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London shares remain lower as Wall St slides; banks fall on ongoing credit woes (AFX)

yahoo.com     3 hrs ago   5 related          

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Leading shares were under further pressure in midafternoon deals as Wall Street opened in the red, weighed down by the banking sector on renewed worries over the health of the U.S. financial sector,...                    

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Tuesday tips round-up: Woolworths, Hiscox, Raymarine (ShareCast)

yahoo.com     2 hrs ago   1 related          

LONDON (ShareCast) - Shares in Hiscox (LSE: 179095.L - news) have done well recently and investors should see the insurer as a safe buy, even if they are not going to make huge returns in the next few months. So with ROE still...                    

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Tesco Selects RedPrairie's Enterprise Workforce Management Solution for Managing Its Global Store...

earthtimes.org     10 hrs ago          

LONDON - (Business Wire) RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimisation company, announced today that Tesco, one of the world's leading international retailers, will implement RedPrairie’s Workforce...                    

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Speciality business behind advance at Hiscox

ft.com     yesterday   1 related          

A move towards speciality insurance work for high net-worth individuals and small businesses lifted first-half profits at Hiscox. The insurer, based in Bermuda, also benefited from lower claims as it reported a 3.4 per cent...                    

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Need to know: Domino’s sandwiches ... Lloyds TSB cuts ... Rio in India

timesonline.co.uk     yesterday          

Economics London retail sales, on a like-for-like basis, bucked the grim UK trend by jumping 6.2 per cent in the year to July, British Retail Consortium figures showed. In June, sales rose by 9 per cent on a year earlier,...                    

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Chairman could swap FSA frying pan for the PM's fire

telegraph.co.uk     yesterday          

Sir Callum McCarthy, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, has been on a goodbye tour to meet up with some of the world's uber-bankers before hanging up his boots next month. But what will the quietly spoken Scot do next?                    

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Fay blows oil stocks higher amid supply concerns

telegraph.co.uk     yesterday          

By Peter Taylor Energy stocks found favour yesterday over concerns about supply as tropical storm Fay threatened facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. Evolution analyst Charles Cooper said the company had "an outstanding set of...                    

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Market forces: Shares in housing companies in decline

guardian.co.uk     yesterday          

Shares in housing companies were sent into decline yesterday after more evidence emerged of a slowdown in the property market. Taylor Wimpey lost 3.75p to close at 46.75p, a 7.4% decline that made it the biggest percentage...                    

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Record profits from wealthy insurance

scotsman.com     yesterday          

HISCOX, the high-end insurance company, yesterday shrugged off the effects of turbulent financial markets to post record interim pre-tax profits. The insurer, which is based in Bermuda but listed in London, said pre-tax profits...                    

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London close: FTSE 100 gives up gains (ShareCast)

yahoo.com     Aug 18, 2008   17 related          

LONDON (ShareCast) - Miner BHP Billiton (LSE: BLT.L - news) advanced, helped by higher metals prices and strong full-year results. Kazakhmys (LSE: Recruitment group Adecco (Virt-X: ADEN.VX - news) says it still wants a friendly...                    

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