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Citywire News
- Fidelity: The best places to go for UK income stocks
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:33:29 +0100
Dividend cuts are so last year - stocks beat gilts and corporate bonds for income seekers, explains fund manager Michael Clark.
- Five properties raided in £65m 'boiler room' fraud
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:47:45 +0100
Around 40 police officers and investigators swooped on the residences in pursuit of information linked to an international mis-marketing of shares scandal.
- Osborne names Chote as new budget watchdog head
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:27:12 +0100
Highly regarded economist Robert Chote has agreed to replace Sir Alan Budd as the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
- Morning Line: Why the Bank of England?s decisions still matter to you
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:20:23 +0100
It is clear the Bank of England is going to keep interest rates on hold for many, many months, but this indecision means we're all being squeezed.
- FTSE rises despite disappointing economic data
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:11:39 +0100
Gains from mining and bank shares more than offset worrying economic data sending FTSE up nearly 1%
BBC Business News
- US exports near to two-year high
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:14:19 GMT
The US trade gap in July narrowed thanks to increased exports of large US-made items such as aircraft.
- Defence firm BAE cuts 1,000 jobs
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:29:50 GMT
BAE Systems announces it is to axe almost 1,000 jobs across the UK, with 740 to go from five sites in England.
- Spending cuts 'to hit north harder'
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:10:21 GMT
Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests.
- Income tax: Interest may be added
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:27:42 GMT
HM Revenue Customs says it is impossible to tell how many taxpayers may have to pay interest as a result of tax errors.
- Chote set to head Budget office
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:18:48 GMT
Economist and former journalist Robert Chote is to become the new head of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
BBC News
- Car bomb rocks Mogadishu airport
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:12:24 GMT
At least eight people are killed as a car bomb explodes at Somalia's main airport in Mogadishu, officials say.
- Riaz to face police questioning
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:11:49 GMT
Pakistan bowler Wahab Riaz will be questioned by Scotland Yard on 14 September in relation to allegations of corruption.
- Indian caste census due in 2011
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:00:59 GMT
India's first caste-based census since 1931 will take place next year, the cabinet announces.
- Trains sent on collision course
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:00:50 GMT
A Tube train was sent into the path of another train during Wednesday morning's rush hour, it emerges.
- Defoe out for at least six weeks
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:48:06 GMT
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe is ruled out for at least six weeks because of an ankle injury.
