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News and comment

Welcome to your on-line financial newsletter. This service is regularly updated to bring you news of important developments in financial matters.

The news stories on this page have been written and produced by a third party and neither nor its representatives can be held responsible for the accuracy of the content/information contained within these stories.

FT.com - Financial Markets News

• Positive employment data lift US stocks
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:12:45 GMT
  US stocks hit six-month high on news that unemployment fell to a three-year low in January with banks among the main beneficiaries
  

• Stocks surge on strong US jobs data
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:46:46 GMT
  Equities and commodities benefit from robust US employment data with the FTSE All-World index at its best levels since start of August
  

• Brent pulls further ahead of West Texas crude
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:16:52 GMT
  Commodities enjoy strong start with the price of Brent crude supported by geopolitical concerns and the demise of Petroplus
  

Citywire Investment News

• 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.
  

BBC News

• Heavy snowfall leads to warnings
  Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:53:54 GMT
  Snow is falling across much of the country, disrupting flights and leading to calls for drivers to take care.
  

• Warning as heavy snowfall hits UK
  Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:34:44 GMT
  Snow has fallen across much of the UK, with dumps of up to 10cm expected in places, causing disruption to flights and leaving roads treacherous.
  

• Mexico 'cartel enforcer' detained
  Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:09:05 GMT
  Police in Mexico say they have arrested the suspected leader of the Gente Nueva gang, the armed wing of the Sinaloa drug cartel.
  

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