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Citywire Investment News
- Tech trusts: should the betamax moments turn you off?
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:22:40 Z
The tech sector has enjoyed a spectacular three-year run, but the wide discounts in the closed-end soace may be a telling sign investors still bear a grudge after the 2001 crash.
- Investment complaints at Barclays Bank jump 77% in 2011
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:59:14 Z
Complaints linked to investments at Barclays spiked between 2010 and 2011, despite a broader 30% fall in gripes about the bank's other services.
- FundsNetwork strikes platform deal with Barclays Stockbrokers
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:42:24 Z
Fidelity FundsNetwork has struck an exclusive deal with the bank to provide its core fund platform in a move which will see it go head to head with the likes of Hargreaves Lansdown.
- Alan Miller teams with Deutsche to launch UK's first ETF of ETFs
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:25:09 Z
SCM Private is launching the first exchange traded fund (ETF) of ETFs in the UK in conjunction with db X-trackers, to provide a low-cost, actively managed multi-asset strategy.
BBC Business News
- Business attacks 'snobbish' - PM
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:11:58 GMT
David Cameron is to praise business for its 'vital role' in society later and say attacks on wealth creators are motivated by "snobbery".
- Lin in 'Linsanity' trademark bid
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:16:10 GMT
New York Knicks basketball player Jeremy Lin files to trademark the term "linsanity", used to characterize his rapid rise to NBA stardom.
- The tax credit system changes from April 2012
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:05:20 GMT
How the tax credit system will change from April
- Journey around the public sector
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:05:10 GMT
Public sector casualty seeks private sector job
BBC News
- Degree courses 'cut by a quarter'
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:32:00 GMT
The number of full-time undergraduate degree courses offered at UK universities has fallen by 27% over the past six years, data shows.
- Arroyo pleads not guilty to fraud
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:30:51 GMT
Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo pleads not guilty to electoral fraud before a court in Manila.
- Skin cancer drug hopes from study
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:19:29 GMT
A new treatment for advanced skin cancer almost doubles survival times, according to an international study.
- Business attacks 'snobbish' - PM
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:11:58 GMT
David Cameron is to praise business for its 'vital role' in society later and say attacks on wealth creators are motivated by "snobbery".