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Citywire Investment News

• World in 2050: the emerging markets with explosive potential
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
  HSBC gets it crystal ball out and produces some in depth research to highlight why emerging markets could be prominent forces on the economic landscape in 2050.  
  

• McQuaker: how I plan to turn performance around
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
  Henderson multi-manager Bill McQuaker is seeking to driver performance across his funds by taking a core defensive approach with optionality to benefit from potential upside.
  

• IT Insider: FC Commercial Prop - the only risk is dying of boredom
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
  You might question why there is such demand for the stock, but I think its popularity comes from being boring and safe
  

• Poor returns and ouflows force Carmignac to shut thematic fund
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:39:02 Z
  Fifteen years after it was first launched, Carmignac Innovation  has 'not lived up to expectations', the French firm said.
  

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.
  

BBC Business News

• Road warriors struggle to get connected
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:09:39 GMT
  Road warriors struggle to get connected
  

• What the Dickens is the author worth?
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:05:25 GMT
  The worth of the author's brand, 200 years after his death
  

• Empty shop numbers 'set to rise'
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:03:30 GMT
  The number of empty shops on the UK's High Streets is set to increase this year, a survey says, as economic conditions get tougher.
  

• Fewer deaths 'may hit pensions'
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:02:47 GMT
  The mortality rate in England and Wales improved in 2011, which could have a knock-on effect on pensions, actuaries say.
  

BBC News

• Trendnet flaw hits home net cams
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:12:59 GMT
  Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including video from children's rooms.
  

• Empty shop numbers 'set to rise'
  Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:03:30 GMT
  The number of empty shops on the UK's High Streets is set to increase this year, a survey says, as economic conditions get tougher.
  

• Fassbender scoops Standard award
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:52:07 GMT
  Michael Fassbender wins the best actor prize at the Evening Standard British film awards for his roles in sex addiction drama Shame and Jane Eyre.
  

• Israel condemns Fatah-Hamas move
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:46:37 GMT
  Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns a unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, saying it damages prospects for peace.