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Pound hits new trough vs euro (Interactive Investor)
Wed 09 Apr, 2008 09:17
2008-04-09 02:45:58 -
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-04-09 10:25 GMT: TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Macroeconomics highlights to 10:10 BST (Interactive Investor)
2008-04-09 10:00:32 Euro zone Q4 GDP up 0.4 pct from Q3, unchanged vs provisional
2008-04-09 02:48:07 -
U.K. Consumer Confidence Falls to Lowest Since 2004 (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
April 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. consumer confidence fell to the lowest in almost four years in March as banks curtailed lending and the housing-market downturn worsened, Nationwide Building Society said.
2008-04-09 02:55:37 -
Green concerns about things in a nano-tech package (ZDNet)
The green profile of nanotech is being called into question by Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC), which is recommending the development of new policies that account for the relatively unexplored of the materials within. The group outlines the nature of its concerns in a report called "Regulating...
2008-04-06 11:52:01 -
How much can you borrow now? (BBC News)
An expert describes how the upheaval in the mortgage market is affecting borrowers' choices.
2008-04-07 02:58:41 -
Cabell Huntington room renovations nearly complete (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
HUNTINGTON -- Renovations on private patient rooms for the Neurosciences Unit at Cabell Huntington Hospital are nearly complete.
2008-04-07 09:03:40 -
Retirement prospects looking less rosy (Toronto Star)
Retirement is getting more expensive and perilous in the wake of America's mortgage and financial crisis. The fear of a recession has increased the risk you will have less income in retirement, or have to work longer.
2008-04-08 01:39:16 -
Nils Pratley: It's hard to credit Halifax's optimism (Guardian Unlimited)
Nils Pratley: Tell us, Halifax, how bad is it? Your statistics show the biggest monthly fall in house prices for 15 years
2008-04-08 04:39:57 -
Rich getting richer, poor getting poorer (San Francisco Chronicle)
The harder Tina Flores works, the more it seems like she falls behind. The Oakland woman is a full-time secretary at Kaiser Permanente, where her husband David holds a job as a records clerk. Together the two of them earn about $75,000. But, with three kids...
2008-04-09 12:36:45 -
It’s fair to bank on a bit of shelter from the wind (icWales)
NY remaining hopes that the cold economic winds blowing from the United States would pass Britain by must be dashed by today’s grim figures on the housing market.
2008-04-08 11:00:28 -
BoE offers more 3mth cash, says will act when needed (Gulf Times)
The Bank of England yesterday said it would lend banks an extra £15bn ($29.71bn) over three months and said further action could follow to help ease the credit crunch.
2008-04-08 11:02:53 -
DELHI DIARY (Gulf Times)
Price controls alone won’t help tame inflation By A K B Krishnan ONLY a couple of months back did Finance Minister P Chidambaram draw loud cheers from governing lawmakers as he presented a populist budget loaded with all-pleasing tax cuts and a massive $15bn scheme to write off the debts of millions of small farmers.
2008-04-08 11:07:55 -
Aberdeen Cuts Holdings of Indian Bonds on Inflation (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Aberdeen Asset Management Plc. , Scotland's biggest independent money manager, said it cut its holdings of Indian bonds by a third after inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in three years.
2008-04-08 11:23:39 -
Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner)
The opposition, led by the Democratic Party of Japan, said former bureaucrats at the powerful Finance Ministry were too politically connected and could endanger the independence of the central bank of the world's second-largest economy.
2008-04-08 11:33:45 -
Brown says rates can be cut amid house price drop (Christian Today)
House prices fell sharply in March hardening expectations of an interest rate cut this week and prompting unusually blunt remarks on rate policy from Prime Minister Gordon Brown whose popularity has slumped
2008-04-08 11:36:36