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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.
- Ruffer: interest rates to remain 'nailed to the floor'
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:39:19 Z
The Ruffer Investment Company continues to seek protection with inflation-linked bonds to complement its bigger and riskier position in Japan.
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.
- Bank lending 'to shrink' in 2012
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:41:38 GMT
UK bank lending is set to shrink this year for the first time since 2009, according to the Ernst Young Item Club.
BBC News
- Phone hacking victims 'reach 829'
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:26:38 GMT
Police believe 829 people were "likely" victims of phone-hacking by newspapers, the Leveson Inquiry hears.
- 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 drug 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.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- 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.
- The 20 postcodes most 'at risk' of burglary
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:34 Z
The areas in the UK that see the most home insurance claims for theft or burglary, and the postcodes that are least at risk.
- House prices flat as market 'dogged by uncertainty'
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
January marked the eighteenth month that house prices did not rise, according to Hometrack.
- Buying a house is now cheaper than renting one
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
Buying a house is over £100 a month cheaper than renting, according to Halifax. Wales is the exception.
- Mansion tax: a terrible, unworkable idea
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:58:02 Z
Vince Cable?s plan to impose a tax on properties worth more than £2 million is impractical, unethical and cowardly, argues Linton Chiswick.
