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Eurozone bonds 'creep' upwards over bailout uncertainty
Bond yields across the eurozone will continue to rise despite leaders reaching a bailout deal for Greece last week, as details of the plan are too scant to calm investors.
25 Jul 2011
World markets slide as US debt deadlock raises default fears
Wall Street followed European and Asian markets lower unsettled by dealock between US lawmakers over a deal to raise Washington's debt limit that is crucial to avoid a default in the world's largest economy.
25 Jul 2011
Shareholder cheer as UK dividends soar 27pc
Investors in British companies are to receive an extra £19bn in dividends this year – raising the total of dividend pay-outs to their highest level since before the financial crisis.
25 Jul 2011
The week ahead – July 25, 2011: economics, results, meetings and updates
Reckitt Benckiser has two claims to fame: Bart Becht, the best paid chief executive on the FTSE 100, and that it invented Cillit Bang.
24 Jul 2011
Let us hope that the US realises quite what a mess it’s in
'America will always do the right thing, but only after exhausting all the other options." Winston Churchill's words ring truer than ever today, with just over a week remaining before the US Government's cheques start bouncing.
23 Jul 2011
Markets focus on detail of Greek bailout
Euphoria following the eurozone leaders' agreement to bailout Greece gradually faded yesterday.
23 Jul 2011
FTSE live: market report - as it happened July 22, 2011
The blue-chip index gave up some of its intra-day gains after Fitch warned Greece of 'selective default' and the US markets headed south
22 Jul 2011
Invest in UK industry
Questor editor Garry White says we're still good at making things.
22 Jul 2011
FTSE: market report live
Financial stocks have helped the blue-chip finish in positive territory
21 Jul 2011
Astra under microscope on drug verdicts
AstraZeneca spent much of Wednesday looking under the weather after advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) narrowly rejected an experimental diabetes pill developed by the British drug maker and a decision on its key new heart drug loomed.
20 Jul 2011
Risk of stock market crash is building
The threat of a stock market crash is escalating, warned the chief executive of the respected Centre for Economics and Business Research.
20 Jul 2011
Traders take a punt on betting businesses
Concerns over potential changes to gambling regulation in Britain have kept betting businesses under the whip of late, but punters piled in on Tuesday amid hopes the odds could lengthen on Germany overhauling its gambling laws.
19 Jul 2011
IMF warns markets 'unconvinced' eurozone can resolve debt crisis
The International Monetary Fund warned that markets doubted the eurozone's ability to find a solution to the debt crisis as it urged European leader to act fast to halt contagion that could damage the global economy.
19 Jul 2011
Market rout halts but doubts remain: reaction
Markets steadied as traders sought bargains following a sharp fall on Monday, but analysts cautioned that investors were still wary about the eurozone debt crisis.
19 Jul 2011
Markets bounce but nerves over eurozone debt summit limits gains
Markets recovered their poise and the euro steadied on Tuesday morning, but caution remained ahead of a crucial summit on Thursday where eurozone leaders will try to agree on a second rescue package for Greece.
19 Jul 2011
Wall St falls as debt default day edges closer
Stock markets fell on Wall Street as the prospect of the US government defaulting on its debts moved a step closer after another day of political paralysis in Washington.
18 Jul 2011
Nervous investors flee to safe havens
“Safe haven” was the watchword on investors’ lips as deepening debt concerns on both sides of the Atlantic prompted a flight to defensive equities and precious metals.
18 Jul 2011
FTSE: market report live
Asia begins nervous start to week as banking woes, US weigh on markets.
18 Jul 2011
FTSE live: market report - as it happened July 15, 2011
The FTSE 100 slipped back, chalking up its biggest weekly loss since March, as traders awaited the European banking stress test results.
18 Jul 2011
Week ahead: economic events, corporate results July 18-22
Wednesday will see the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee's latest meeting parsed for clues as to whether pumping more money into the economy through further quantitative easing (QE) is, as some suspect, now looking more likely than a rise in interest rates – despite high inflation.
17 Jul 2011
Euro debt crisis germs will spread unless politicians act
Tom Stevenson says the only sustainable solution to the eurozone debt crisis is greater fiscal integration and until politicians respond financial markets will remain volatitle.
16 Jul 2011
Why the debt test is one that we can't afford to fail
Investors don't believe Europe has the willpower to solve its problems, says Martin Vander Weyer.
16 Jul 2011
Batten down the hatches against a bear market
Many of Britain's best-known fund managers are going into cash, gold.
16 Jul 2011
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