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Citywire Investment News
- Tech trusts: should the betamax moments turn you off?
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:22:40 Z
The tech sector has enjoyed a spectacular three-year run, but the wide discounts in the closed-end soace may be a telling sign investors still bear a grudge after the 2001 crash.
- Investment complaints at Barclays Bank jump 77% in 2011
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:59:14 Z
Complaints linked to investments at Barclays spiked between 2010 and 2011, despite a broader 30% fall in gripes about the bank's other services.
- FundsNetwork strikes platform deal with Barclays Stockbrokers
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:42:24 Z
Fidelity FundsNetwork has struck an exclusive deal with the bank to provide its core fund platform in a move which will see it go head to head with the likes of Hargreaves Lansdown.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- Tech stocks fall on Dell disappointment
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:29:59 GMT
Poor fourth-quarter earnings from Dell forced some technology stocks lower on Wednesday
- Pound hits 10-week low against euro
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:27:40 GMT
Sterling sinks to its lowest mark against the euro in 10 weeks after strong support for QE is shown in the latest Bank minutes
- Tesco slides amid worries over turnround
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:26:16 GMT
Analyst warns defending profit in recent years has cost the Tesco brand its trust and relevance
BBC Business News
- HP sales fall short of forecasts
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:56:45 GMT
Computer firm Hewlett-Packard sees a drop in first-quarter sales, as it attempts to turn itself around under new chief executive Meg Whitman.
- South Korea wins Navy tanker deal
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:51:46 GMT
The Royal Navy selects South Korean firm Daewoo for a £452m deal to build four new fuel tankers.
- Obama seeks US corporate tax cut
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:26:09 GMT
US President Barack Obama proposes a cut in corporate tax and an end to tax loopholes, as part of his election-year strategy on the economy.
Citywire News
- Rexam flies ahead on profit gains as FTSE lags
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:36:35 Z
Britain?s benchmark stock index flatlines as downbeat data create a gloomy outlook despite the Greek deal averting a crisis for now.
- Barclays takes on Hargreaves in fight for DIY investors
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:30:04 Z
Barclays Stockbrokers has signed up funds platform Fidelity FundsNetwork in a bid to take on Hargreaves Lansdown (HRGV.L) in its core market.
- Welcome to an uncertain financial future
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:42:48 Z
Sandwiched between two skint generations, the Uncertain Generation are seeing their money squeezed like never before.
FT.com - Your Tax
- Will pension be caught by lifetime limit?
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:19:21 +0000
Can I avoid my fund being hit with a 55% tax charge? Can you clarify the position?
- Waterstone, a bestseller in his own right
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:17:24 +0000
Retailer-turned-novelist Tim Waterstone established his bookselling chain in 1982, based on his experience of customer service in New York
- Banks urged to report suspected tax crime
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:48:07 +0000
Authorities should be alerted if institutions believe deposits to be illegal proceeds, says the Financial Action Task Force