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Summit snowballs
31/1/2012
• Davos deliberates decisive eurozone action
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Double-dip doubts
31/1/2012
• Muted response to UK recession fears
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Don’t forget the dividends
31/1/2012
• UK dividend payouts rise to record levels
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The week that was
24/1/2012
Reflecting on the year so far, despite it being only three weeks’ old, the FTSE 100 has posted its best start in 23 years, according to market analysts.
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Weekend talks stall
24/1/2012
Over the weekend a team of negotiators flew out to Athens for talks over plans to wipe out up to 70% of Greece’s debts.
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Gilt yields
24/1/2012
Pension investors have been given some protection against further cuts in their income after the government put into place measures to stem the damage from falling gilt yields.
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Focus on China
24/1/2012
A debate seems to be emerging regarding the future growth prospects of China, after the country posted its slowest economic growth for two and a half years.
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Christmas sales rise
24/1/2012
According to the Office for National Statistics, the country’s retail sector saw the strongest final-quarter increase in retail sales in eight years, as volumes rose by 1.1% from Q3 to Q4.
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The week ahead
24/1/2012
The key event in the UK will be Wednesday’s release of the Quarter 4 GDP figures; the last few weeks of 2011 have provided some optimism that the country’s economy may have avoided a contraction.
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Central Banks ‘Bazooka’
5/12/2011
The much-vaunted big ‘bazooka’ so long expected of Europe’s policymakers turned up unexpectedly last week and from an equally unexpected source: world central banks.
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