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Citywire News

  • Sunday Papers: tips and comment
    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:10:00 GMT
    Comment on MS, BSkyB and BB and tips for Capita, Prostrakan, Imperial Energy, Prudential and Hunting.

London Stock Exchange News

  • BHP strikes deal with Baosteel
    Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:27:29 +0100
    Mining giant BHP Billiton has agreed to iron ore price hikes with Chinese steelmaker Baosteel.
  • Indian stocks down on record high oil prices
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:16:07 +0100
    Indian stocks retreated in early trade, with surging oil prices fuelling fears of fuel price rises and government-imposed interest rate increases.
  • UK facing 'toughest challenge since 1990s'
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:14:36 +0100
    Conditions in the UK economy mean that the nation is facing the toughest challenge since the early 1990s or even earlier, the newly appointed deputy governor of the Bank of England has warned.
  • ECB poised to hike interest rate
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:37:19 +0100
    Interest rates across the eurozone are expected to be raised today in the wake of alarming inflation data.

BBC Business News

  • MS 'set to face investor revolt'
    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:17:16 GMT
    MS shareholders are likely to rebel at the its AGM over its chief's new dual role, a report says.
  • BB 'faces fee for failed deal'
    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:20:11 GMT
    Bradford Bingley looks set to pay a "success fee" to advisers behind a failed rescue deal, reports say.
  • Back in Pakistan
    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:16:59 GMT
    Returning home to build new lives and a new nation.
  • UAE waives billions of Iraqi debt
    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:34:47 GMT
    The UAE says it is cancelling the entire debt owed to it by Iraq, a sum of almost $7bn (3.5bn) including interest.

BBC News

  • Top UN official killed in Somalia
    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:59:11 GMT
    Gunmen in Mogadishu have killed the head of the UN Development Programme in Somalia, UN officials say.
  • Scarlett mother meeting minister
    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:14:14 GMT
    Scarlett Keeling's mother is meeting a Foreign Office minister to ask for help to recover her daughter's missing organs.
  • Jesus 'would feel Anglican pain'
    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:07:42 GMT
    The Archbishop of Canterbury says Jesus would feel the pain on both sides of the current divide in the Church of England.
  • Suicide bomb hits Pakistan police
    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:58:10 GMT
    At least eight policemen are killed by a suicide bomb in Pakistan's capital, a year on from the bloody ending of a mosque siege.
  • Afghan strike 'hit wedding party'
    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:14:01 GMT
    At least 20 people, said by locals to be a wedding party, die in a missile strike by coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan.

Mortgage News

  • OFT highlights consumer importance
    Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:08:27 GMT
    The chairman of the Office of Fair Trading has highlighted the need for the financial services industry to work together to ensure that consumers can drive market development.
  • Brokers warned over distribution panels
    Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:37:19 GMT
    Mortgage Next is warning brokers not to take distributor’s lender panels for granted as more lenders cut back on distribution partners.
  • TMA launches semi-exclusive with AfI
    Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:37:06 GMT
    The Mortgage Alliance has launched a three-year semi-exclusive fixed rate product funded by Abbey for Intermediaries.
  • CII launches TCF podcasts
    Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:06:02 GMT
    The Chartered Insurance Institute has launched a series of podcasts to help insurers, brokers, and financial advisers get to grips with the Treating Customers Fairly regime.
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