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Oct 11 2008
STOCK markets around the world suffered sharp falls again yesterday as London’s FTSE 100 Index endured its worst week since the Black Monday crash of 1987....
Mar 19 2008
THE world’s stock markets endured another anxious day yesterday as the United States Federal Reserve moved to slash US interest rates by 0.75% and UK inflation figures rose sharply....
Mar 18 2008
GLOBAL stock markets continued to react nervously yesterday as they absorbed the effects of the crisis at US investment bank Bear Stearns and concerns about an American recession....
Mar 17 2008
GLOBAL stock markets continued to react nervously throughout Monday as they absorbed the effects of the crisis at US investment bank Bear Stearns and American recessionary concerns....
Mar 3 2008
THE MAIL ON SUNDAY:...
Feb 26 2008
Takeover speculation and hopes of a dividend hike from Royal Bank of Scotland sent the Footsie as high as 6011.7 at one stage, with a strong start on Wall Street adding to the cheer....
Feb 20 2008
London’s positive start to the week was brought to a juddering halt today after oil prices of more than 100 US dollars a barrel shook confidence....
Feb 19 2008
Banking shares surrendered some of Monday’s strong gains after investors digested results from Barclays and a further write-down by Credit Suisse....
Feb 18 2008
Optimism ahead of results from the banking sector and a surprise rise in house prices helped the FTSE 100 Index surge by nearly 3% today....
Jan 23 2008
IMAGINE the circumstances that would lead the Bank of England to cut interest rates by 0.75%. Last time it met, our MPC balked at the idea of a quarter-point drop....
