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Wed 10 Mar 2010
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed that the 2010 Budget will be delivered on 24 March, six weeks before the anticipated general election date of 6 May.
In a speech at Thomson Reuters in Canary Wharf, Brown said the Budget would take place in “two weeks’ time.” Brown also said that the government had guided Britain through an economic “storm” and declared: “We will do whatever it takes.”
Chancellor Alistair Darling later gave official confirmation of the exact date, Wednesday 24 March, in a written statement to Parliament. Darling will have to convince voters that the government can tackle Britain’s record deficit. He previously p... Read more
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Britain’s manufacturers had it tougher than expected in January as the awful weather contributed to the first fall in output for five months.
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British Airways and union Unite are locked in talks aimed at averting a strike by thousands of cabin crew.
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Wed 10 Mar 2010
The market traded sideways over the lunchtime session allowing the blue-chip index to retain its tenuous position above the 6500 level.
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1340: Footsie is little changed as investors now look towards the US open. Petrofac is now the top riser helped by an upgrade from RBS which has mulled over the record numbers announced by the oil and gas plant provider...
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Leaf Clean Energy, which recently saw its plans to merge with carbon trader Trading Emissions fall through, said it plans to buy back just under 15% of its shares at no more than 65p a share.
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Week Ahead |
Wednesday 10 Mar
Finals 32Red, Alkane Energy, Ark Therapeutics, Brady, Cape, Chime Communications, Costain Group, Dawson International, European Islamic Investment Bank, F&C Asset Management, Glanbia, Inchcape, Interserve, Laird, MCB Finance Group, Melrose, Modern Water, Oxford Biomedica, ReneSola, SQS Software Quality Systems, Standard Life, StatPro Group, Terrace Hill, Tullow Oil, Yule Catto
AGMs Interbulk Group, CareTech Holding, Invista European Real Estate Trust, Sperati (Ca)
Thursday 11 Mar
Finals AFC Energy, Arbuthnot Banking Group, Charlemagne Capital, Cineworld Group, Clarkson, Computacenter, Dignity, Dolphin Capital Investors, Flying Brands, Johnston Press, Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets, Old Mutual, Omega Insurance Holdings, Tikit
AGMs Jupiter Second Split Trust Geared Shares, Sanderson Group, Avesco Group
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