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  • Week Ahead: NETeller, ECB rates decision

    Friday 29 Aug 2008

    With online gaming companies Partygaming and 888 Holdings having recently declared solid results, hopes must be high for NETeller, which is the default online payment system for many poker sites.

  • Npower and Scottish Power in fuel bill hike

    Friday 29 Aug 2008

    Britain’s big six energy suppliers have all raised household fuel bills now that Npower has joined Scottish Power in announcing new increases today.

  • London close: New 2-month closing high

    Friday 29 Aug 2008

    Three figure losses in the US failed to take the shine off proceedings in London as rising crude prices made oil majors popular and banks attracted buying attention.

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Market overview: FTSE 100 ends week higher
Friday 29 Aug 2008

1630: Footsie finished in the blue going into the weekend, with oil services groups leading the charge.

Petrofac and John Wood, both of which reported strong interim results mid-week, continued their advance, helped by the higher oil price. Producer and explorer Cairn Energy also climbed.

Ferrochrome producer Ferrexpo was higher in line with rising metals prices. Platinum refiner Johnson Matthey advanced as prices for the precious metal rose in Tokyo.

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Global Overview

Friday 29 Aug 2008

Floating like a BRIC

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  • London close: New 2-month closing high

    Friday 29 Aug 2008

    Three figure losses in the US failed to take the shine off proceedings in London as rising crude prices made oil majors popular and banks attracted buying attention.

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  • Week Ahead: NETeller, ECB rates decision

    Friday 29 Aug 2008

    With online gaming companies Partygaming and 888 Holdings having recently declared solid results, hopes must be high for NETeller, which is the default online payment system for many poker sites.

Expert Views

The Fine Discipline of Chess

Well that serves me right! Take a couple of weeks holiday and look what happens – oil pulls back 8.2%, the $ rises and the £ falls back 4.4% against it, and then to cap it all the Bear starts beating up the Georgians.

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