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  • Asia: Hong Kong surges on China reform plans

    Monday 12 May 2014

    The Hang Seng powered ahead on Monday after Beijing outlined its plans for capital market liberalisation while the Nikkei remained in negative territory as investors weighed up a raft of corporate earnings.

  • Just Retirement posts strong quarter despite Budget changes

    Monday 12 May 2014

    IUA sales up 34 per cent; Robust demand for lifetime mortgages; Adapting business model to reflect reforms

  • Thursday newspaper round-up: Exporters, Pfizer, Saudi Arabia

    Monday 12 May 2014

    Growing confidence among Britain’s army of exporters has fuelled hopes that the government can meet its ambitious target of doubling overseas sales to 1trn pounds by 2020. In their latest health check of the sector, the British Chambers of Commerce and DHL Express found that 71 per cent expected turnover to improve in the second quarter, while 40 per cent hoped to increase staff, the highest on

  • Commodities: Crude reclaims 102 dollars, nickel losses accelerate

    Monday 12 May 2014

    Crude oil futures moved back above 102 dollars a barrel on Friday and booked a weekly increase of 2 per cent as investors cheered upbeat US housing data.

  • Taylor Wimpey bullish with 'new and enhanced' financial targets

    Monday 12 May 2014

    Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey gave a bullish outlook on Tuesday with a 'new and enhanced set of financial targets' as the housing market goes from strength to strength.

  • London pre-open: FTSE to rise, traders eye stimulus in China

    Friday 09 May 2014

    The week is set to get off to a positive start for UK stocks, following a mixed picture in Asia overnight and a decent finish in the US on Friday.

  • HSBC sells Pakistan bank

    Friday 09 May 2014

    HSBC Middle East has entered into an agreement to sell its banking business in Pakistan to Meezan Bank.

  • Capita on track after 'strong start' to 2014

    Friday 09 May 2014

    1.1bn pounds of contracts year-to-date; Bid pipeline at 5.5bn pounds; On track to hit forecasts.

  • Monday newspaper round-up: Mark Carney, Petroleum reserves, AstraZeneca

    Friday 09 May 2014

    The government's Help to Buy scheme could distort the entire mortgage market and may have to be curbed, the governor of the Bank of England warned yesterday. Mark Carney said that the programme to help new home owners to secure a mortgage with a deposit of as little as five per cent may be encouraging a return to risky home loans. The remarks represent the most explicit sign that the Bank of

  • Monday newspaper round-up: Ukraine, House price rises, Interest rates

    Friday 09 May 2014

    Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine declared victory in a secession referendum Sunday, ratcheting up tensions between the West and Moscow, which by recognizing the results could push the country toward a breakup. Ukraine called the vote illegal and riddled with irregularities, and part of a wider campaign by Moscow to punish Kiev for pursuing closer relations with Europe. - The Wall Street

  • Sunday share tips: easyJet, Drax, Congyar

    Friday 09 May 2014

    Buy shares of easyJet, the Sunday Times’s Danny Fortson advised in his Inside the City column. Rival budget airline Ryanair is playing catch-up on the service front but easyJet has already gone up-market by making life easier for passengers and easyJet only competes with its Irish rival on about 5% of routes. The airline’s real goal is to entice passengers away from expensive legacy carriers such

  • Davy Research upbeat about pricing momentum at Mondi

    Friday 09 May 2014

    Davy Research said it sees upside risk at Mondi, keeping an 'outperform' rating on the packaging stock as the momentum in selling prices turns positive.

  • FX round-up: Dollar edges higher after US housing data

    Friday 09 May 2014

    The dollar made decent headway against major currencies on Friday as investors assessed the latest round of US housing figures.

  • Europe midday: Stocks mixed as German economic confidence falls

    Friday 09 May 2014

    German economic sentiment falls; Bundesbank said to back ECB on stimulus; EU accused of 'irresponsible' policy towards Russia

  • Deflation worries in China overdone, say experts

    Friday 09 May 2014

    Following data on Chinese consumer prices (CPI) showing a lower-than-expected increase in inflation and producer prices (PPI) declining sharply, Capital Economics wrote on Friday that worries of deflation in the world's second largest economy are over-exaggerated.

  • UBS downgrades Serco to 'sell' on earnings uncertainty

    Friday 09 May 2014

    UBS has cut its recommendation for Serco from 'neutral' to 'sell', saying that the stock's valuation does not reflect the uncertainty surrounding the outsourcing group's earnings.

  • UK manufacturing output rose more than expected in March

    Friday 09 May 2014

    UK industrial production slipped by 0.1 per cent month-over-month in March, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

  • Sunday newspaper round-up: AstraZeneca, BSkyB, interest rates

    Friday 09 May 2014

    Pfizer has been advised by a top US law firm that its assurances over the proposed £63bn takeover of AstraZeneca are legally binding, the Sunday Times reported. Chief Executive Ian Read hopes the opinion from Skadden Arps will help cool the political argument over his intended deal. He will be questioned by MPs on two select committees this week amid calls for the bid to be subject to public

  • NIESR hikes predictions for GDP growth

    Friday 09 May 2014

    The UK economy will grow by 2.9 per cent this year and 2.4 per cent in 2015, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has predicted.

  • Rolls-Royce announces 60m pounds of offshore orders

    Thursday 08 May 2014

    Rolls-Royce has secured over 60m pounds of orders for its offshore ship designs and equipment from a variety of international customers.

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