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Welcome to your on-line financial newsletter. This service is regularly updated to bring you news of important developments in financial matters.

The news stories on this page have been written and produced by a third party and neither nor its representatives can be held responsible for the accuracy of the content/information contained within these stories.

Citywire Investment News

• FTSE halts rally as Greece debt talks flounder
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:54:33 Z
  Glencore (GLEN.L) drops on an FT report that the group was to pay a larger-than-expected premium to secure a merger with Xstrata (XTA.L).
  

• The stocks Liontrust's Cross Fosh back to keep them at the top
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:48:46 Z
  The managers of the best-performing fund in the UK All Companies sector in 2011, Liontrust's Julian Fosh and Anthony Cross highlight the stocks they're backing to keep them ahead of their peers.
  

• Tenon told to raise £20m to plug black hole
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:37:36 Z
  Accountant and advisory firm RSM Tenon has come under pressure to launch an emergency rights issue to raise £20 million in the wake of its profit warning.
  

• Source teams up with JP Morgan to launch volatility ETF
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:23:05 Z
  Source has joined forces with JP Morgan to launch an exchange traded fund providing long-term exposure to volatility.
  

BBC Business News

• VIDEO: Eye-tracking helps advertisers
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:29:24 GMT
  Developments in eye-tracking technology are helping advertisers predict what products will appeal to customers.
  

• Euro crisis 'could damage China'
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:27:28 GMT
  A eurozone recession could almost halve Chinese growth this year, according to a report by the International Monetary Fund.
  

• Web firms remove India material
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:56:52 GMT
  Facebook and Google tell a court in India they have complied with an order to remove "objectionable" material, amid ongoing legal moves on censorship.
  

• VIDEO: Heathrow flights hit by weather
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:42:54 GMT
  The Independent's Simon Calder explains why Heathrow airport was so badly affected by the severe weather on Sunday.
  

Citywire News

• Chart of the Day: Goldman Sachs says you?ll be richer this year
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:58:47 Z
  And you won't have to endure a return to recession either, the bank's economists say.
  

• How I caught a good pension... by mistake
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:54:40 Z
  The decision to start paying into a pension 25 years ago was a good one, says Lawrence Lever, even if it was a controversial 'with profits' policy and the choice of provider was pretty haphazard.
  

• House prices rose 0.6% in January, says Halifax
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:54:16 Z
  The average UK house price is now £161,000.
  

• Savings: are you getting your fiver a day?
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:53:32 Z
  Feel guilty about not saving but don't know where to start? We show how you can get started with five pounds a day ? and a jam jar.
  

BBC News

• Syria troops step up Homs bombing
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:24:45 GMT
  Heavy artillery fire rocks the restive Syrian city of Homs, in what anti-government activists are calling one of the fiercest assaults yet.
  

• Deadly quake hits the Philippines
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:19:51 GMT
  At least seven people die after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the central Philippines, official reports say.
  

• Contador 'given two-year ban'
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:18:36 GMT
  Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence.
  

• Abbas to head interim government
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:09:07 GMT
  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will head an interim government which will prepare for elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.