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Citywire Investment News

  • SPA ETF launches follow shift in investment practices
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:01:00 GMT
    SPA ETF is launching a range of four sector-based exchange traded funds to anticipate a shift by UK advisers to follow US counterparts basing investments on sectors instead of general approaches.

BBC Business News

  • Foreign sales boost HP earnings
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:35:32 GMT
    Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest computer firm, sees quarterly profits boosted by international sales.
  • Watchdog to set out plans for BAA
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:29:13 GMT
    The Competition Commission is tipped to back the break-up of BAA, the UK's largest airports operator.
  • End is nigh?
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:24:17 GMT
    The uncertain future for firms in administration
  • Call to tackle UK business waste
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT
    The government should do more to curb waste using tax as an incentive, a House of Lords committee has said.

London Stock Exchange News

  • Chinese economy 'to grow by 9% annually'
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:16:19 +0100
    The Chinese economy can shrug off the worldwide downturn and is poised to grow at around nine per cent in years to come, a representative to a government think tank has forecast.
  • MPC member defends rate freezes
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:14:19 +0100
    Tim Besley of the Bank of England has moved to defend freezing interest rates, despite signs that conditions in the economy are worsening.

Citywire News

  • Reluctant landlords
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:01:00 GMT
    Many homeowners are being forced to rent their homes rather than sell them. We look at the experiences of one such couple.

Mortgage News

  • Dual pricing still overshadowing brokers
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:57:09 GMT
    Compliance systems provider, Home Buyer Systems, has calculated that lenders’ dual pricing continues to make broker products uncompetitive when compared with direct-to-lender deals.

BBC News

  • Fan fury over festival 'rip-off'
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:22:29 GMT
    Hundreds of music fans are angry and out of pocket after their tickets for the V Festival at the weekend failed to turn up.
  • Sarkozy en route to Afghanistan
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:41:09 GMT
    French President Nicolas Sarkozy travels to Afghanistan to support his troops, a day after a deadly attack by Taleban fighters.
  • Back pain eased by good posture
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:56:12 GMT
    Long-term back pain can be relieved through encouraging sufferers to adopt good posture through the Alexander technique, say researchers.