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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
  • 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

BBC Business News

  • '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.
  • 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

  • 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.

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