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Citywire Investment News
- James Montier: The 'Austerians' will destroy the recovery and usher in deflation
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:33:04 +0100
The 'Austerians' could destroy an economic recovery and increase the likelihood of deflation, warns influential investor James Montier.
- Saints hikes divi and expects shareholder payouts to rise
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:10:40 +0100
Manager of the Baillie Gifford trust Patrick Edwardson says as the global economic recovery picks up, so too will company profits and their payouts to shareholders.
- Exeter IFA firm strikes outsourcing deal with Brooks Macdonald
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:54:27 +0100
RK Shipman has entered into an agreement with Brooks Macdonald for the London based asset manager to run its clients' money.
- Push start from Fidelity helped Ocado get its flotation away
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:56:34 +0100
Ocado had to rely on existing shareholders - and fund management group Fidelity in particular - to get its recent stock market flotation away.
BBC Business News
- Addresses set to lose county name
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:58:54 +0000
Counties appear set to be dropped from postal addresses in future years after complaints about out-of-date names.
- Interns are 'entitled to be paid'
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:00:34 +0000
Many young people working free as interns may legally be entitled to pay, a report says.
- Tax credit overpayments 'to soar'
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:00:09 +0000
Many more people will face having to pay back some of the money paid to them as tax credits because of Budget changes, experts say.
- Sale of EDF's UK networks agreed
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:21:50 +0000
A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing has agreed a deal to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).
BBC News
- Change call after Australia fires
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:21:55 +0000
A report into Australia's worst bushfires recommends sweeping changes to the way the government responds to natural disasters.
- Addresses set to lose county name
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:58:54 +0000
Counties appear set to be dropped from postal addresses in future years after complaints about out-of-date names.
- Love Parade memorial service due
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:57:25 +0000
Germany prepares for a memorial service one week after a deadly stampede killed 21 people at the Love Parade dance festival.
- China mine explosion 'kills 15'
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:48:01 +0000
At least 15 people die at a mine in northern China, as a suspected explosives store blows up.
