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TODAY’S EDITOR’S PICKS Beyond like-for-like sales comparisons

It has been a busy week for trading updates from retailers and once again the market has fixated on like-for-like sales, almost to the exclusion of all else. For the longer term investor the quarterly sales figures are just so much noise when the real question for many retailers is not how well they did last quarter, but how well will they do in the next decade? ... Read more

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HSBC World Selection Investment Portfolios

Imagine your portfolio being hand picked by local experts from across the globe, from a wide range of assets which you don’t need to keep an eye on because you have someone doing that round the clock– Sound too good to be true? Well, it’s true! HSBC World Selection gives you exactly that – plus more. In addition to having an amazing portfolio you also have the opportunity to earn a guaranteed 5% AER savings rate with a High Interest Deposit Bond when you invest the same amount or more into a qualifying investment product, including World Selection.

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Week Ahead: Michael Page, Bovis Homes, BoE...

Friday 03 Jul 2009

The rise in unemployment has hit profitability at recruitment firm Michael Page, which issues a trading update on Tuesday.

The company has around 150 offices in 28 countries so it is not just the UK market where it is hurting. In April it reported a 39% slump in UK gross profits, while Asia-Pacific fell 42% and the Americas almost 23%. Read more...

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Friends Provident Group 63.51p -6.7%
Land Securities Group 443.50p -3.9%
Old Mutual 82.62p -3.4%
Fresnillo 500.50p -2.6%
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