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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'.
BBC Business News
- 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.
Citywire News
- 10 collectables that can make you a lot of money
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:01:00 +0100
When was the last time you went through your attic? It might be worth having a dig around up there because for all you know that box of old 'junk' you buried away years ago could be worth a fortune today...
- The two pensions and why we shouldn't lump them together
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
We need another word for ?pension?, writes Steve Bee.
- 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?.
- Sunday Papers: tips and comment
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Western countries need trade liberalisation more than the East.
BBC News
- Tiny solar cells fix themselves
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:20:42 GMT
A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells.
- England cruise to win in Twenty20
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:05:52 GMT
England underline their status as World Twenty20 champions as they cruise to victory in the first of two internationals against Pakistan.
- Spain's Eta 'declares ceasefire'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:57:45 GMT
Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it has decided not to carry out "armed actions" in its campaign for independence, the BBC learns.
- Car smashes through toilet of pub
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:54:48 GMT
A pub landlady tells how she discovered a car embedded in the wall of the men's toilets.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- 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
- Bold financial seers look to models rather than the herd
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:59:46 GMT
Stocks have lost nearly half of their value twice in the past decade yet a suggestion the same is about to happen again draws scorn on Wall Street
- Investors turn to linkers and gold to hedge uncertainty
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:23:56 GMT
In 2002, Ben Bernanke deemed deflation such a threat that he referred to Milton Friedman?s notion of handing out cash to stop falling prices
