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Citywire News
- Most top performing emerging market funds closed to investors
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:07:59 Z
We look at what's left after seven portfolios have been soft closed since September.
- You need to take responsibility for your long-term care
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:59:11 Z
The state is keen for people to take responsiblity for their pensions, but there's another problem and it's just as pressing: long-term care.
- Diary of a Top Stocker: 5 quality blue chips I've got my eye on
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:49:51 Z
What do you think of the shortlist of Citywire Top Stocks® I've drawn up for our £10,000 portfolio?
- Singing adviser jailed over tax avoidance scam
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:48:58 Z
A tax adviser who tried to defrauded taxpayers of £70 million, and sang a celebratory song about the scam, has been jailed for 18 months.
- Supergroup tumbles on profit warning; FTSE edges up
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:10:20 Z
UK index back above 5,900 amid hopes that Greece is finally about to secure a deal for a new international bailout package.
BBC Business News
- Greek parties 'to finalise deal'
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:11:48 GMT
Greek PM Lucas Papademos is set to meet coalition parties in an attempt to seal an austerity deal to secure a new EU/IMF bailout.
- Redknapp cleared of tax evasion
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:03:33 GMT
Harry Redknapp is cleared of evading tax on payments made to his Monaco bank account.
- Women 'facing pensions lock-out'
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:40:33 GMT
Low-earning women could be frozen out of a scheme to automatically enrol workers into a pension scheme, the TUC warns.
- Reckitt results beat expectations
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:33:56 GMT
Shares in consumer goods group Reckitt Benckiser rise more than 3% after the firm announced better-than-expected earnings.
- A380 wing crack checks extended
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:30:13 GMT
Checks are ordered on all Airbus A380 superjumbos after cracks were found in wing components, extending an earlier safety ruling covering 20 planes.
BBC News
- Rare Mars meteorite for science
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:20:34 GMT
One of the rarest meteorites from Mars has been given to the Natural History Museum, in London, to help unravel the secrets of the red planet.
- Phone loss 'not security breach'
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:19:15 GMT
The Policing Board asks the PSNI for a report into a newspaper story that an officer's mobile phones had been obtained by dissident republicans.
- A380 wing crack checks extended
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:17:28 GMT
Checks are ordered on all Airbus A380 superjumbos after cracks were found in wing components, extending an earlier safety ruling covering 20 planes.
- Maldives president 'forced out'
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:16:00 GMT
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed says he was forced to resign at gunpoint in a coup, a charge the country's new leader denies.
- Greek parties 'to finalise deal'
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:11:48 GMT
Greek PM Lucas Papademos is set to meet coalition parties in an attempt to seal an austerity deal to secure a new EU/IMF bailout.
