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Citywire Investment News

• Barings' absolute return pioneer Harte exits
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:16:47 Z
  Colin Harte, who launched one of the UK's first absolute return funds, has left Baring Asset Management after the firm decided to merge away his fund.  
  

• Witan raises dividend for 37th consecutive year
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:53:16 Z
  The £1.2 billion investment trust will pay 6.55p interim dividend on 30 March, marking the 37th consecutive year of raised payouts.    
  

• Rothschild unveils Europe best ideas fund for AA-rated Huet
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:50:29 Z
  Olivier Huet will aim to outperform the economic cycle by picking the best stocks from Edmond de Rothschild's four existing European strategies.
  

• Rowan Dartington hires new business development director
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:47:00 Z
  Trevor Cheal will be repsonsible for sales and marketing activities across the group, including its Signature investment arm.
  

• Spurs boss Redknapp cleared of tax evasion
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:21:07 Z
  Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has been cleared of evading taxes on payments made to his Monaco bank account from his former boss at Portsmouth Milan Mandaric.
  

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.
  

• Mansion tax: a terrible, unworkable idea
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:58:02 Z
  Vince Cable?s plan to impose a tax on properties worth more than £2 million is impractical, unethical and cowardly, argues Linton Chiswick.
  

BBC Business News

• Greek parties fail to agree cuts
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:35:07 GMT
  The Greek prime minister has failed to secure his coalition parties' agreement to fresh austerity proposals, needed to agree a new bailout package.
  

• News Corp profits swing to growth
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:37:13 GMT
  Media giant News Corporation sees its net profits rise 65% in the three months to the end of December 2011 compared to 2010.
  

• Groupon reports unexpected loss
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:32:08 GMT
  In its first set of results as a public company, Groupon reports an unexpected loss of $42.7m (£27.0m), when a small profit had been expected.
  

• Cisco sees profits rise over 43%
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:32:06 GMT
  US technology giant Cisco says rising quarterly sales show that its cost-cutting plans are bearing fruit.
  

• Nokia to carry out 4,000 job cuts
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:04:12 GMT
  Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced the details of 4,000 job losses on Wednesday at plants in Hungary, Mexico and Finland.
  

BBC News

• Greek parties fail to agree cuts
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:22:24 GMT
  The Greek prime minister has failed to secure his coalition parties' agreement to fresh austerity proposals, needed to agree a new bailout package.
  

• Singer Tabor sweeps folk awards
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:14:10 GMT
  Veteran singer June Tabor wins four prizes at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in Salford, three of which are shared with her collaborators The Oysterband.
  

• Maldives president 'forced out'
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:13:10 GMT
  Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed says he was forced to resign at gunpoint in a coup, a charge the country's new leader denies.
  

• VIDEO: Bankski: Russia's mystery street artist
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:04:58 GMT
  The mysterious Russian street artist, 'Pavel 183', is being compared to Britain's Banksy.
  

• News Corp profits swing to growth
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:37:13 GMT
  Media giant News Corporation sees its net profits rise 65% in the three months to the end of December 2011 compared to 2010.
  

FT.com - Financial Markets News

• Stocks hit fresh six-month highs
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:14:09 GMT
  Hopes for the global economic recovery outweigh the sentiment-sapping impact of the lingering eurozone fiscal crisis
  

• US stocks react to 2012 forecasts
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:39:59 GMT
  US stocks open higher, but discussions in Athens to secure a further tranche of bail-out money continue to weigh on sentiment
  

• Centrica off the boil after Petronas stake sale
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:27:24 GMT
  British Gas owner among the sharpest fallers as London drifts lower awaiting news on Greece?s bail-out
  

• Euro strengthens despite delay on Greek deal
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:17:51 GMT
  The euro climbs against the dollar in spite of a further delay to a Greek debt deal, although investors still expect a positive outcome
  

• European cold snap fuels Brent highs
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:47:31 GMT
  Worries about supplies from Iran and Africa and freezing weather helps crude consolidate its recent gains to six-month highs