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Citywire Investment News

• James Montier: The 'Austerians' will destroy the recovery and usher in deflation
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:33:04 +0100
  The 'Austerians' could destroy an economic recovery and increase the likelihood of deflation, warns influential investor James Montier.
  

• Saints hikes divi and expects shareholder payouts to rise
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:10:40 +0100
  Manager of the Baillie Gifford trust Patrick Edwardson says as the global economic recovery picks up, so too will company profits and their payouts to shareholders. 
  

• Exeter IFA firm strikes outsourcing deal with Brooks Macdonald
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:54:27 +0100
  RK Shipman has entered into an agreement with Brooks Macdonald for the London based asset manager to run its clients' money.
  

• Push start from Fidelity helped Ocado get its flotation away
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:56:34 +0100
  Ocado had to rely on existing shareholders - and fund management group Fidelity in particular - to get its recent stock market flotation away.
  

BBC Business News

• Warning of tanker drivers' action
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 05:18:22 +0000
  Fuel tanker drivers could take industrial action later this year over job and pay cuts, a union has warned.
  

• Dhaka workers angry over pay
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:21:09 +0000
  There have been street battles in Bangladesh for a second day as workers in Dhaka's textile factories vent their disappointment with a planned wage rise.
  

• Child Trust Fund payments to drop
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:01:02 +0000
  Babies born this weekend will be last in the UK to receive the full payment to Child Trust Funds, as the scheme's phasing out begins.
  

• Iran sanctions: Pressure on Dubai
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:53:18 +0000
  Ben Thompson looks at Dubai's role on the new frontline of sanctions on Iran.
  

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