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Citywire Investment News

• Saturday Papers: other news
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
  
  

• Saturday Papers: bid news and gossip
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
  
  

• Broker Roundup: Goldman Sachs has a Conviction Buy for Aveva
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:11:00 GMT
  Nomura ups target for Old Mutual and RBS upgrades Lancashire Holdings.
  

• We messed up on mis-selling but we're clamping down now, says regulator
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:04:02 GMT
  The Financial Services Authority vows to be more proactive, do more to protect the consumer and toughen up on the mis-selling of financial products.
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• Ratewatch - mortgages
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
  The best remortgage and guarantor mortgage deals.
  

• Home sales slumped by half in January
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:42:17 GMT
  The number of house purchases dropped by half in January, after the stamp duty holiday ended in December.
  

• We messed up on mis-selling but we're clamping down now, says regulator
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:04:02 GMT
  The Financial Services Authority vows to be more proactive, do more to protect the consumer and toughen up on the mis-selling of financial products.
  

• Six Budget predictions and eight Budget wishes
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:47:08 GMT
  Accountant Tenon warns the HMRC is set to turn the screw on tax avoidance and will clamp down on schemes that turn income into capital ahead of the 50% tax rate in April
  

FT.com - Financial Markets News

• US stocks flat despite strong retail figures
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:03:12 GMT
  US stocks were flat in spite of surprisingly strong retail sales data and positive employment figures from Canada
  

• Solid economic data give positive backdrop
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:33:36 GMT
  Global Markets Overview: Record rise in eurozone industrial production help global stocks build on Wall Street?s overnight advance, but gains tempered by uncertainty
  

• Bid talk helps lift London equities
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:42 GMT
  BSkyB gained on market speculation that Rupert Murdoch?s News Corporation, its 39 per cent shareholder, could take the broadcaster private
  

• Wood pulp shortage lifts UPM-Kymmene
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:16:22 GMT
  Volkswagen shares rallied 4.3 per cent to ?74.43 after the German carmaker said it would use a convertible bond issue and a share sale to fund acquisitions
  

BBC News

• Out-of-hours GP care 'inadequate'
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:52:04 GMT
  Too many people in England are receiving poor quality out-of-hours doctors services, the Patients Association says.
  

• Live - Bahrain GP practice
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:36:13 GMT
  Third practice and qualifying take place in Bahrain after Nico Rosberg and Adrian Sutil set the fastest times on day one.
  

• Baltacha upsets Li in California
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:29:38 GMT
  Britain's Elena Baltacha reaches the third round in Indian Wells with an impressive win over Chinese seventh seed Na Li.
  

• California sues Toyota for faults
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:15:55 GMT
  Prosecutors in California are suing Toyota, claiming the carmaker sold hundreds of thousands of vehicles it knew had defects.
  

BBC Business News

• Royal Mail quality tests 'rigged'
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:07:07 GMT
  The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after finding that delivery quality tests were rigged.
  

• Sarkozy and Brown attack US deal
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:39:58 GMT
  Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown criticise the US for "protectionism" over an aerospace deal after talks in London.
  

• Port exports
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:58 GMT
  Portuguese exporters hit by strong euro
  

• Lloyds aids mortgage overpayments
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:53 GMT
  UK mortgage lender Lloyds Banking Group is encouraging borrowers to pay off up to 20% of their mortgages early.
  

FT.com - Equities

• US stocks flat despite strong retail figures
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:03:12 +0000
  US stocks were flat in spite of surprisingly strong retail sales data and positive employment figures from Canada
  

• Bid talk helps lift London equities
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:42 +0000
  BSkyB gained on market speculation that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, its 39 per cent shareholder, could take the broadcaster private
  

• Wood pulp shortage lifts UPM-Kymmene
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:16:22 +0000
  Volkswagen shares rallied 4.3 per cent to ?74.43 after the German carmaker said it would use a convertible bond issue and a share sale to fund acquisitions
  

• States eye sale of family silver
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:35:17 +0000
  The catalyst for privatisations in the 1980s and 1990s was ideological, but the current motivation will be far more financially driven, investors argue
  

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