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  • The Week Ahead: AB Foods, Glisten, French Connection

    Friday 05 Sep 2008

    The ability to pass on increases in raw material prices and the performance of Primark will be the key features to look out for when Associated British Foods gives a trading update on Monday.

  • Sunday newspaper round-up: Fannie and Freddie, house builders, Lonmin

    Sunday 07 Sep 2008

    The US Treasury will announce a rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two giant American mortgage banks, in what is likely to be the biggest financial bail-out of recent history. The move may trigger a bounce in global stock markets Monday, according to the Sunday Times.

  • Sunday tips round-up: Serco, Oxford Catalysts, RGC Holdings, Dechra

    Sunday 07 Sep 2008

    There cannot be many FTSE 250 companies forcasting double-digit growth for this year and the foreseeable future. Yet support services group Serco chief executive Christopher Hyman is confident his company will deliver just that. The group is one of those enviable businesses that is set to thrive as economic conditions deteriorate. Buy, says the Mail on Sunday.

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Market overview: Footsie slumps again
Friday 05 Sep 2008

1630: It was another day of triple-digit losses for Footsie as banks and miners led the slump.

Among mining related stocks iron ore producer Ferrexpo wass particularly hard hit as investors exited the stock ahead of its anticipated relegation from the Footsie 100. Kazakh rivals Kazakhmys and ENRC were both under pressure.

Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland were among the worst-hit banks.

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Global Overview: Asian flu

Friday 05 Sep 2008

The US economy is so dominant in the global scheme of things that when it sneezes, other parts of the world catch a cold.

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  • The Week Ahead: AB Foods, Glisten, French Connection

    Friday 05 Sep 2008

    The ability to pass on increases in raw material prices and the performance of Primark will be the key features to look out for when Associated British Foods gives a trading update on Monday.

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Indebted UK

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