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Citywire Investment News
- Investment Line: Has the recession permanently damaged UK GDP?
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:00:34 +0100
Measuring whether the UK's ouput gap is closing or lost forever after the downturn is playing a key role in determining monetary policy.
- Global markets soar as US jobs data brings more cheer
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:58:10 +0100
Today's US jobs data came in much better than expected dampening fears the world's largest economy is heading back towards recession.
- Wealth managers recover second quarter losses
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:20:46 +0100
Research from Asset Risk Consultants (Arc) shows wealth managers managed to recover some of the losses from dreadful in May and June.
- The financial crisis isn?t the problem ? it's expensive old people
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:18:23 +0100
We risk ignoring 'the fiscal challenge of the 21st century'.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- Mortgages: cut out the middle man for the best rates
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Increasingly, high street banks are not only by-passing brokers ? the only place a potential homebuyer can get truly impartial advice on a home loan ? but they are restricting their best offers to existing customers.
- FSA fines and censures mortgage brokers over fraud
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:37:07 +0100
The Financial Services Authority has banned one mortgage broker and fined another for failing to prevent false mortgage applications being made to lenders.
- Morning Line: Why should first time buyers suffer?
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:20:38 +0100
If the Bank of England is serious about capping mortgage loan-to-value ratios as a means of preventing another credit crisis then it risks excluding more young people from home ownership. Is this what the coalition really wants?
- Mortgages: don't write off a fixed rate
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Most people are opting for a tracker mortgage, but it is not the right option for everyone. Lorna Bourke considers the options for borrowers.
FT.com - Your Pension
- Savers hold on to pension pots
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:09:15 +0100
Investors are increasingly leaving their pension pots invested in the stock market, as the retirement income offered by insurance companies fell to an all-time low this week
- One million over 65s to continue working
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:30:22 +0100
One in three workers over 65 is still in work and plan to continue longer than originally anticipated due to money worries.
- A third of Britons using savings to supplement income
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:33:30 +0100
Research by Schroders reveals that 31 per cent of UK adults relied on their savings and investments to cover living expenses in the past year
- Final salary decision is looming faster
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:04:00 +0100
People who want to leave their final-salary pension scheme and join a personal pension instead are being urged to act now before new rules prevent them from moving
BBC Business News
- Six million facing new tax bills
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:20:07 GMT
HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.
- Banks leave customers in 'poverty'
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:29:15 GMT
High Street banks have been accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission.
- Nigerian economy 'to grow by 10%'
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:04:42 GMT
Nigeria's economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early 2012, the country's finance minister says.
- Bank customers in 'dire poverty'
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:02:20 GMT
Banks are accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission.
BBC News
- Blair pelted with eggs in Dublin
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:46:34 GMT
Shoes, eggs and plastic bottles are thrown at Tony Blair as he arrives at a book-shop in Dublin to sign copies of his memoirs.
- Protests over French Roma policy
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:39:09 GMT
Tens of thousands gather in Paris and other French cities to protest against the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
- Karzai sets up Taliban talks body
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:08:02 GMT
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office says.
- Balls enters 'phone hacking' row
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:52:47 GMT
Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls says the home secretary should make a statement about claims of phone tapping by the News of the World.
