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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
- Six million facing new tax bills
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:20:07 GMT
HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.
- Banks leave customers in 'poverty'
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:29:15 GMT
High Street banks have been accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission.
- Nigerian economy 'to grow by 10%'
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:04:42 GMT
Nigeria's economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early 2012, the country's finance minister says.
- Bank customers in 'dire poverty'
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:02:20 GMT
Banks are accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission.
Citywire News
- Saturday Papers: tips and comment
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Best police against frauds are employees - 40% of detections come from tip-offs.
- Saturday Papers: US jobs data allay double dip concerns - other news
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
The private sector had created 235,000 jobs in the past three months.
- Saturday Papers: Beijing eyes counterbid for PotashCorp - bid news and gossip
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
The Chinese government has backed Sinochem to trump BHP Billiton?s $39bn hostile offer.
- 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.
BBC News
- Protests over French Roma policy
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:00:34 GMT
Tens of thousands gather in Paris and other French cities to protest against the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
- Live text - US Open day six
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:57:43 GMT
Roger Federer, Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic are among the players in action on day six of the US Open at Flushing Meadows.
- Funeral for festival death star
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:55:51 GMT
The funeral is held of singer Charles Haddon from Northamptonshire who died in a fall in Belgium.
- Burned body found on golf course
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:55:03 GMT
A badly burned body is found in undergrowth between the 17th and 18th holes of an East Sussex golf course.
