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Citywire News
- Shares tread water ahead of US jobs data
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:05:29 +0100
UK shares made gains for the sixth day in a row, but investors remain nervous ahead of today's US jobs data after recent mixed signals on the pace of growth in the world's largest economy.
- Morning Line: financial crisis isn?t the problem ? it's expensive old people
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:54:19 +0100
We risk ignoring 'the fiscal challenge of the 21st century'.
- HSBC may leave the UK if forced to split
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:39:15 +0100
HSBC's head of investment banking says if the UK decides banks must split their businesses in two his bank may decide to relocate.
- Brussels agrees powers to directly tackle British banks
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:06:29 +0100
New EU agencies will be able to impose decisions directly on financial institutions, over-ruling national regulators like the FSA.
- BP says cost of Gulf spill has reached $8 billion
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:45:48 +0100
BP has revealed that the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster has so far cost it $8 billion (£5.19 billion).
BBC Business News
- UN calls special food price talks
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:41:26 GMT
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rise in global food prices.
- Massive Mini
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:28:44 GMT
How far can BMW stretch the brand before it snaps?
- Past is the future
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:21:05 GMT
How one lacemaking factory has gone back to traditional methods to survive
- 'Big drop' in alcohol consumption
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:50:14 GMT
Alcohol consumption has fallen faster than ever, figures from the British Beer and Pub Association suggest.
- HSBC threatens to quit London HQ
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:20:58 GMT
HSBC may quit its London headquarters if the UK government decides to break up big banks, a senior executive says.
BBC News
- Ex-MI6 man jailed for file leaks
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:55:42 GMT
A former MI6 worker from London has been jailed for 12 months after admitting charges of unlawfully disclosing top secret material.
- Portugal child sex abuse 'proved'
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:54:07 GMT
Portuguese judges say charges of child sex abuse at a state-run children's home are proved against all seven defendants on trial.
- Mother charged with son's murder
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:52:12 GMT
A County Durham woman who took the lifeless body of her two-year-old to a police station has been charged with his murder
- Officer hurt in seized car crash
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:47:14 GMT
Two police officers are suspended from driving duties after crashing a car they had seized from a suspected drink-driver.
- UN calls special food price talks
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:41:26 GMT
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rise in global food prices.
