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Citywire Investment News
- Lang and Pattison to launch trio of absolute return funds
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:45:00 +0100
Jeremy Lang and William Pattison, founders of new boutique Arderova Asset Management, are to launch three absolute return funds later in the year.
- Jonathan Ruffer buys 'unappreciated' GlaxoSmithKline
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:12:48 +0100
Jonathan Ruffer sees the pharma giant as 'unappreciated' and snapped up a stake for his £179 million RIT investment company.
- FTSE rises despite disappointing economic data
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:11:39 +0100
Gains from mining and bank shares more than offset worrying economic data sending FTSE up nearly 1%
- Bank of England holds interest rates at 0.5%
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:59 +0100
The Bank of England?s rate setting committee has voted to keep interest rates at their record low of 0.5% for an 18th consecutive month.
- Dariusz Sliwinski to leave Martin Currie
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:07:20 +0100
The emerging markets specialist's 13-year career with the firm comes to an end.
Citywire News
- Morning Line: Why the Bank of England?s decisions still matter to you
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:20:23 +0100
It is clear the Bank of England is going to keep interest rates on hold for many, many months, but this indecision means we're all being squeezed.
- FTSE rises despite disappointing economic data
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:11:39 +0100
Gains from mining and bank shares more than offset worrying economic data sending FTSE up nearly 1%
- Bank of England holds interest rates at 0.5%
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:59 +0100
The Bank of England?s rate setting committee has voted to keep interest rates at their record low of 0.5% for an 18th consecutive month.
- 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.
- Man picks up suspected pipe bomb
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:59:39 GMT
A Strabane community worker picks up a suspicious object and carries it to waste ground.
- 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.
- Defence firm BAE cuts 1,000 jobs
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:28:23 GMT
BAE Systems announces it is to axe almost 1,000 jobs at five sites across England.
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