentative tone takes hold as investors seek direction
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:41:23 GMT
Global Markets Overview: FTSE All-World index remains becalmed near six-week highs, with stock investors reluctant to push riskier assets higher without a fresh catalyst
- FTSE left flat as investors bide time
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:41:10 GMT
Investors in UK equities left the FTSE 100 flat o nWednesday as they waited for catalysts to push the market out of its torpor of the past few sessions
- Queensland picks banks for A$7bn rail IPO
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:43:38 GMT
The Queensland state government has appointed five banks to run a A$7bn share float of Queensland Rail?s coal and freight arm, expected to be Australia?s biggest listing this year
- CFTC urges end to derivatives secrecy
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:05:04 GMT
A leading US financial regulator called for the prices of derivatives trades to be disclosed in the same way as stock prices, saying only large Wall Street banks benefited from the current lack of transparency
- Disappointing data weigh on sterling
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:32:00 GMT
Sterling lost ground on Tuesday as disappointing economic data and renewed concern over the UK?s banking sector and fiscal health weighed on the pound
BBC News
- Budget in two weeks, Brown says
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:19:00 GMT
This year's Budget will be held on Wednesday 24 March, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces.
- 'Bali bomber' killed in Indonesia
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:14:34 GMT
Indonesia's president confirms security forces have killed the last main main suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings, Dulmatin.
- Ashton sets out diplomatic vision
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:04:42 GMT
The EU's foreign policy chief, Lady Ashton, tells MEPs Europe has a "once in a generation opportunity" to build a powerful diplomatic service.
- Nigeria 'ignored attack warnings'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:01:50 GMT
A Nigerian governor accuses the army of ignoring warnings of attacks, as communal tension remains high near Jos.
- Call to halt NHS medical database
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:55 GMT
Doctors' leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.