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FT.com - Financial Markets News

• Strong growth outlook lifts Swiss franc
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:52:27 GMT
  The Swiss franc rose to its highest level for a year against the euro as the central bank revised its growth forecast for the economy to 1.5 per cent
  

• Push for clearing houses fails to move oil traders
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:35:10 GMT
  Appetite for risk points to oil traders? renewed faith in the strength of their trading counterparties
  

• Is this the lull before the storm for US mortgages?
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:14:35 GMT
  What exactly is happening in the bowels of the American mortgage market? asks Gillian Tett
  

• Getco becomes NYSE Liffe US shareholder
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:48:07 GMT
  Getco, the Chicago-based market-making firm, on Wednesday became a shareholder in NYSE Liffe?s US futures exchange and received its first seat on the board of the futures industry?s main trade association
  

• FTSE falls as mining losses outweigh retail gains
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:44:00 GMT
  UK stocks lost ground on Thursday as investors shrugged off pleasing earnings reports from the retail sector and instead sold off mining stocks
  

BBC Business News

• Free financial advice launched
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:31:34 GMT
  A free national financial advice service is being launched by the government.
  

• 'No decision yet' on BA strikes
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:24:35 GMT
  The union representing BA cabin crew says there will be no immediate announcement about strike dates.
  

• 'No giveaway Budget' says Darling
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:22:44 GMT
  Chancellor Alistair Darling warns people not to expect a "giveaway" when he unveils the government's Budget later this month.
  

• Record judgement: Pink Floyd win EMI court battle
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:52:45 GMT
  Pink Floyd tracks may be removed from digital music services like iTunes after a High Court ruling.
  

• HMRC ready to back Pompey set-up
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:08:29 GMT
  The validity of Portsmouth's administration will not be challenged by HM Revenue Customs, the BBC learns.
  

Times Online Top Stories

• Iraq hostage Peter Moore - my ordeal
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:27:37 GMT
  Peter Moore, the sole survivor of Britain?s worst kidnap crisis in two decades, was hung off a door by his arms and doused in water by his captors, feared he would die from dysentery and spent months shackled to a grill on the wall.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440134/s/9774845/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750285172/u/0/f/440134/c/32313/s/158812229/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750285172/u/0/f/440134/c/32313/s/158812229/a2.img" border="0"//a
  

• Labour goes to war against the ex-generals
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:22:54 GMT
  The row between senior former service chiefs and the Prime Minister escalated today with the Prime Minister defending the government's record against renewed criticism and the Defence Secretary accusing the former Defence Chief, Lord Guthrie, of "having an issue" with the Prime Minister.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440134/s/976a5b2/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750280886/u/0/f/440134/c/32313/s/158770610/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750280886/u/0/f/440134/c/32313/s/158770610/a2.img" border="0"//a
  

• Expenses four defy court and plead not guilty
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:03:48 GMT
  Three Labour MPs and a Conservative peer pleaded not guilty to fiddling their Parliamentary expenses today as they continued to insist that they should not face justice in court.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440134/s/9769136/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750051845/u/0/f/440134/c/32313/s/158765366/kg/68/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750051845/u/0/f/440134/c/32313/s/158765366/kg/68/a2.img" border="0"//a
  

• David Askew collapsed and died after decade of attacks
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:57 GMT
  A 64-year-old man with learning difficulties was ?tormented to death? after being bullied by yobs for more than a decade, neighbours claimed today.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440134/s/9764b2e/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750049183/u/0/f/440134/c/32313/s/158747438/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750049183/u/0/f/440134/c/32313/s/158747438/a2.img" border="0"//a
  

• Suicide bomb plot suspect 'volunteered as British Airways cabin crew'
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:19:19 GMT
  A British Airways computer expert charged with terror offences planned to take advantage of a strike by BA staff to become a temporary member of the cabin crew, a court heard today.img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440134/s/975f866/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750276297/u/0/f/440134/c/32313/s/158726246/kg/15/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750276297/u/0/f/440134/c/32313/s/158726246/kg/15/a2.img" border="0"//a
  

Citywire News

• PPF boss says size not insolvencies driving riskier investment strategy
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:44:10 GMT
  Pension Protection Fund (PPF) chief executive Alan Rubenstein denies that recent moves to a more aggressive investment strategy are driven by a surge in insolvency claims.
  

• The HSBC 1.99% mortgage is back again
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:53:10 GMT
  HSBC is relaunching its 1.99% mortgage for borrowers who can afford a 40% deposit.
  

• FSA to link with ombudsman and OFT to form consumer committee
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:26:44 GMT
  The Financial Services Authority has teamed up with the Office of Fair Trading and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to create a new consumer protection committee.
  

• Why BP is a must-own for income seekers
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:10:00 GMT
  BP has bought more assets in the Gulf of Mexico and its first licenses in Brazil, adding to its already robust production growth prospects.
  

• Could the Chancellor unveil a Budget sweetener for ISA savers?
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:01:00 GMT
  Allowing ISA savers to invest their whole allowance into cash investments might be a cheap and easy way of wooing middle class voters.
  

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