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Citywire Investment News

  • Back to School
    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:05:00 +0100
    The kids are back at school, but what have we learnt from past few months? John Husselbee, chief executive at North assesses the state of the markets.

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.

FT.com - Financial Markets News

  • September stock surge extends into fourth session
    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:03:21 GMT
    Global Market Overview: Improving economic data over the past few days encourage a shift into plays on global growth, with stocks and metals prices move higher as currencies remain relatively stable
  • Fears of further QE weigh on pound
    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:22:26 GMT
    Sterling came under pressure on Monday, failing to benefit from the upturn in risk appetite that was sparked by better-than-expected US and Chinese economic data last week

BBC Business News

  • Germany extends nuclear lifespan
    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:16:34 GMT
    Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say.
  • Russia signals end to export ban
    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:45:58 GMT
    Russia's grain export ban will be lifted as soon as it is clear how much has been harvested, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.

BBC News

  • Assembly workers' web use warning
    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:24:26 GMT
    Twelve Welsh Assembly Government civil servants are warned for accessing inappropriate or pornographic websites at work over the last three years.
  • Blair cancels London book signing
    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:20:01 GMT
    Tony Blair cancels a planned book signing in London on Wednesday to prevent causing the police "a lot of hassle".
  • Germany extends nuclear lifespan
    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:16:34 GMT
    Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say.

Citywire News

  • Nouriel Roubini: The US consumer will drag us back into recession
    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:29:24 +0100
    Influential market commentator Nouriel Roubini (pictured) believes the US has ?run out of bullets? in its efforts to stimulate its economy and predicts that the US consumer will drag the global economy back into recession.
  • FTSE makes mild gains as US takes a holiday
    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:16:47 +0100
    Global markets still gaining on Friday's better than expected US job figures, but gains expected to be tempered as US markets are closed for the Labor Day Holiday.