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Citywire Investment News
- Investment Line: Has the recession permanently damaged UK GDP?
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:00:34 +0100
Measuring whether the UK's ouput gap is closing or lost forever after the downturn is playing a key role in determining monetary policy.
- Global markets soar as US jobs data brings more cheer
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:58:10 +0100
Today's US jobs data came in much better than expected dampening fears the world's largest economy is heading back towards recession.
- Wealth managers recover second quarter losses
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:20:46 +0100
Research from Asset Risk Consultants (Arc) shows wealth managers managed to recover some of the losses from dreadful in May and June.
- The financial crisis isn?t the problem ? it's expensive old people
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:18:23 +0100
We risk ignoring 'the fiscal challenge of the 21st century'.
- Capita employee in fatal fall at AXA office
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:43:06 +0100
A Capita employee has died after falling three floors inside one of AXA?s offices in Bristol.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- Asian shares higher on US jobs data
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:48:32 GMT
Asian shares are higher as better-than-expected US jobs data ease concerns about the global economic recovery, though investors are cautious ahead of the US market holiday
- Fears rise as EU nations aim to raise borrowing
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:16:33 GMT
The eurozone debt crisis is about to enter a dangerous phase as governments prepare to step up borrowing in the capital markets to fund their faltering economies
- Do not fall for talk of European solvency
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:10:23 GMT
To guarantee the solvency of the eurozone?s peripheral countries would require not a few quarters of solid growth, but an entire decade, writes Wolfgang Münchau
- Outlook: Investors watch US data response
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:19:33 GMT
With hard statistics on the global economy thin on the ground, investors? attention will be focused on the response of policymakers to last week?s US jobs data
- Swiss franc benefits from haven status as doubts spread
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:07:29 GMT
Swiss franc hits record high against the euro and nears parity against the dollar as worries over the global economic recovery drive haven demand
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- Landlords brace themselves for benefit caps
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
There are concerns that cutbacks in Local Housing Allowance will push increasing numbers of tenants into arrears. But demand for rental properties remains high, so what is the outlook for landlords?
- The end of the 'cheap mortgage'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Linton Chiswick questions whether the regulator is about to call time on the last remaining ?cheap mortgage?.
- Mortgages: cut out the middle man for the best rates
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Increasingly, high street banks are not only by-passing brokers ? the only place a potential homebuyer can get truly impartial advice on a home loan ? but they are restricting their best offers to existing customers.
- FSA fines and censures mortgage brokers over fraud
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:37:07 +0100
The Financial Services Authority has banned one mortgage broker and fined another for failing to prevent false mortgage applications being made to lenders.
- Morning Line: Why should first time buyers suffer?
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:20:38 +0100
If the Bank of England is serious about capping mortgage loan-to-value ratios as a means of preventing another credit crisis then it risks excluding more young people from home ownership. Is this what the coalition really wants?
Citywire News
- Dawn Chorus: Stock markets upbeat on optimism about US economy
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:58:00 +0100
Investors eye a series of central bank meetings for signs of confidence over the state of recovery in developed economies.
- Monday Papers: tips and comment
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:50:00 +0100
Carrefour is in partial retreat over emerging markets.
- Monday Papers: Santander could hire 6,000 new staff - other news
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:49:00 +0100
The spanish lender launches a recruitment drive as it presses ahead with UK expansion.
- Monday Papers: Private equity groups line up bids for Polkomtel - bid news and gossip
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:45:00 +0100
Potential suitors are lining up ?4bn leveraged buy-out bids for Poland?s leading mobile phone operators.
- Landlords brace themselves for benefit caps
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
There are concerns that cutbacks in Local Housing Allowance will push increasing numbers of tenants into arrears. But demand for rental properties remains high, so what is the outlook for landlords?
BBC Business News
- Need to cut deficit 'supported'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:23:37 GMT
Many people are in favour of taking steps to reduce the government deficit but they are less clear on where spending should be cut, a poll commissioned by the BBC suggests.
- Merger mania
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:48:59 GMT
Banks benefit, but what about the real economy?
- Need to cut deficit 'supported'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:01:49 GMT
Many people are in favour of reducing the deficit but they are less clear about where cuts should be made, a BBC poll suggests.
- Security stepped up at Kabul Bank
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:14:41 GMT
Armed police are posted outside the main branch of Kabul Bank as customers continue to withdraw money amid fears it may collapse.
- Rovers takeover man left UK debts
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:02:53 GMT
The Indian businessman hoping to buy Blackburn Rovers, Ahsan Ali Syed, left a trail of debt from his time in the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals.
BBC News
- Met 'may reopen phone hack probe'
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:04:42 GMT
The Metropolitan Police says it may reopen the investigation into allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World if new evidence is uncovered.
- Pakistan bomb hits police station
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:02:07 GMT
A suspected suicide bombing in north-west Pakistan has killed at least six people at a police station, officials say.
- Equitable Life money bid expected
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:02:04 GMT
Pensioners hit by the Equitable Life scandal are to make a final bid to persuade the government to pay them full compensation.
- Gum and heart link 'breakthrough'
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:42:13 GMT
Scientists say they have established one reason why gum disease may increase the risk of heart disease.
- Blair criticises prison policies
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:57:48 GMT
Former prime minister Tony Blair criticises the government's prison policies, saying the coalition is soft on crime.
