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Citywire Investment News


FT.com - Financial Markets News

  • Investors drop risk after US GDP data
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:43:20 GMT
    Global Markets Overview: The FTSE All-World index is down 0.5% following a lower-than-forecast GDP growth report for the US, and the yen and short-term US Treasuries are seeing record demand
  • BP move forces trusts to reduce returns
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:34:58 GMT
    Investment trusts are being forced to cut pay-outs or dip into their reserves to fill the hole left by the suspension of BP?s dividend

Citywire News


Citywire Money, Tax and Property

  • Mortgages: a tracker could save you money
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:00 +0100
    If economists' forecasts are right and the Base Rate is really set to remain at 0.5% until the end of 2013, then trackers look a much better bet than fixed rate mortgages.
  • House prices rise slightly in June
    Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:07:44 +0100
    Land Registry reports 0.1% rise in June following May?s slight fall. Figures come in contrast to other indices which are showing falling prices.

BBC Business News

  • Warning of tanker drivers' action
    Sun, 1 Aug 2010 05:18:22 +0000
    Fuel tanker drivers could take industrial action later this year over job and pay cuts, a union has warned.
  • Dhaka workers angry over pay
    Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:21:09 +0000
    There have been street battles in Bangladesh for a second day as workers in Dhaka's textile factories vent their disappointment with a planned wage rise.
  • Child Trust Fund payments to drop
    Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:01:02 +0000
    Babies born this weekend will be last in the UK to receive the full payment to Child Trust Funds, as the scheme's phasing out begins.

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