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15:44 | 11 Mar 2010
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Gill Wadsworth
Pension Protection Fund (PPF) chief executive Alan Rubenstein denies that recent moves to a more aggressive investment strategy are driven by a surge in insolvency claims.
14:53 | 11 Mar 2010
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Victoria Bischoff
HSBC is relaunching its 1.99% mortgage for borrowers who can afford a 40% deposit.
14:26 | 11 Mar 2010
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Michelle McGagh
The Financial Services Authority has teamed up with the Office of Fair Trading and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to create a new consumer protection committee.
11:10 | 11 Mar 2010
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Deborah Hyde
BP has bought more assets in the Gulf of Mexico and its first licenses in Brazil, adding to its already robust production growth prospects.
11:01 | 11 Mar 2010
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Lorna Bourke
Allowing ISA savers to invest their whole allowance into cash investments might be a cheap and easy way of wooing middle class voters.
10:05 | 11 Mar 2010
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Phil Cozens
Retailers draw comfort from better-than-expected sales figures from Home Retail, William Morrison and John Lewis, but miners weaker amid fears of runaway Chinese inflation.
09:33 | 11 Mar 2010
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Phil Cozens
HSBC overweight in BP and WPP.
09:28 | 11 Mar 2010
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James Phillipps
As the recovery moves into its second year, there are reasons to be optimistic with every post-war bull market having run into a third year and lasting 50 months on average.
09:04 | 11 Mar 2010
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Victoria Bischoff
Mexican Carlos Slim has beaten American Bill Gates to the number one spot on the annual Forbes rich list.
09:03 | 11 Mar 2010
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Tony Bonsignore
FSA stress tests mean banks must prepare for possibility of double-dip recession, including rise in unemployment to 13.3%.
08:42 | 11 Mar 2010
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Phil Cozens
China inflation worries unsettle miners, but defensives find support again.
08:23 | 11 Mar 2010
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Drazen Jorgic
Malcolm Calvert has been found guilty on five counts of insider dealing and fined £56k
08:20 | 11 Mar 2010
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Gill Wadsworth
Institutional investors must exercise their power responsibly if the UK is to avoid another financial crisis, economist Roger Bootle told the National Association of Pension Funds conference.
08:10 | 11 Mar 2010
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Phil Cozens
RBS downgrades ARM, Investec favours Aggreko and FinnCap starts Hydrogen with a buy.
07:51 | 11 Mar 2010
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Phil Cozens
Morrison hikes dividend 41% but outlook challenging, Home Retail sales fall at Argos and Homebase, JD Wetherspoon secures new debt facility and Devon Energy confirms sale of oil properties to BP.
06:45 | 11 Mar 2010
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Phil Cozens
Efforts to reach BA deal and avert strike end in failure and Charles Allen takes over helm at EMI Music.
06:41 | 11 Mar 2010
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Phil Cozens
Barrat jumps amid talk of Persimmon bid and Rio Tinto re-starts sale process of its talc business.
06:37 | 11 Mar 2010
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Phil Cozens
Comment on Barclays, Pru, EMI, Tullett, Inchcape, Melrose, Chime, Cape, Interserve and Laird and tips for Babcock, ClearStream and ITE.
00:01 | 11 Mar 2010
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James Phillipps
With Gordon Brown announcing that the Budget will be held on March 24, the tax experts are dusting off their crystal balls.
14:38 | 10 Mar 2010
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Deborah Hyde
Stronger than hoped for results from Standard Life have shown again why insurers are better investments than banks.
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