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News and comment

Welcome to our on-line news and comment. This service is regularly updated to bring you news of important developments in financial matters.

The news stories on this page have been written and produced by a third party and neither nor its representatives can be held responsible for the accuracy of the content/information contained within these stories.

Citywire Investment News

• FTSE closes near day lows as global tightening fears and UK debt weigh
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:45:49 GMT
  Miners fall on China tightening fears and sterling falls on new worries about the UK's debt. 
  

• Investment Line: The stocks that will benefit from rising interest rates
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:45:37 GMT
  Rising interest rates may be seen as a headwind for the economy but a number of companies with huge cash piles will see a huge kicker to their earnings
  

• The drivers behind London Capital's private client performance
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:35:46 GMT
  London Capital's chief investment officer Ashok Shah is eyeing European sovereign debt as government bond yields rise amid the uncertainty surrounding Greece.
  

• Threadneedle's Chris White and fixed income head exit
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:23:09 GMT
  UK equity manager Chris White and fixed income head William Frewen have left the firm.
  

BBC Business News

• Open all hours
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:14:31 GMT
  Are UK workers being force to work part-time?
  

• EU calls for action on UK deficit
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:06:14 GMT
  Government plans to cut the UK's budget deficit are not ambitious enough, a European Commission report will warn this week.
  

• Kraft to face MPs over takeover
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:02:57 GMT
  The vice-president of Kraft Foods will be questioned by MPs over his company's takeover of Cadbury later.
  

• Campaigners spurn Equitable plan
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:02:43 GMT
  Savers in the Equitable Life insurance company denounce the limited compensation process set up by the government.
  

BBC News

• Sri Lanka trial for ex-army chief
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:53:12 GMT
  Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate and ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka is set to face a court martial.
  

• EU calls for action on UK deficit
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:06:14 GMT
  Government plans to cut the UK's budget deficit are not ambitious enough, a European Commission report will warn this week.
  

• Kraft to face MPs over takeover
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:02:57 GMT
  The vice-president of Kraft Foods will be questioned by MPs over his company's takeover of Cadbury later.
  

• Europe ministers agree Greek plan
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:56 GMT
  European finance ministers say they have agreed how they would help Greece in its financial crisis, but reveal few details.
  

Citywire News

• FTSE closes near day lows as global tightening fears and UK debt weigh
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:45:49 GMT
  Miners fall on China tightening fears and sterling falls on new worries about the UK's debt. 
  

• Parents delaying retirement to help out their adult children
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:22:00 GMT
  While baby boomers are accused of having it too good, new research shows many parents with adult children struggling to support their offspring.
  

• Reinstatement of pension tax credit tops Budget wish list
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:18:10 GMT
  Almost half of Brewin Dolphin clients say that the reinstatement of the dividend tax credit is at the top of their tax wish list in the run up to the 2010 budget.
  

• The unloved UK stocks with potential to rise 50%
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:13:00 GMT
  David Cumming, Standard Life Investments' head of UK equities, believes a number of cyclical stocks could double in value as investors steer clear of domestically orientated companies.
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• Parents delaying retirement to help out their adult children
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:22:00 GMT
  While baby boomers are accused of having it too good, new research shows many parents with adult children struggling to support their offspring.
  

• Reinstatement of pension tax credit tops Budget wish list
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:18:10 GMT
  Almost half of Brewin Dolphin clients say that the reinstatement of the dividend tax credit is at the top of their tax wish list in the run up to the 2010 budget.
  

• The unloved UK stocks with potential to rise 50%
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:13:00 GMT
  David Cumming, Standard Life Investments' head of UK equities, believes a number of cyclical stocks could double in value as investors steer clear of domestically orientated companies.
  

• Big changes ahead for high value buy-to-let landlords
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:58:35 GMT
  Landlords owning properties with high rental values are in for a shock.
  

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