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Citywire Investment News

• Sunday Papers: Barclays? profit set for £6bn
  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:09:00 Z
  And Reckitt Benckiser is set to ditch quarterly reporting of profits amid fears that the long-term growth of the company is under threat.
  

• Saturday Papers: Nasdaq jumps to 11-year high on surge in US jobs
  Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:30:00 Z
  The report showed that 243,000 Americans found work in January, helping to drive the unemployment rate down to 8.3% from 8.5% in December.
  

• Overseas funds increase market share as sales plunge 40%
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:39:16 Z
  Non-UK domiciled funds increased their market share as net retail sales across the industry fell by almost 40% in 2011, according to latest statistics from the IMA.
  

• US non-farm payroll posts biggest gain since April
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:40:23 Z
  The US non-farm payroll data has enjoyed its largest spike since April 2011, and the number of jobless claims has also fallen sharply
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• The 20 postcodes most 'at risk' of burglary
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:34 Z
  The areas in the UK that see the most home insurance claims for theft or burglary, and the postcodes that are least at risk.
  

• House prices flat as market 'dogged by uncertainty'
  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
  January marked the eighteenth month that house prices did not rise, according to Hometrack.
  

• Buying a house is now cheaper than renting one
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
  Buying a house is over £100 a month cheaper than renting, according to Halifax. Wales is the exception.
  

• Mansion tax: a terrible, unworkable idea
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:58:02 Z
  Vince Cable?s plan to impose a tax on properties worth more than £2 million is impractical, unethical and cowardly, argues Linton Chiswick.
  

BBC Business News

• Businesses 'cautious' on future
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:50:13 GMT
  UK firms plan to cut back on capital investment and hiring as the UK economic outlook remains gloomy, a report suggests.
  

• Bailout talks to resume in Greece
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:20:01 GMT
  Party leaders in Greece's governing coalition are to resume crisis talks on backing a 130bn-euro rescue plan needed to avoid a debt default.
  

• China issues EU carbon tax 'ban'
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:55:04 GMT
  China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
  

• Greek leaders pause bailout talks
  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:01:42 GMT
  Party leaders in Greece's ruling coalition end talks on details for a crucial 130bn-euro EU rescue plan without agreement.
  

FT.com - Financial Markets News

• Doubt cast on any future Scottish sovereign rating
  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:41:44 GMT
  Standard Poor?s, Moody?s and Fitch have privately indicated that an independent nation could not expect to automatically inherit triple A status
  

• Record global sales of junk bonds
  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:43:18 GMT
  Junk bond issuance totalled a record $19.6bn last week, including a sizeable chunk of debt that European companies sold in the US
  

• Europe?s banks face challenge on capital
  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:40:01 GMT
  According to one person close to the process, as much as half of the measures outlined in those plans do not look credible
  

• Greece takes step closer to default
  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:00:15 GMT
  Officials say government and troika are ?quite far apart? on wage and pension reductions