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Market overview: FTSE closes up one point at 5352
1630: Today saw several developments abroad, with reports of weak Chinese bank lending, consumer confidence remaining stable in Germany, and Spain announcing a halt on the trading of shares in troubled ...
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Greens' concern for energy bill
Fears that the UK draft energy bill will end in a new 'dash for gas'
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How to solve a problem like the BoE governor? John Kemp
The race to succeed Mervyn King at the helm of the Bank of England when his second five-year term ends in June 2013 is now well underway, with contenders jockeying for position, though the UK government ...
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Debt crisis: as it happened May 17, 2012
Ratings agency Fitch warns that all eurozone countries face a greater than 50pc chance of a downgrade if a stable, pro-bail-out government is not formed following Greece's second round of elections.
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Bonds: Spain and France complete successful auctions
These were the yields and movements on some of the most watched 10 year bonds just before the close in Europe:
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Safer debt soars across world as euro storm builds
Political disarray in Greece and fresh fears about Spain's banks have triggered a scramble for the world's lowest-risk government bonds, with investors willing to accept returns of next to nothing in exchange ...
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Europe's banks on the brink
LONDON, May 17 (IFR) - The euro zone crisis was in full swing when Jean-Claude Trichet took the podium in Berlin last October 6 for his final press conference as president of the European Central Bank. Having helped create one of the longest periods of price stability in the history of central banking, Trichet was closing out his eight-year reign under siege. Soaring oil prices had made a ...
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Gilts tick up ahead of services PMI, linker sale
LONDON (Reuters) - Gilt futures nudged higher early on Thursday as many investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a survey on the UK's dominant services sector, and awaited an auction of 2034 index-linked gilts. Gilts enjoyed some background support from data overnight from mortgage lender Nationwide showing that British house prices unexpectedly fell in April after the government ended a tax ...
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UK Economy Could Get $122 Billion Boost from LTE Services
The UKs economy could be boosted by 0.5 percent -- equivalent to £75bn (US$122 billion) today -- by the end of the decade if LTE based mobile services are deployed.
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4GBritain campaign prompts early LTE carnage
Demands for an accelerated 4G roll-out in the UK has prompted carrier arguments with a sprinkling of celebrity garnish, as LTE urgency re-opens old network rivalries. 4GBritain has been set up by Everything Everywhere – the combo-carrier behind Orange and T-Mobile UK – to apply pressure to the government and industry regulator Ofcom to speed up the Read The Full Story
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