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  • Top global firms booted out of sustainability index
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:35:20 +0100
    Latest indices from sustainable investment specialist SAM and Dow Jones have excluded market leading firms UniCredit bank, Toyota Motors and Royal Dutch Shell, following an annual review of companies' SRI performances.
  • Anglo Irish Bank split in two
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:56:18 +0100
    Irish Finance Minister, Brian Lenihan, says bank split 'essential to the promotion of confidence and stability in our financial system'.

BBC News

  • Assembly post tackles trafficking
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:04:15 GMT
    An anti-human trafficking coordinator is to be appointed in Wales for the first time to tackle the problem.
  • MPs debating phone hacking claims
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:04:07 GMT
    MPs are debating allegations that MPs had their mobile phones hacked into by News of the World journalists.
  • Car bomb rocks Mogadishu airport
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:10 GMT
    At least two people are killed by a car bomb attack on Somalia's main airport in Mogadishu, residents say.
  • Planes nearly collide over London
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:57:09 GMT
    A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in 2009, a report reveals.

BBC Business News

  • Spending cuts 'to hit north harder'
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:41:26 GMT
    Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests.
  • Air Zimbabwe pilots in pay strike
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:35:54 GMT
    Striking pilots at Air Zimbabwe have began talks with management over a pay dispute that has grounded the carrier's flights.
  • Chote set to head Budget office
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:31:09 GMT
    Economist and former journalist Robert Chote is to become the new head of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
  • UK interest rates remain at 0.5%
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:28:49 GMT
    The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.5% for the 18th consecutive month.

FT.com - Financial Markets News

  • Stocks rise but risk appetite remains muted
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:10 GMT
    Global market overview: Stocks rebound in Europe and Asia as eurozone worries recede and investors take relief from US Beige Book, while yen continues to hover near record highs.
  • UK trade deficit widens to record high
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:20:31 GMT
    Rising imports have widened the UK deficit to a new record, dashing hopes that a pick-up in exports might help the economy avoid a renewed slowdown
  • Retailers limit further rises for London shares
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:15:14 GMT
    The FTSE 100 makes gains, but retail stocks are unsettled by news of falling profits and a forecast of further low margin growth in the sector from two of its constituents
  • Sterling falls after UK trade deficit hits record
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:03:06 GMT
    Hopes of an export-led recovery are dealt a blow by news of a record high goods trade deficit, while the total trade gap also widens more than forecast, pressuring the pound
  • Asian shares recover as outlook improves
    Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:51:40 GMT
    The region?s indices make progress for the first time in three sessions, with the pressure Japanese exporters eased by waning haven demand for the yen, while stro nf jobs data lifted Australian equities

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