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Market Insight

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Up to date analysis of the markets and territories that matter the most to those in the business, including Q3 reports

Equities find positive territory
Most G20 bourses closed up in positive territory at the end of Q3. The FTSE 100 went up 21 percent. Between July and Sept...

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Come on, Darling

The Chancellor's speech is likely to address the issues on affordable housing, but doesn't this over...

20th April 2009

Analysing the downturn

Gordon Brown doesn't come across as the nervous type but revelations regarding the proposed smear ca...

14th April 2009

Facing a reality check

It has been a week of positive news for the leaders of our largest economies. But beneath the surfac...

6th April 2009

Summit's up

This week's meeting of the G20 in Canning Town provides Gordon Brown with the opportunity to repair ...

30th March 2009

Revving towards revolution

As has been predicted over the past few months, the motor industry is attempting an eco re-invention...

24th March 2009

Cinematic endings

Gordon Brown has moved to the forefront of global crisis management, but improvement in the UK still...

16th March 2009

Brown leads the way

The PM's successful Congress address looks set to propel Brown to the forefront of economic revival,...

9th March 2009

Mervyn prepares to play the waiting game

As public outrage continues to boil over at Goodwin's pension, Mervyn King steps up to answer questi...

2nd March 2009

Armed and ready?

As we slip further into recession, banks face a race against time to prevent any worsening of the cu...

13th February 2009

Road to recovery

The strengthening of the pound, an increase in house prices - are these the first signs of recovery,...

6th February 2009

Still in the dark

Current economic afflictions are leaving analysts and investors in the dark. But can anyone see the ...

2nd February 2009

The world turns green


With the demand for oil dropping and Obama's commitment to green energy being pushed to the fore, gr...

23rd January 2009

Head over heels

As UK holiday makers began to think about a wet summer in the Lake District to avoid trading on weak...

16th January 2009

Sounding out funds

It seems that low interest rates are having no significant effect on investment in new business oppo...

12th January 2009

An annus horribilis

As 2009 gets underway, we look back at a year to forget for many, and ask just how did 2008 go so ho...

5th January 2009

The saving grace of trade

The falling value of the sterling against the euro may reduce the trade deficit and have the effect ...

19th December 2008

London falling

Once ranked as the strongest economy in Europe, the UK has enjoyed an unprecedented boom since 2001,...

12th December 2008

Less than zero

In emulating the measures taken by the Japanese in the 1990s, it looks likely that zero percent inte...

5th December 2008

Green technologies to drive the motor industry

Signs of a new dawn as innovative measures and new technology look set to revolutionize a struggling...

28th November 2008

House of cards

While the sub prime mortgage fiasco has been hogging headlines, the escalation of credit card debt h...

21st November 2008

Job cuts on the rise as world indexes fall

As redundancies grow in the UK and US, who will be waiting to snap up the legions of skilled workers...

14th November 2008

Can Obama rally the markets?

As presidential history is made, Barack Obama now faces a global climate of financial uncertainty...

7th November 2008

Back to the future

On Halloween the spectre of an economic downturn is providing thrills and chills. But for those who ...

31st October 2008

Time for Christmas cheer

Roll on Christmas and New Year. The festive season might not be a prosperous as some would like, but...

24th October 2008

Bail out blues

The bail out has promised fundamental changes in the way that the banking sector is to operate, but ...

17th October 2008

Black gold

With global recession forecast by the IMF commodities continue to offer value. Firmly anchored by Ch...

10th October 2008

Set in stones

With an audacious bail out plan approved by the US Senate things may be looking up, but the fate of ...

6th October 2008

Time to start bailing

When it comes to saving a sinking ship the only thing to do is pull together, but traditionally bail...

26th September 2008

Key whole surgery

After another week of shocks, dropped stocks and major institutional collapses, it's time to take st...

19th September 2008

All change?

It's been an interesting week for the markets, where short-term remedies have again been used to avo...

12th September 2008

Decisions lie ahead

NATO Ministers gathered at Brussels HQ on Tuesday for tough talking – more than ten days after Russi...

5th September 2008

Pressure point

Watch out for acts of God. As one things for sure: there's nothing like a good gust to test the stre...

30th August 2008

The American dream is back

Less than a week after the Bank of England's new deputy governor, Charles Bean, warned the global ec...

24th August 2008
  • Inside/outside
    Up to date analysis of the markets and territories that matter the most to those in the business, including Q3 reports

  • Magic numbers
  • Don't mess with my pension
    Beyond the profit motive: why companies aren't just about making money and how staff would do well to understand the wider context behind the capital

  • Bad credit
    While the role of the banks has been well documented in bringing about the current global credit crunch, the role of the industry that whetted the banks' appetites to invest in high-risk debt vehicles by giving them fantastic ratings

  • Dealing with the credit crunch
    Our regular feature sees three experts face up, square off, and deliver complex answers about the state of the economy. They know what they're talking about and offer invaluable advice

  • Take the risk
    Although many say the property bubble appears to be slowly deflating, there are those that argue that there is still mileage in sound commercial investment from the right people. With a view to long-term gains and repeat returns, Adrian Kidd from Mintzone explains just why investment in commercial property continues to deliver steady yields, even when the economy appears to be struggling

  • Testing his metal
    Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Chief Executive Richard Adkerson says he has built the world's largest publicly traded copper company without bluffing or nickel-and-diming

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