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Citywire Investment News
- Dawn Chorus: US equities gain as European concerns ease
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:18:00 +0100
A successful Portuguese debt offering and news that Anglo Irish Bank would wind down assets boost markets.
- Thursday Papers: tips and comment
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:08:00 +0100
HP may be right to go after its old CEO, but what level of loyalty can be bought?
- Thursday Papers: Goldman faces £20m fine from UK regulator - other news
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:06:00 +0100
Near-record penalty follows a five-month investigation into the investment bank?s international business.
- Thursday Papers: Foster?s rejects A$2.7bn bid for wine assets - bid news and gossip
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:03:00 +0100
And Sinochem has asked Temasek to join a consortium that would bid for all or part of Potash Corporation of Canada.
BBC Business News
- Empty shops highlighting 'divide'
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:09:44 GMT
The number of shops closing in Britain is slowing but a north-south divide has emerged, a survey by retail analysts the Local Data Company suggests.
- Rig firms hit back at BP report
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:55:33 GMT
Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
- Big money
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:04:00 GMT
Russia is home to the wealthiest expats
- Shoppers turning to card payments
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:01:01 GMT
The number of cash machines in the UK has fallen and withdrawals have dropped as shoppers turn to cards, figures show.
BBC News
- Brilliant Federer beats Soderling
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:38:10 GMT
Five-time champion Roger Federer produces a stunning display to beat Robin Soderling and reach the semi-finals of the US Open.
- Mexico crime 'like an insurgency'
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:12:42 GMT
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.
- Colorado fire destroys 136 homes
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:12:32 GMT
A forest fire in the US state of Colorado has destroyed at least 136 homes, officials say.
- Honduras massacre 'gang rivalry'
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:02:48 GMT
A mass shooting in a shoe factory in Honduras is blamed on rival street gangs linked to Mexican drug cartels.