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Welcome to your on-line financial newsletter. This service is regularly updated to bring you news of important developments in financial matters.

The news stories on this page have been written and produced by a third party and neither nor its representatives can be held responsible for the accuracy of the content/information contained within these stories.

Citywire Investment News

• Citywire Top Stocks Daily News Digest
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:00 +0100
  All the news from across the web about the companies featured in Citywire's Top Stocks.
  

• Overnight Markets: US stocks extend rally on Fed policy hopes
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:17:00 +0100
  Investors expect the current level of purchases will be maintained despite strong recent data pointing to improvements in the economy.
  

• Wednesday Papers: Running of UK banks slated
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:13:00 +0100
  The UK government has ?interfered? in the running of the part-nationalised banks in a manner that is ?clearly not acceptable?, a parliamentary review has concluded.
  

• 25 years of credit creation destruction visualised
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:00 +0100
  If any single chart is capable of illustrating the financial drama that has upended many of our assumptions over the last six years, this i
  

BBC Business News

• VIDEO: Singapore economy suffers from smoke
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:50 GMT
  Singapore's economy is being impacted by the huge cloud of smoke that drifts in from Sumatran wood fires every year.
  

• VIDEO: South Korea in huge defence deal
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:02:50 GMT
  South Korea is looking to buy 60 advanced fighter aircraft for $3.7bn in its biggest-ever defence deal.
  

• Japan exports up by most since 2010
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:15:27 GMT
  Japanese exports rise in May by the most since 2010 as the yen weakens, providing a boost to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to revive the economy.
  

• Jail reckless bankers, report urges
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:30:45 GMT
  The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards calls for new measures, including criminal sanctions, to make bankers responsible for their own failings.
  

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.
  

FT.com - Financial Markets News

• Wall Street firm ahead of Fed decision
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:08:52 GMT
  Wall Street rallies for a second day as investors wait for signals on the outlook for the Federal Reserve?s asset purchase programme
  

• Co-op restructuring sparks bond confusion
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:11:52 GMT
  Decision to impose possible losses on subordinated debt holders and convert their bonds to shares has upset the mutually owned bank?s bondholders
  

• Soyabean near-term price premium boosted
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:54:05 GMT
  Traders? willingness to pay a high price for immediately available supplies reflects aftermath of last year?s brutal US drought and strong demand
  

• Stocks rally ahead of Fed statement
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:56 GMT
  Facebook advanced ahead of a mystery event on Thursday, with investors and analysts expecting information about a rumoured new mobile video feature
  

BBC News

• US House passes abortion-limits bill
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:22:04 GMT
  The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passes a bill to restrict abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception.
  

• Muslim leader denies war crimes
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:02:27 GMT
  A British Muslim leader indicted in Bangladesh for war crimes says he is willing to face a fair trial to clear his name.
  

• Brazil clashes after Rousseff praise
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:42:33 GMT
  Riot police and demonstrators clash in new protests in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, after President Rousseff praises the protests' aims.
  

• Older beetles 'make better dads'
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:42:30 GMT
  Older male burying beetles work harder at parental care and mating than younger counterparts, a study suggests.
  

Citywire News

• Citywire Top Stocks Daily News Digest
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:00 +0100
  All the news from across the web about the companies featured in Citywire's Top Stocks.
  

• Overnight Markets: US stocks extend rally on Fed policy hopes
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:17:00 +0100
  Investors expect the current level of purchases will be maintained despite strong recent data pointing to improvements in the economy.
  

• Wednesday Papers: Running of UK banks slated
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:13:00 +0100
  The UK government has ?interfered? in the running of the part-nationalised banks in a manner that is ?clearly not acceptable?, a parliamentary review has concluded.
  

• Disappointing Artemis Alpha trust has contrarian appeal
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:54 +0100
  Changes are needed to reduce the investment trust's oil gas exposure, and create more income. But 'contrarian' investors might want to have a closer look, writes James Carthew.
  

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