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Citywire Investment News
- Old Mutual Asset Management CEO Tom Turpin quits
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:16:00 +0100
Chief operating officer Linda Gibson to take on his responsibilities as interim chief executive
- Jupiter Primadona grows dividend by 40%
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:04:39 +0100
Year-on-year, the well-followed international growth trust has lifted its net dividend from 18p to 25p
- Equity Trust to merge with TMF Group in ?350 million sale
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:01:09 +0100
Doughty Hanson Company, one of the largest independent private equity firms in Europe, today announced that it is to acquire Equity Trust from Candover.
Citywire News
- FTSE meanders, waiting for new direction
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:38:58 +0100
Investors are sticking to the sidelines waiting for more clear signals about where the market will head next.
- Morning Line: Is it the end of retirement as we know it?
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:22:25 +0100
Is retirement as we know it really over? Are people that poverty stricken that they can?t afford to stop working? A raft of surveys suggests this is the case.
- Shareholders, don't ignore what government bonds are telling us
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:40:41 +0100
The equity market and the government bond market seem to be giving investors mixed messages but you can use the bond markets to decide where to put your cash.
BBC Business News
- Microsoft executive to lead Nokia
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:10:37 GMT
Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia appoints Microsoft business manager Stephen Elop as its new head after a profits slump.
- US cuts wheat production forecast
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:56:26 GMT
The US Department of Agriculture cuts its forecast for global wheat production in 2010-11, but by less than expected.
- Royal Mail to be floated or sold
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:32:22 GMT
The government is to press ahead with privatising or selling Royal Mail, following an updated review of the postal service.
BBC News
- Minister defends using detectives
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:18:17 GMT
A justice minister says he paid private detectives to investigate his colleagues because he was upset about "malicious" newspaper stories.
- Microsoft executive to lead Nokia
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:10:37 GMT
Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia appoints Microsoft business manager Stephen Elop as its new head after a profits slump.
- Tourists caught out by high tides
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:04:40 GMT
Nine flood watches remain in place as autumn high tides catch out visitors to a town on the Carmarthenshire coast.
