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News and comment

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

• 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.
  

• Labour peer Lord Paul promises to give up non-dom status
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:02:15 GMT
  Labour party donor Lord Paul has said he will give up his non-dom status in the wake of the Lord Ashcroft scandal.
  

• Investment Line: Greek bonds rally but Euro equities face long debt struggle
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:37:25 GMT
  Economists warn that austerity measures in the PIIGS will result in a protracted period of low growth
  

• Markets did not fail - people did, Lord Myners tell City
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:59:34 GMT
  Financial markets must be able to punish just as easily as they can reward, Lord Myners said last night, in another attack on greed in the City.
  

BBC Business News

• 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
  

• Dotcom Crash
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:27:19 GMT
  10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burst
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• Nineteen applicants for every job, employment agency reports
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
  There were 1% more vacancies in February than in January but the number of people looking for work climbed 50%.
  

• Labour peer Lord Paul promises to give up non-dom status
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:29:08 GMT
  Labour party donor Lord Paul has said he will give up his non-dom status in the wake of the Lord Ashcroft scandal.
  

• The blue chips where you should dump bonds for equity
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT
  The large cap stocks which offer higher yields than their equivalent ten year corporate bonds.
  

• More quantitative easing may not work, BoE rate-setter warns
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:47:18 GMT
  Kate Barker?s comments underline growing split within Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.
  

FT.com - Financial Markets News

• Queensland picks banks for A$7bn rail IPO
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:43:38 GMT
  The Queensland state government has appointed five banks to run a A$7bn share float of Queensland Rail?s coal and freight arm, expected to be Australia?s biggest listing this year
  

• Disappointing data weigh on sterling
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:32:00 GMT
  Sterling lost ground on Tuesday as disappointing economic data and renewed concern over the UK?s banking sector and fiscal health weighed on the pound
  

• Sugar suffers as India raises output estimate
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:23:11 GMT
  Sugar prices endure another pounding after estimates for India?s production this season were revised higher
  

• Equities rally on hold as caution sets in
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:51:09 GMT
  Global Markets Overview: It is a year ago that stocks began to bounce from their cyclical nadir ? a closing low of 673 for the SP 500 ? and it looks like the anniversary has left Mr Rally searching for direction.
  

BBC News

• Five killed in Pakistan attack
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:37:09 GMT
  Unidentified gunmen attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing up to five people, police say.
  

• Sleeping killers
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:18:38 GMT
  Why obesity is causing drivers to sleep at the wheel
  

• US attacks East Jerusalem plans
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:27:50 GMT
  The US vice-president condemns Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, as he prepares to visit the West Bank.
  

• Indonesia militant 'was killed'
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:21:02 GMT
  Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed terror suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.
  

Citywire News

• Nineteen applicants for every job, employment agency reports
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
  There were 1% more vacancies in February than in January but the number of people looking for work climbed 50%.
  

• Labour peer Lord Paul promises to give up non-dom status
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:29:08 GMT
  Labour party donor Lord Paul has said he will give up his non-dom status in the wake of the Lord Ashcroft scandal.
  

• The blue chips where you should dump bonds for equity
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT
  The large cap stocks which offer higher yields than their equivalent ten year corporate bonds.
  

• Online shoppers don?t know their rights
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:50:53 GMT
  77% of shoppers don't know there is a difference between online and high street consumer rights.
  

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