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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2005
... Standard & Poor's 500 Index advanced 4.41 points to 1195.90. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 6.27 points to 2090.35. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index closed lower to end the week more than two per cent below Monday's four-year record high, led by Cable ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2005
... Poor's 500 index slipped 2.11 points to 1226.70. The Nasdaq Composite Index edged up 3.74 points to 2155.43. LONDON - Britain's top shares closed above 5,500 points for the first time in four years, with pharmacy firms Boots and Alliance Unichem leading ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2005
... For the week, the Dow ended down two per cent, the S&P fell 1.8 per cent and the Nasdaq declined two per cent. LONDON - Britain's top share index finished higher after Hurricane Rita weakened on its approach to the US and shares in Imperial Tobacco hit ...

Global investment flows seen recovering after three-year slide

... in 2000-2001. Investment flows into the developed world as a whole slumped 25% to US$367 billion dollars in 2003, with Britain and Germany suffering particularly low inflows. But money invested in poorer countries increased by 9% to US$172 billion dollars ...

FSA eases proposals for UK's with-profits funds

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2004
Britain\'s financial watchdog on Thursday relaxed tough proposals on life insurers\' obligations to holders of with-profits policies who have seen bonus payments slashed in recent years. The Financial Services Authority is forcing insurers to publish ...

UK launches probe into Citigroup bond trading

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2004
Britain\'s financial watchdog said on Wednesday it had launched a probe into unusual trading by U.S. financial services giant Citigroup in European government bond and derivative markets earlier this month. The enquiry centres around Citigroup\'s sale ...

Challenger in talks to sell UK properties for $762 mln: Report

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
... Services Group is in exclusive talks to sell its British property assets for 295 million pounds ($762 million) in one of Britain\'s biggest commercial property investment deals this year. The Australian newspaper reported that it is thought the UK assets ...

Finance firm to launch India's first Islamic mutual fund

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
... United States, Muslims living in South Asia and the Gulf region have been hesitant about putting their money in the US and Britain. \"We will tap the Gulf money that is finding it difficult to make its way into the American capital markets due to stringent ...

China committed to strong measures to contain growth, Premier Wen says

... elect their own leaders. Wen, on the eve of a 10-day tour that includes stops in Germany, Belgium, Italy, Ireland and Britain, also said he hoped to build on a partnership with the European Union -- his first visit to the continent since he was named ...

Bank of England raises key interest rate to 4%

The Bank of England said yesterday it would increase Britain's benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4%. The rate hike is the bank's second in three months, and it comes amid concerns that a strengthening in the economy might stoke inflation. ...