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News and comment

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

• Coutts installs new Chelmsford chief for Essex push
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:58:39 +0100
  Private bank Coutts Co beefs up Essex operations.
  

• Barclays Wealth hiring spree continues with double hire
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:38:55 +0100
  Barclays' ambitous growth plans for Barclays Wealth are progressing with two more hires from HSBC Global Asset Management and Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management.
  

• European debt worries re-emerge as Ireland extends guarantees
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:19:16 +0100
  Fears that the high levels of debt in peripheral European countries could cause yet another shock in the markets have re-emerged.
  

• Bank fears and mining tax hold FTSE down
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:40:18 +0100
  Stress test doubts hurt banks while Australian mining tax threat continues to affect miners.
  

BBC Business News

• Lycatel to make adverts clearer
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:58:13 GMT
  Phone card firm Lycatel agrees to make its charges much clearer in its adverts for international phone cards
  

• 'Many failures' caused BP spill
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:48:25 GMT
  BP's internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico finds that "a series of failures" was to blame.
  

• Government backs 'super sewer'
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:38:44 GMT
  The government gives its backing to a plan to build a £3.6 billion tunnel to stop raw sewage polluting the River Thames.
  

• Greece economy contracts by 1.8%
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:35:30 GMT
  The debt-laden Greek economy shrank by a surprise 1.8% in the second quarter as households slashed spending.
  

Citywire News

• European debt worries re-emerge as Ireland extends guarantees
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:19:16 +0100
  Fears that the high levels of debt in peripheral European countries could cause yet another shock in the markets have re-emerged.
  

• Morning Line: the mortgage lending tactics that distort the market
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:03:33 +0100
  Mortgage lenders should follow Coventry's example and stop practices like conditional lending.
  

• Bank fears and mining tax hold FTSE down
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:40:18 +0100
  Stress test doubts hurt banks while Australian mining tax threat continues to affect miners.
  

• China the global favourite for outside investors
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:36:06 +0100
  Further proof of the rising dominance of the BRIC economies came this week in a survey from the UN which tipped India and Brazil to overtake the US in foreign direct investment flows by 2012, while China was top of the list.
  

BBC News

• Thousands caught in Mexico floods
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:57:36 GMT
  Hundreds of thousands of people in eastern and southern Mexico see floodwaters inundate their homes.
  

• The Full Story: PM's questions
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:57:05 GMT
  All the action, reaction and analysis as Nick Clegg stood in for David Cameron at prime minister's questions.
  

• 'Racism missed' at attack school
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:56:10 GMT
  A school where a boy was attacked with a hammer failed to recognise a series of racist incidents prior to the assault, a serious case review finds.
  

• Arrest over golf club burnt body
  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:52:57 GMT
  A 21-year-old man is being held by Sussex Police in connection with the death of Stefan Welch, whose burnt body was found on a golf course.