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Citywire Investment News

  • 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.

Citywire Money, Tax and Property


FT.com - Financial Markets News

  • Stocks edge higher on hopes for global economy
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:22:06 GMT
    Global Markets Overview: FTSE All-World index remains becalmed near six-week highs, with stock investors reluctant to push riskier assets higher without a fresh catalyst
  • Debunking the myth of a China collapse
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:48:11 GMT
    Global sentiment towards China?s economy and asset markets has turned from exuberance just a few months ago to overriding concern about the side-effects of last year?s remarkable credit growth, writes Jing Ulrich
  • Wall Street rises on bank deal speculation
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:43:30 GMT
    Ten years to the day after the Nasdaq reached its all-time peak, US stocks posted decent gains at the opening bell ? but lacked a positive driver to send them higher

BBC Business News

  • BA strike action talks continuing
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:08:58 GMT
    Talks aimed at averting strike action by BA cabin crew are continuing at the TUC, after a deadline was extended.
  • EU rule change 'may cut red tape'
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:37:20 GMT
    Small firms may be exempted from having to draw up and lodge annual accounts, after MEPs approve changes to European Union rules.
  • UK economy 'still growing weakly'
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:06 GMT
    The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the December to February period, says the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
  • British Gas faces strike ballot
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:22:21 GMT
    British Gas workers are to vote in a strike ballot over allegations of bullying by management, and on changes to working conditions.

BBC News

  • Kidnapped boy's father back in UK
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:03:45 GMT
    The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan has returned home against police wishes, the BBC learns.
  • Apology for women raped by father
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:54:09 GMT
    Two women raped by their father over 25 years - bearing seven of his children - are given an apology by authorities.
  • 150 Toyota jobs to go on Deeside
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:52:41 GMT
    Around 150 jobs will go at the Toyota plant on Deeside, Flintshire, as part of 750 posts going across the UK.

FT.com - Your Pension

  • Employees face more pension cuts
    Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:04:22 +0000
    Investors are being urged to take more control of their retirement savings, as workplace pensions come under increasing pressure.
  • Rise in people retiring early
    Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:08:34 +0000
    Many people aged between 50 and 54 are retiring now ahead of the forthcoming rise in minimum retirement age to 55.
  • Women at risk of financial gap in retirement
    Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:19:04 +0000
    Half of married men purchase a single life annuity instead of a joint one at retirement, leaving their spouses no pension income if the men were to pass away earlier, according to a latest Standard Life research.

FT.com - Your Tax

  • Can I change divorce settlement to help pay tax?
    Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:15:11 +0000
    I am a UK entrepreneur living mainly abroad since my divorce. I was concerned to read that HM Revenue Customs recently won the right to levy £30m in back-tax on entrepreneur Robert Gaines-Cooper
  • Naming and shaming law comes into force
    Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:55:35 +0000
    A fresh assault on tax evasion has been launched by HM Revenue Custom after new legislation allowing the publication of names and details of individuals and companies came into force on Wednesday
  • Tax-free Isas lift interest rates
    Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:11:25 +0000
    Isa "season" gets underway with the launch of market-leading rates of 3.5 per cent for instant access cash Isas and 4.4 per cent fixed on a three-year bond.

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