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Citywire Investment News

• HNW satisfaction slides
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:50:00 Z
  High new worth individuals (HNWIs) with their main contacts at UK wealth managers has fallen this year, with a sharp decline in those saying they are 'very satisfied' with the service received.
  

• Citywire Top Stocks Daily News Digest
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:02:54 Z
  All the news from across the web about the companies featured in Citywire's Top Stocks.
  

• Overnight Markets: Wall Street falls amid Greek debt talks
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00:00 Z
  Stocks declined as Greece failed to respond to bailout terms from the European Union and International Monetary Fund missing another deadline.
  

• Tuesday Papers: Greece to face curbs on new bailout
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:57:00 Z
  And BAE considers Typhoon price cut to stay in battle for Indian order.
  

BBC Business News

• US bank chairman in Vietnam push
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:45:05 GMT
  The head of the US Export-Import Bank, an independent federal agency, pushes for infrastructure deals with Vietnam worth $1.5bn (£949m).
  

• India miners face licence repeal
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:32:45 GMT
  A panel appointed by India's Supreme Court has recommended that the licences of as many as 49 iron ore miners should be cancelled.
  

• Macquarie falls on profit warning
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:41:01 GMT
  Macquarie Group, the largest investment bank in Australia, says it expects full year profits to drop 25% as a weak market hurts its business.
  

• China drives growth for KFC owner
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:17 GMT
  The owner of restaurant brands KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell reports another set of strong figures, helped by growth in China.
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• House prices rose 0.6% in January, says Halifax
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:54:16 Z
  The average UK house price is now £161,000.
  

• The 20 postcodes most 'at risk' of burglary
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:34 Z
  The areas in the UK that see the most home insurance claims for theft or burglary, and the postcodes that are least at risk.
  

• House prices flat as market 'dogged by uncertainty'
  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
  January marked the eighteenth month that house prices did not rise, according to Hometrack.
  

• Buying a house is now cheaper than renting one
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
  Buying a house is over £100 a month cheaper than renting, according to Halifax. Wales is the exception.
  

Citywire News

• The Expert View: French Connection, Legal General and Cineworld
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:01:00 Z
  A round-up of analyst notes, including their take on William Hill and Game
  

• Citywire Top Stocks Daily News Digest
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:02:54 Z
  All the news from across the web about the companies featured in Citywire's Top Stocks.
  

• Overnight Markets: Wall Street falls amid Greek debt talks
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00:00 Z
  Stocks declined as Greece failed to respond to bailout terms from the European Union and International Monetary Fund missing another deadline.
  

• Tuesday Papers: Greece to face curbs on new bailout
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:57:00 Z
  And BAE considers Typhoon price cut to stay in battle for Indian order.
  

BBC News

• Syria army renews assault on Homs
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:53:59 GMT
  The Syrian army resumes heavy shelling in the restive city of Homs as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due in Damascus for talks.
  

• Death leads to ambulance demand
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:47:16 GMT
  A son whose mother died nine days after a 41-minute wait for a paramedic is handing over a petition urging a dedicated ambulance service for their town.
  

• VIDEO: Russians due for talks in Syria
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:33:12 GMT
  Russia's foreign minister and the head of the country's foreign intelligence service are heading to Syria for talks with President Bashar Al-Assad.
  

• Muscular dystrophy care sporadic
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:21:07 GMT
  A major inquiry at Stormont later will hear that care for muscular dystrophy patients in Northern Ireland is 'sporadic' and needs to be addressed.
  

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