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FT.com - Financial Markets News

  • Stocks hold gains after cautious Fed outlook
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:10:51 GMT
    Global Markets Overview: Risky assets are holding steady as strong company earnings and a bit of good news on the US job front counteract a cautious assessment of the economic recovery by the Federal Reserve
  • Pharmaceuticals help European bourses rebound
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:36:37 GMT
    A clutch of impressive earnings from some of the Europe?s biggest companies helps improve sentiment, as the region?s traders turn away from worrying US data and concentrate on robust corporate newsflow
  • Dollar pressured by US economic outlook
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:50:58 GMT
    The Federal Reserve?s cautious outlook for the world?s biggest economy sends the dollar to a three-month low on a trade-weighted basis, as further fragile data adds to concern

BBC Business News

  • House price inflation eases again
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:12:47 +0000
    UK house prices fell 0.5% in July, the Nationwide says, cutting the annual rate of house price inflation to 6.6% from 8.7%.
  • China agrees Guinea mining deal
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:02:00 +0000
    Mining giant Rio Tinto completes a deal with Chinese firm Chalco to enter a joint venture in West Africa.
  • Scottish review warns of job cuts
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:49:37 +0000
    Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.
  • BT profit up despite revenue fall
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:38:36 +0000
    BT reports what it describes as "acceptable" quarterly results, with profits sharply higher despite a fall in revenue.

BBC News

  • Car 'surrounded by bonfire mob'
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:20:02 +0000
    A man charged in connection with an alleged hit-and-run at an "Eleventh Night" bonfire feared he would be murdered, a court hears.
  • 'Many die' as DR Congo boat sinks
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:19:32 +0000
    A boat carrying passengers and goods has capsized on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo killing about 140 people, officials say.
  • Bashir's party doubts Sudan vote
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:16:10 +0000
    President Bashir's NCP says the referendum on south Sudan's secession cannot happen until the internal border is decided.
  • Frenchwoman faces babies charges
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:16:01 +0000
    A woman is investigated over the deaths of eight newborn babies, while her husband is freed without charge, after remains are found in north France.