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Citywire Investment News
- Budget watchdog appoints new chief
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:27:12 +0100
Highly regarded economist Robert Chote has agreed to replace Sir Alan Budd as the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
- Lang and Pattison to launch trio of absolute return funds
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:45:00 +0100
Jeremy Lang and William Pattison, founders of new boutique Arderova Asset Management, are to launch three absolute return funds later in the year.
- Jonathan Ruffer buys 'unappreciated' GlaxoSmithKline
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:12:48 +0100
Jonathan Ruffer sees the pharma giant as 'unappreciated' and snapped up a stake for his £179 million RIT investment company.
- FTSE rises despite disappointing economic data
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:11:39 +0100
Gains from mining and bank shares more than offset worrying economic data sending FTSE up nearly 1%
- Bank of England holds interest rates at 0.5%
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:59 +0100
The Bank of England?s rate setting committee has voted to keep interest rates at their record low of 0.5% for an 18th consecutive month.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- House price reports: who needs 'em?
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Is such a thing as a 'useful' house price index, one that can be used by buyers and sellers to reflect on their own individual deals in any meaningful way? Linton Chiswick reports on the difficult questions an official investigation into house prices must tackle.
- Morning Line: the mortgage lending tactics that distort the market
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:03:33 +0100
Mortgage lenders should follow Coventry's example and stop practices like conditional lending.
- House prices rise for second month, erasing previous losses ? Halifax
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:06:47 +0100
House prices have increased for a second month, up 0.2% after July's 0.7% rise, with activity largely 'static'.
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Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
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- First time buyers: some tips to help you raise a deposit
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Increasing numbers of first time buyers are getting help from their parents to raise a deposit. That's fine if you have cash to spare, but what does everyone else do?
Citywire News
- Budget watchdog appoints new chief
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:27:12 +0100
Highly regarded economist Robert Chote has agreed to replace Sir Alan Budd as the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
- Morning Line: Why the Bank of England?s decisions still matter to you
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:20:23 +0100
It is clear the Bank of England is going to keep interest rates on hold for many, many months, but this indecision means we're all being squeezed.
- FTSE rises despite disappointing economic data
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:11:39 +0100
Gains from mining and bank shares more than offset worrying economic data sending FTSE up nearly 1%
- Bank of England holds interest rates at 0.5%
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:59 +0100
The Bank of England?s rate setting committee has voted to keep interest rates at their record low of 0.5% for an 18th consecutive month.
- Top global firms booted out of sustainability index
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:35:20 +0100
Latest indices from sustainable investment specialist SAM and Dow Jones have excluded market leading firms UniCredit bank, Toyota Motors and Royal Dutch Shell, following an annual review of companies' SRI performances.
BBC Business News
- Income tax: Interest may be added
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:27:42 GMT
HM Revenue Customs says it is impossible to tell how many taxpayers may have to pay interest as a result of tax errors.
- Chote set to head Budget office
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:18:48 GMT
Economist and former journalist Robert Chote is to become the new head of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
- Spending cuts 'to hit north harder'
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:41:26 GMT
Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests.
- Air Zimbabwe pilots in pay strike
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:35:54 GMT
Striking pilots at Air Zimbabwe have began talks with management over a pay dispute that has grounded the carrier's flights.
- UK interest rates remain at 0.5%
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:28:49 GMT
The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.5% for the 18th consecutive month.
BBC News
- Meet the Strictly Stars
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:21:28 GMT
Meet the Strictly Come Dancing Stars of 2010.
- Chote set to head Budget office
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:18:48 GMT
Economist and former journalist Robert Chote is to become the new head of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
- Injured Defoe out for six weeks
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:18:19 GMT
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe is ruled out for at least six weeks because of an ankle injury.
- Car bomb rocks Mogadishu airport
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:15:54 GMT
At least two people are killed by a car bomb attack on Somalia's main airport in Mogadishu, residents say.
- Man picks up suspected pipe bomb
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:15:24 GMT
A Strabane taxi driver picks up a suspicious object and takes it to waste ground.
