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Citywire Investment News
- Wednesday Papers: Gordon Brown to settle on March 24 as Budget Day -- other news
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:51:53 GMT
Fitch warns UK debt will erode investor confidence as Britain's wider trade gap hits recovery hopes.
- Wednesday Papers: Barclays considering large US retail bank deal -- bid news and gossip
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:48:02 GMT
Hargreaves Services approaches UK Coal over deep mines merger.
- Wednesday Papers: tips and comment
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:45:11 GMT
Comment on Pru, Liberty International, International Power, Inmarsat, Gartmore, Antofagasta, Hill Smith and Clipper Windpower.
- 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.
BBC Business News
- China's exports see big increase
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:18 GMT
China's exports surged 46% in February, figures show, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade.
- 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
BBC News
- Inmate reoffending 'costs 10bn'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:44:48 GMT
Reoffending by thousands of criminals serving short sentences in England and Wales costs up to 10bn a year, says a report.
- MP writes to police over hospital
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:39:00 GMT
An MP writes to police to ask if there is a basis for a criminal inquiry into activities at Stafford Hospital.
- US 'hid terror suspect treatment'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:36:20 GMT
A former head of MI5 says she did not know US intelligence services were mistreating terror suspects until after she retired.
- Trio charged over UVF bomb attack
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:25:32 GMT
Three men are charged with UVF membership and involvement in a pipe bomb attack in Larne
