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Citywire Investment News

  • Towergate launches RDR transition service
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:07:26 +0100
    Towergate Financial is to allow advisers access to its investment proposition and platform as part of a service to help firms prepare for the retail distribution review and improve client communication.

Citywire News

  • Leading fund manager slashes US exposure in half
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:56:14 +0100
    Jupiter Financial Opportunities manager Philip Gibbs has halved his Financial Opportunities fund's exposure to North America from 26% to 13% within the last month.

BBC News

  • Fugitive tycoon Nadir seeks bail
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:26:55 +0000
    Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, begins a legal bid to be granted bail ahead of a UK theft trial.
  • BSkyB profits on high definition
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:17:31 +0000
    Satellite TV group BSkyB reports a sharp jump in profits, driven by new subscriptions, particularly for high definition services.
  • Live - England v Pakistan
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:14:26 +0000
    Paul Collingwood and Eoin Morgan set about rebuilding England's first innings in the opening Test against Pakistan.
  • I am not a number two, says Massa
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:14:03 +0000
    Felipe Massa insists he is not playing second fiddle to Fernando Alonso, despite controversy surrounding the Ferrari drivers in last weekend's German Grand Prix.
  • Frenchwoman 'admits baby killing'
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:09:32 +0000
    Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in a northern village but says her husband knew nothing.

BBC Business News

  • Fugitive tycoon Nadir seeks bail
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:26:55 +0000
    Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, begins a legal bid to be granted bail ahead of a UK theft trial.
  • BSkyB profits on high definition
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:17:31 +0000
    Satellite TV group BSkyB reports a sharp jump in profits, driven by new subscriptions, particularly for high definition services.
  • BT profit up despite revenue fall
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:02:31 +0000
    BT reports what it describes as "acceptable" quarterly results, with profits sharply higher despite a fall in revenue.
  • Shell sees profits almost double
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:44:27 +0000
    Second-quarter profits at oil giant Royal Dutch Shell almost double after it completes a year-long restructuring programme.
  • New face
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:26:04 +0000
    Can the new Metro Bank really shake up High Street banking?

FT.com - Financial Markets News

  • World stocks advance to three-month high
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:45:01 GMT
    Global Markets Overview: Risky assets are gaining as strong company earnings and some good news on the US jobs front counteract a cautious assessment of the economic recovery by the Federal Reserve
  • Pharmaceuticals help European bourses rebound
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:36:37 GMT
    A clutch of impressive earnings from some of the Europe?s biggest companies helps improve sentiment, as the region?s traders turn away from worrying US data and concentrate on robust corporate newsflow
  • Dollar pressured by US economic outlook
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:50:58 GMT
    The Federal Reserve?s cautious outlook for the world?s biggest economy sends the dollar to a three-month low on a trade-weighted basis, as further fragile data adds to concern

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