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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... full bailout. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies rose 0.20 per cent to 5,779.42 points after official data showed Britain's recession-hit economy shrank less than initially thought in the second quarter. Frankfurt's Dax 30 climbed 0.19 per cent ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie sells infra to Asia's richest man

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... well as other AMP Capital managed funds. Last year Cheung Kong paid approximately US$4bn for Northumbrian Water, one of Britain's biggest water utilities. Cheung Kong already owns infrastructure businesses in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, mainland ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... European blue-chips. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed essentially unchanged at 5498.32 points despite news that Britain's recession deepened substantially in the second quarter of 2012. British gross domestic product slumped by a worse-than-expected ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... main rate at a record low of 0.50 per cent and announced STG50 billion ($A76 billion) in additional stimulus to boost Britain's recession-hit economy. That brought the total amount of stimulus provided by the BoE so far to STG375 billion ($A572.91 billion). ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... with a decision by the BoE to pump out an additional STG50 billion ($A76.78 billion) in stimulus to boost recession-hit Britain. When trading ended for the day in London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was essentially unchanged at 5,684.47 points. US markets ...

Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... lack of trust in government and in policy," Thomas said. The public treatment of private philanthropy is topical, with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne using his budget speech in March to argue tax breaks to wealthy donors were overly ...

Research: Australian private banks fall behind

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... tellingly for the state of the local market, CoreData, which conducted a similar survey in the UK, found that although Britain's top three private banks got marked at an average of more than eight out of 10 by clients on satisfaction, the top three scores ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... private-sector building even though the overall data was being held back by government spending cutbacks. LONDON - Shares listed on Britain's stock exchange have climbed higher as investors were cheered by upbeat US economic data in the absence of input ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... $US1.3316 in New York late on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets slipped as more weak economic data out of the US and Britain stoked concerns about the global economy. Tokyo stocks fell 0.67 per cent, or 67.78 points, to 10,114.79, and Seoul fell 0.85 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... comments that it might release some of its strategic oil stocks to help moderate the market, after reports that the US and Britain were weighing the same move. LONDON - European stocks have closed lower, with investors hesitant after recent gains on ...