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News and comment

Welcome to your on-line financial newsletter. This service is regularly updated to bring you news of important developments in financial matters.

The news stories on this page have been written and produced by a third party and neither nor its representatives can be held responsible for the accuracy of the content/information contained within these stories.

Citywire Investment News

• Forecast-beating BP delights dividend hunters
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:29:41 Z
  Patience has proved to be a virture for BP shareholders with the oil giant raising its dividend for the first time since the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the back of bumper profits.
  

• Heartwood goes on defensive with multi-asset fund launch
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:06:09 Z
  Heartwood Investment Management is launching a defensive fund for Martin Perry to complement it's five-strong multi-asset range.  
  

• Schroders unveils strategic bond fund for ex GLG AAA-rated star
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:57:48 Z
  The asset manager plans to launch the Schroder Strategic Bond fund for former Citywire AAA-rated star Gareth Isaac, who joined the firm from GLG last year.
  

• Xstrata shares fall as Glencore ?merger of equals? unveiled
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:38:19 Z
  FTSE 100 treads water as Greek debt restructuring talks continue; Talk Talk surges after lifting profit guidance.
  

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.
  

BBC Business News

• UK bookings boost for Tui Travel
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:21:05 GMT
  Europe's biggest travel group Tui Travel says its UK bookings have performed better than the overall market in recent months.
  

• Stores offer warranty concessions
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:19:06 GMT
  Dixons, Comet and Argos have pledged to improve the way extended warranties for electrical goods are sold, the Office for Fair Trading says.
  

• Euro 'could survive Greece exit'
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:14:32 GMT
  EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes piles pressure on Greece to agree tough reforms, saying a euro exit would be "no man overboard".
  

• AUDIO: Peston on the Glencore Xstrata merger
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:48:21 GMT
  One of the richest men in Switzerland, Ivan Glasenberg, is about to become even richer with the merger of Glencore with a mining company called Xstrata in a deal is worth £57bn. Robert Peston has more details on the creation of GlencoreXstrata Incorporated.
  

Citywire News

• Argos, Comet and Dixons vow to fix extended warranty market
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:54:22 Z
  The three largest extended warranty providers have vowed to demystify the £1 billion market after an investigation revealed customers are not getting value for money.
  

• Xstrata shares fall as Glencore ?merger of equals? unveiled
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:38:19 Z
  FTSE 100 treads water as Greek debt restructuring talks continue; Talk Talk surges after lifting profit guidance.
  

• BP raises dividend as profits jump
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:29:11 Z
  Investors, who have waited patiently for a higher dividend since 2010?s Gulf of Mexico disaster, will receive a payment of eight cents per share.
  

• The Expert View: French Connection, Legal General and Cineworld
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:01:00 Z
  A round-up of analyst notes, including their take on William Hill and Game
  

BBC News

• Russian envoy in crisis-hit Syria
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:29:40 GMT
  Russia's foreign minister is greeted by pro-government crowds as he arrives in Syria to meet President Assad, amid rising violence in the country.
  

• Did Dickens really save poor children and clean up the slums?
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:26:53 GMT
  From Oliver Twist to A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens highlighted poverty and squalor. But did he really help change things?
  

• Euro 'could survive Greece exit'
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:14:32 GMT
  EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes piles pressure on Greece to agree tough reforms, saying a euro exit would be "no man overboard".
  

• Fassbender scoops Standard award
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:06:48 GMT
  Shame actor Michael Fassbender wins the best actor prize at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, while Olivia Colman takes the best actress prize for Tyrannosaur.
  

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