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BBC Business News
- Economic storm not over, says PM
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:44 GMT
Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.
- BA strike talks end without deal
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:31:47 GMT
Talks between British Airways and Unite aimed at averting strike action by cabin crew break down without agreement.
- Pompey axe 85 jobs to cut costs
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:31:12 GMT
Administrators at Portsmouth FC start to make employees redundant, with 85 people losing their jobs.
- Banks face harsher stress tests
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:04:24 GMT
Further stress-testing of UK banks will take place to ensure they can survive a 'double-dip' recession, regulators say.
- British Gas faces strike ballot
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:55:33 GMT
British Gas workers are to vote in a strike ballot over allegations of bullying by management, and on changes to working conditions.
Citywire Investment News
- Ex-Cazenove partner convicted of insider dealing
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:07:35 GMT
Malcolm Calvert has been found guilty on five counts of insider dealing and fined £56k
- FSA: four risks for advisers in run-up to RDR
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:40:44 GMT
The Financial Services Authority has highlighted four areas, including quality of advice and governance, it says advisers should focus on during the upheaval of the next two years.
- High Court orders wind-up of Cru Investment Management
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:38:50 GMT
The High Court has ordered the winding-up of Cru Investment Management, which marketed the six Arch Cru funds.
- Bramdean Alternatives proposes pure private equity remit
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:42:29 GMT
The board of Bramdean Alternatives is proposing to change the trust's name to Aberdeen Private Equity and to give it a pure private equity fund investment remit
- Five reasons why insurers are better investments than banks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:38:05 GMT
Stronger than hoped for results from Standard Life have shown again why insurers are better investments than banks.
Citywire News
- Five reasons why insurers are better investments than banks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:38:05 GMT
Stronger than hoped for results from Standard Life have shown again why insurers are better investments than banks.
- Online banking fraud up by 14% amid wave of 'phishing' attacks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:01:33 GMT
Online banking fraud rose by 14% to £60m in 2009, while card fraud dropped for the first time in three years.
- Ten years after the tech bubble burst, the sector now looks cheap
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:07:57 GMT
Tech is still only trading on a multiple of 1.1x the market - despite an anticipated MA boom as the new cycle of technology kicks in.
- The economy is not yet out of danger, Gordon Brown warns
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:49:21 GMT
You can trust me, prime minister says, as he unveils a pay freeze for doctors, dentists, and hospital consultants.
- Weak manufacturing data throws doubt on pace of the recovery
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:26:40 GMT
A shock fall in manufacturing data put yet more pressure on the pound.
BBC News
- Tories allege plan to cut police
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:07 GMT
The Tories allege ministers plan to cut the number of uniformed officers despite a pledge to protect front line police.
- Scientists to review climate body
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:03 GMT
The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.
- Economic storm not over, says PM
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:44 GMT
Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.
- Burnley 1-1 Stoke
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:11 GMT
David Nugent's headed finish earns relegation-threatened Burnley their first point in five games in a scrappy encounter at Turf Moor.
- Real Madrid 1-1 Lyon (agg 1-2)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:52 GMT
Real Madrid crash out of the Champions League to Lyon 2-1 on aggregate after being held 1-1 at the Bernabeu.
