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  • MPC member's comments rattle sterling

    Monday 15 Mar 2010

    Comments by Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Kate Barker over the week-end put a dent in sterling’s value this morning.

  • Fickle Britons ditch pitta for garlic bread

    Monday 15 Mar 2010

    Garlic bread and lip gloss are in, pitta bread and lipstick are out, following the latest revisions to the basket of goods used to calculate UK inflation.

  • Premium broker tips: Citigroup upgrades BT

    Monday 15 Mar 2010

    Companies mentioned: BT, Halfords, ITV

  • House price growth stalls

    Monday 15 Mar 2010

    The recent recovery in UK house prices appears to have run out of steam as asking prices rose by the smallest amount on record for the month of March.

  • Financial Services Authority turns proactive

    Friday 12 Mar 2010

    The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to begin a pro-active approach to root out mis-selling in the financial services market.

  • FSA to be more proactive on mis-selling

    Friday 12 Mar 2010

    Financial products could be vetted before they are allowed to go on sale under new proposals unveiled by the Financial Services Authority.

  • IPO activity is picking up

    Friday 12 Mar 2010

    This year has seen a revival of initial public offerings on the London market after an exceptionally quiet 2009.

  • Best ISA deals

    Friday 12 Mar 2010

    With the ISA season well under way, savers who want to make the most of their hard earned cash should now start looking for the best deals before the April 5 deadline.

  • Mortgage lending halves in January

    Friday 12 Mar 2010

    Further evidence that housing activity suffered a dramatic downturn at the start of this year emerged today, with the weather and cut in the stamp duty threshold to blame.

  • Lehman 'gimmicks' disguised insolvency

    Friday 12 Mar 2010

    Former bosses at Lehman Brothers have been heavily criticised for employing an accounting "gimmick" that managed to hide the failed bank’s insolvency.

  • Scottish Power to cut gas bills

    Thursday 11 Mar 2010

    Scottish Power has become the latest energy supplier to cut gas bills, lowering them by 8%.

  • Inflation expectations edge higher

    Thursday 11 Mar 2010

    Inflation expectations among the public edged up only slightly in the three months to February despite a large spike upwards in the actual data in January.

  • Premium broker tips: Goldman ditches Kaz for Ant

    Thursday 11 Mar 2010

    The recent earthquakes in Chile have highlighted the tight supply-demand dynamics of the copper market and miner Antofagasta is set to benefit, thinks Goldman Sachs.

  • FSA toughens stress test for banks

    Wednesday 10 Mar 2010

    Banks and building societies has been told by the UK regulator to test their businesses for two more years of recession and a much sharper decline in the UK’s economy than in previous tests.

  • Myners wants bank disclosure over £500,000

    Wednesday 10 Mar 2010

    UK banks may have to disclose how many employees earn more than £500,000 per year, under a new proposal by City Minister Lord Myners that is likely to infuriate senior bankers.

  • Brown sets 24 March date for budget

    Wednesday 10 Mar 2010

    Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed that the 2010 Budget will be delivered on 24 March, six weeks before the anticipated general election date of 6 May.

  • UK factory output takes unexpected tumble

    Wednesday 10 Mar 2010

    Britain’s manufacturers had it tougher than expected in January as the awful weather contributed to the first fall in output for five months.

  • Premium broker tips: JPM names property picks

    Wednesday 10 Mar 2010

    Companies covered today include: Big Yellow, Grainger, Great Portland, Helical Bar, Land Securities, Liberty, Taylor Wimpey, Intertek

  • FSA revises PPI proposals

    Tuesday 09 Mar 2010

    Opposition from financial companies has prompted the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to revise its proposals to implement measures governing the selling of payment protection insurance.

  • UK trade deficit at 17-month high

    Tuesday 09 Mar 2010

    An increase in Britain’s trade deficit in January surprised the market Tuesday, sending the pound tumbling.

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