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Citywire Investment News
- Morning Eyecatchers: Broker Roundup: Goldman upgrades Wood Group
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:16:58 GMT
Credit Suisse on retailers and ING downgrades Hays.
- Friday Papers: Dow plunges another 445 points on recession fears -- other news
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:11:50 GMT
US Congress reaches an impasse on bail-out of car industry.
- Friday Papers: LG reluctantly backs Barclays' capital raising plans -- bid news and gossip
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:58:20 GMT
AB Foods to buy Ebro Puleva sugar operations and Woolworths rescue faces collapse.
- Friday Papers: tips and comment
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:53:11 GMT
Comment on UK unemployment, Northern Rock, Santander, National Grid, Halfords, Young's, Mothercare, IG Group and RBS and a tip for Green Dragon Gas.
Mortgage News
- Nationwide drops fixes but stays away from trackers
Thur, 20 Nov 2008 16:38:35 GMT
Nationwide is cutting fixed rate deals by up to 0.80% but has confirmed it has no current plans to introduce new trackers.
- Pink launches general insurance referral service
Thur, 20 Nov 2008 13:03:36 GMT
Pink Home Loans will now provide a general insurance referral service to its network members.
- Beckett doing all possible to avoid repossessions
Thur, 20 Nov 2008 12:52:09 GMT
Housing minister Margaret Beckett has assured the House of Commons that the government is using all its power to stave off revelations.
- Shapps calls housing target a con
Thur, 20 Nov 2008 12:44:23 GMT
Grant Shapps, shadow minister of housing, has called Gordon Brown's pledge to build 3 million homes by 2020 a con.
BBC Business News
- Fullers upbeat amid downturn
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:55:05 GMT
Fuller, Smith Turner says it is confident it will "cope well" even though the UK economic outlook did "not look good".
- Singapore officially in recession
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:35:18 GMT
Singapore downgrades its economic growth figure, which confirms it was Asia's first country in recession in the current financial crisis.
- Aid request
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:40:40 GMT
The CBI wants the chancellor to help small firms
- Present worries
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:38:44 GMT
Concerns over Christmas gifts' safety
BBC News
- US dominance 'set to wane'
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:07:50 GMT
American dominance is likely to weaken by 2025 as India and China grow stronger, a new US intelligence report says.
- Deadly blast at Pakistan funeral
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:41:42 GMT
At least five people have been killed in a blast at the funeral of a Shia cleric in north-western Pakistan, police say.
- Future uncertain as 11-plus ends
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:35 GMT
More than 15,000 primary seven pupils across Northern Ireland are to sit the second part of the last 11-plus exam.
- Business confidence at record low
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:48:13 GMT
Business confidence in Wales is at a record low, according to a new survey by a chartered accountants body.
