News - UK financial exports hit record
Posted on November 29, 2007 - Filed Under Finance insurance | Leave a Comment
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The value of UK financial services exports such as insurance broking and investment banking hit a record $19bn in 2004, a study has shown.
The global stock market recovery lifted sales in the City of London and exports grew by 9%, research firm International Financial […]
Read More...News - FSA criticised over finance ads
Posted on November 28, 2007 - Filed Under Finance insurance | Leave a Comment
A committee of MPs has criticised the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) regulation of financial advertising.
The Treasury committee said the FSA should copy the policy of the Essential estate finance hill in insurance investment irwin mcgraw real series Standards Authority (ASA) and make its findings public.
Committee chairman John McFall MP has written to FSA chairman Sir […]
Read More...News - Finance worries hit Standard Life
Posted on November 27, 2007 - Filed Under Finance insurance | Leave a Comment
Worries over the financial strength of insurer Standard Life have hit the firm’s market share.
The firm reported flat essential est finance hill in insurance investment irwin mcgraw real series sales, and its share of the UK market fell to 10.2% in the first quarter of this year from 11.1% previously.
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Read More...News - Air route takes off from island
Posted on November 25, 2007 - Filed Under Finance insurance | Leave a Comment
Original article News - Air route takes off from island
A new air service has been launched that will run services between the Isle of Man and Southampton.
The Eastern Airways service will fly every day except Essential est finance hill in insurance investment irwin mcgraw real series and will become a seven day service in […]
Read More...News - S Korea tycoon jailed for assault
Posted on November 24, 2007 - Filed Under Finance insurance | Leave a Comment
One of South Korea’s richest essential est finance hill in insurance investment irwin mcgraw real series, Kim Seung-youn, has been jailed for 18 months for abducting and assaulting workers in a karaoke bar.
Kim, 55, chairman of the Hanwha Group, was convicted of attacking the men with the aid of his bodyguards, to punish them for […]
Read More...News - US seeks Indian finance reforms
Posted on November 22, 2007 - Filed Under Finance insurance | Leave a Comment
Original article News - US seeks Indian finance reforms
US Treasury Secretary John Snow has asked India to consider opening its financial, insurance and pension fund sector to foreign investors.
Mr Snow, who is on a five-day visit to India, said opening of these sectors would provide funds to improve roads, railways, ports and power plants.
He met […]
Read More...News - Foreign investment in Japan soars
Posted on November 21, 2007 - Filed Under Finance insurance | Leave a Comment
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Foreign investment in Japan in 2004/05 outstripped the country’s investment overseas for the first time in half a century, official figures have shown.
According to the Finance Ministry, foreign firms sank more than 4 trillion yen ($36bn; 20bn) into Japan in the 12 […]
Read More...News - Car and finance providers target poor
Posted on November 20, 2007 - Filed Under Finance insurance | Leave a Comment
The office staff here could be imitating art except that their one liners are too good to have been written by a dramatist - and what they are up to is a little more serious than selling paper in Slough.
The front runner for the role of David Brent at the offices of Yes Car […]
Read More...News - Bill to raise state pension age
Posted on November 16, 2007 - Filed Under Business insurance | Leave a Comment
A bill which will overhaul the UK state pension system has been included in the Queen’s Speech.
The state pension age will rise from 65 to 68 by 2046, if the bill passes.
In return for a later pension age, the link between the state pension and average earnings is to be restored during the next parliament.
In […]
Read More...News - Japanese stock market roars ahead
Posted on November 15, 2007 - Filed Under Business insurance | Leave a Comment
The Japanese stock market has posted its biggest one-day rise so far this year, buoyed by positive jobs figures issued on Friday in the US.
The benchmark Nikkei share index closed 312 points higher at 11,440, an increase of 2.8%.
The rally came as investors digested news that the US created nearly a quarter of a million […]
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