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Citywire Investment News
- Sunday Papers: Shell warns against commodity market regulation
Sun, 19 May 2013 03:08:00 +0100
And Eric Schmidt defends Google's tax affairs following Commons criticism.
- Saturday Papers: Backlash to hit scandal-tainted City
Sat, 18 May 2013 04:18:00 +0100
The British establishment is to make radical reforms to the listing rules on the stock exchange.
- Eiris widens glare on global atrocities with Conflict Risk Network acquisition
Fri, 17 May 2013 15:00:43 +0100
Eiris has acquired the Conflict Risk Network in a move that bolster the global research house's ability to provide information on human rights abuses around the world.
- How inventories could drive a euro recovery
Fri, 17 May 2013 13:51:52 +0100
For all the obvious problems facing the eurozone, could a major component of its difficulty simply be too much stuff?
- GAM: Great Rotation? What Great Rotation?
Fri, 17 May 2013 13:42:07 +0100
GAM fund manager Alex McKnight believes talk of a 'great rotation' from bonds into equities is overblown and explains why opportunities in the convertibles market look compelling.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- Castle Trust: a bet for both sides of the property market
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:44:11 +0100
We look at a company offering a savings account and a 'shared equity' mortgage that let you take a punt on whether house prices are rising or falling.
- Santander told to contact borrowers about botched rate change
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:22:56 +0100
The City watchdog has ordered Santander bank to contact 270,000 mortgage borrowers whom it failed to explain an important change in their contract five years ago.
- Buy-to-let is booming but beware the pitfalls
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:25:46 +0100
The buy-to-let market is buoyant as investors are lured by high rents and cheap mortgages.
- Landlords targeted in HMRC tax clamp down
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Z
HMRC is demanding landlords hand over details of their properties and tenants even if they have declared rental income.
- Holiday home owners hit in tax double whammy
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Z
Holiday letting businesses have been hit by a change in tax relief and the successful overturning of a court ruling by HMRC.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- Low rates fail to spur MA boom
Sun, 19 May 2013 18:37:06 GMT
The lack of dealmaking in a historically low interest rate environment is a break from the past, when cheap capital fuelled waves of MA
- Tough oil pricing ahead, says Eni chief
Sun, 19 May 2013 18:16:13 GMT
Paolo Scaroni, chief executive, says sluggish demand and new supply coming on to the market means the price of crude was ?more likely to go down?
- Stock market optimism is hard to explain
Sun, 19 May 2013 15:07:29 GMT
Equities rally in the face of flat earnings is partly down to how companies are deploying cash, but this will do little to boost economic growth
- Adani bullish on India energy prospects
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:26:37 GMT
Industrialist says government is close to striking a deal to end a long-running crisis over coal imports that has crippled the power sector
- SP 500 closes week at record high
Fri, 17 May 2013 20:30:39 GMT
Cyclical sectors more closely tied to the fortunes of the world?s largest economies led the risers for the week with financials outperforming
Citywire News
- Average house price hits record high of £250,000
Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 +0100
National house prices have hit a record high and a typical home in London is now worth over £500,000.
- Sunday Papers: Shell warns against commodity market regulation
Sun, 19 May 2013 03:08:00 +0100
And Eric Schmidt defends Google's tax affairs following Commons criticism.
- Saturday Papers: Backlash to hit scandal-tainted City
Sat, 18 May 2013 04:18:00 +0100
The British establishment is to make radical reforms to the listing rules on the stock exchange.
- Week Ahead: the conundrum behind the rally
Fri, 17 May 2013 15:34:18 +0100
Our preview of the main financial events in the coming week. Can the stock market rally continue?
- A new look at fund charges and why they matter
Fri, 17 May 2013 13:49:43 +0100
If you?re serious about saving for retirement you need to understand the impact charges will have on your money.
BBC News
- 'Optimism' as shopper numbers rise
Sun, 19 May 2013 23:16:42 GMT
Retailers are cautiously optimistic after an increase in shopper numbers in April, according to Scottish Retail Consortium figures.
- Gay ministers top Church agenda
Sun, 19 May 2013 23:13:51 GMT
The issue of gay ministers will top the agenda at the Church of Scotland's General Assembly, four years after the first openly homosexual minister was appointed by the Kirk.
- Rescuers search for two after blast
Sun, 19 May 2013 22:17:05 GMT
Rescuers are searching for two people missing after an explosion destroyed a house in Nottinghamshire, injuring a man, a woman and two children.
- Canada PM aide quits in expenses row
Sun, 19 May 2013 22:08:01 GMT
Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper's top aide resigns over his role in a growing expenses scandal.
- VIDEO: Murdered Pakistan politician buried
Sun, 19 May 2013 21:55:38 GMT
Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of the murdered vice-president of Pakistan's PTI party, Zahra Shahid Hussain, at a mosque in Karachi.
BBC Business News
- Graduate job opportunities 'rising'
Sun, 19 May 2013 23:23:43 GMT
More jobs will become available for graduates this year, research firm Income Data Services (IDS) has forecast, but pay is likely to be frozen.
- China's global ambitions
Sun, 19 May 2013 21:09:14 GMT
How will China spend its massive cash reserves?
- Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn'
Sun, 19 May 2013 20:52:33 GMT
Yahoo's board approves a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say.
- VIDEO: Former Google employee on tax deals
Sun, 19 May 2013 18:05:11 GMT
A former Google employee has said he is providing evidence to the tax authorities about how the internet giant avoided paying corporation tax in Britain by using its offices in Dublin to finalise deals.
- Bank governor in Help to Buy warning
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:18:48 GMT
The outgoing Bank of England governor warns a government plan to boost the housing market with part-mortgage guarantees has no long-term place.