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Mon 08 Feb 2010
The UK economy may have emerged from recession during the fourth quarter, but Tuesday’s retail sales and housing data are expected to reinforce doubts about the strength of the recovery.
Bad weather and less aggressive discounting by retailers in January is seen limiting the like for like rise in retail sales last month to just 0.5%.
That’s much less than the 4.2% growth the British Retail Consortium (BRC) reported for December. The year-on-year figure is seen up 3.3%, down from 6% the month before.
“The muted outlook for consumer spending underpins our belief that the economy will find it very difficult to grow by more... Read more
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Around 3,700 jobs at risk after discount clothing retailer Ethel Austin and sister homewares chain Au Naturale called in administrators.
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Japanese car giant Toyota’s woes look set to worsen with the group poised to recall 300,000 Prius hybrid models because of concerns over the brakes.
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Wall Street's battle back to 10,000 less than an hour before London closed gave shares enough ammunition to stage a late rally.
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1630: Close The FTSE 100 closed up 31 at 5,092 as the Dow Jones regained the 10,000 level, albeit briefly. It was a good performance from London which had traded down almost 30 points at lunchtime. A weaker dollar pushed...
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Pay-TV BSkyB said it is selling part of its 17.9% holding in struggling broadcaster ITV following a two year legal battle to hang onto the shares.
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Week Ahead |
Tuesday 09 Feb
Finals Alphameric, Prodesse Investment Ltd., Sarantel Group 'A', Sarantel Group 'B', Sperati (Ca), Wolfson Microelectronics
AGMs British Portfolio Trust, TUI Travel, Victrex, Commercial Bank of Qatar GDR (Reg S), Enegi Oil, Hardide
Wednesday 10 Feb
Finals CSR, Pacific Assets Trust, Reckitt Benckiser Group, Smurfit Kappa Group, Telecity Group, Travis Perkins
AGMs Impax Asset Management Group, Daily Mail and General Trust, Pressure Technologies, Grainger, Andor Technology, MedicX Fund Ltd.
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