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Citywire Investment News
- The Citywire Debate: should we blame fund managers for the financial crisis?
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:18:25 GMT
City minister and former Gartmore chairman Lord Myners thinks we should. Charlie Parker says no, Tony Bonsignore says yes.
- Labour peer Lord Paul promises to give up non-dom status
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:02:15 GMT
Labour party donor Lord Paul has said he will give up his non-dom status in the wake of the Lord Ashcroft scandal.
- Investment Line: Greek bonds rally but Euro equities face long debt struggle
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:37:25 GMT
Economists warn that austerity measures in the PIIGS will result in a protracted period of low growth
- Markets did not fail - people did, Lord Myners tell City
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:59:34 GMT
Financial markets must be able to punish just as easily as they can reward, Lord Myners said last night, in another attack on greed in the City.
BBC Business News
- BA strike action talks to resume
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:04:31 GMT
Talks aimed averting strike action by BA cabin crew are due to resume later, after a deadline was extended.
- Banking fraud 'moves to internet'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:44 GMT
Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows.
- Royal junk mail
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:31:00 GMT
Why postal reforms are good news for direct mailers
- Dotcom Crash
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:27:19 GMT
10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burst
BBC News
- File-sharing sanctions 'unfair'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:18:42 GMT
Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT.
- Activist case to open in Israel
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:04:35 GMT
A court case brought by the family of Rachel Corrie, a US protester killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, is to open.
- US attacks East Jerusalem plans
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:59:33 GMT
The US vice-president condemns Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, as he prepares to visit the West Bank.
- Indonesia militant 'was killed'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:42:15 GMT
Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed terror suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- Queensland picks banks for A$7bn rail IPO
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:43:38 GMT
The Queensland state government has appointed five banks to run a A$7bn share float of Queensland Rail?s coal and freight arm, expected to be Australia?s biggest listing this year
- Disappointing data weigh on sterling
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:32:00 GMT
Sterling lost ground on Tuesday as disappointing economic data and renewed concern over the UK?s banking sector and fiscal health weighed on the pound
- Sugar suffers as India raises output estimate
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:23:11 GMT
Sugar prices endure another pounding after estimates for India?s production this season were revised higher
- Equities rally on hold as caution sets in
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:51:09 GMT
Global Markets Overview: It is a year ago that stocks began to bounce from their cyclical nadir ? a closing low of 673 for the SP 500 ? and it looks like the anniversary has left Mr Rally searching for direction.
