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Citywire News

  • Green investing in the US
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:35:10 GMT
    Jupiter Ecology Fund manager Charlie Thomas says opportunities are emerging for green investors in the US as environmental issues force themselves into the political mainstream.
  • Taking the strain out of finding a solicitor
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT
    Finding a solicitor to handle a property transaction has just got easier. Yorkshire Building Society's conveyancing comparison service ? previously available only to its customers ? allows anyone to get an online quotation from a network of solicitors.
  • Bank rally comes to an abrupt halt
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:59:03 GMT
    UK banking stocks fall having rallied since July, and analysts say a sustained recovery is a long way off.

London Stock Exchange News

  • Regional office property offers 'advantages'
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:36:00 +0100
    Regional property offices outside the south-east and London are experiencing higher yields and more stable occupancy rates, a study has revealed.
  • Pensions advice cost 'justified'
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:33:19 +0100
    The cost involved in seeking pension advice when considering switching schemes is wholly justified for the projected benefits, one expert has claimed.
  • Adults still borrowing from bank of mum and dad
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:30:22 +0100
    Parents spend around £233 billion supporting their children's financial goals and often pass over their own aspirations to do so, research has suggested.
  • Bank stocks slide as interest rates held
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:28:32 +0100
    As the Bank of England revealed that interest rates remain unchanged, bank stocks slid and contributed to a 2.5 per cent drop felt in the FTSE 100.

BBC Business News

  • US jobless rate near 5-year high
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:49:04 GMT
    The US economy sheds 84,000 jobs last month, more than expected, raising the jobless rate to a near five-year high.
  • Nokia expects market share loss
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:38:39 GMT
    Nokia lowers its predicted market share for the third quarter, sending its shares plummeting.
  • US lifts some Belarus sanctions
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:41:15 GMT
    Some sanctions imposed by the US on firms working with Belarussian companies are lifted, US officials announce.
  • Global economy woes shake markets
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:34:31 GMT
    Worsening US job figures heighten fears of a global economic slowdown - undermining stock markets around the world.
  • Russian invasion spooks investors
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:17:01 GMT
    Russia's stock market loses more than 30% of its value as foreign investors pull out after the country's intervention in Georgia.

BBC News

  • Winds and rain battering Britain
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:38:50 GMT
    Flood warnings are in place in Wales and parts of England as heavy rain sweeps across the country.
  • NI fans beaten by 'security men'
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:19:53 GMT
    Two Northern Ireland soccer fans are knocked unconscious by baton-wielding security men in Slovakia
  • Mikey takes on Rachel in BB final
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:09:27 GMT
    Darnell Swallow, Rex Newmark and Sara Folino are voted out of Big Brother with the 100,000 winner to be announced later.
  • Rice talks with Libya's Gaddafi
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:04:14 GMT
    Condoleezza Rice meets Col Gaddafi in Libya in the latest step towards improving relations between the former enemies.

Mortgage News

  • GMAC cuts 5,000 jobs in USA
    Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:05:38 GMT
    GMAC, parent company of GMAC-RFC, is cutting 5,000 jobs from its ResCap business and closing 200 branches in the US.
  • Harpenden chairman retires
    Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:54:53 GMT
    Roger Smith, chairman of Harpenden has retired, with vice chairman Michael Willis taking his place at the mutual.
  • RBSIP launches new rates
    Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:21:09 GMT
    RBS Intermediary Partners is rolling out rates on a number of its fixed rate and tracker mortgages from September 6.

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