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Latest news:
 Financial Times: Large calls for stronger finance watchdog
Britain needs a body to tackle systemic risk that is independent enough to stand up to powerful vested interests, a prominent former regulator has warned
Financial Times: Asset managers turn to corporate bonds
High-grade corporate bonds were the asset class most likely to see a rally in 2009, a survey has found
Financial Times: Hedge funds face more pain
Hedge funds are suffering a New Year hangover of record proportions after an end-of-year rush to suspend or restrict withdrawals of money and the first of what is expected to be a wave of closures
Financial Times: Cameron promises tax breaks for savers
The Tory leader plans to cut the size of the state and fund tax breaks for savers, drawing sharp economic dividing lineswith Labour ahead of the next election
Financial Times: Waterford talks with US groups on asset sale
The crystal and porcelain tableware producer has been forced into insolvency and the receiver, Deloitte, is in talks with three US parties to secure a sale of the majority of the assets after the company failed to findfresh financing
Financial Times: EDF calls on UK to declare nuclear need
The French energy group gave a policy deadline if the first of a new generation of reactors is to be ready for 2017
Economy:
 The Scotsman: Short-selling ban lifted but FSA warns it could be reintroduced
THE controversial ban on short-selling shares will end next week, the financial services watchdog revealed last night.
The Scotsman: Scotland's Aim companies suffer as market downturn bites in Q4
SCOTLAND'S junior stock market companies have been warned they face a challenging year, with many battling for survival, after research showed their collective value plum
The Scotsman: Between the Lines: Yes, this park can indeed lead us out of recession
AS A headline it took some beating for bravura: National Park can lead Scots out of recession. Thus declared Mike Cantlay, convener of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National
 Yahoo!: FSA to lift short selling ban (AP)
AP - Britains financial services regulator said it will lift a ban on the short-selling of shares in scores of financial companies later this month.
Industry:
AllAfrica: Nigeria: JTF, DWSC Intensify Manhunt for Pipe Line Vandals
JOINT Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta and the Delta Waterways and Security Committee (DWSC) have intensified the manhunt for the bomb-throwing pipeline vandals who blew up an Agip pipeline at Okuntun community, between Ogulagha and Odimodi communities in Delta , last Friday.
AllAfrica: Nigeria: Akpabio Prays for Niger Delta's Peace
Chief Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, has prayed God to make the state a point of contact from which springs the development of Niger Delta and Nigeria as a whole.
AllAfrica: Mozambique: Graphite Production to Resume, Governor Confirms
The Governor of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, Eliseu Machava, has confirmed that the graphite mine in the district of Ancuabe, paralysed for the last ten years, will resume production in mid-2009.
Financial Times: EDF calls on UK to declare nuclear need
The French energy group gave a policy deadline if the first of a new generation of reactors is to be ready for 2017
Small Business:
 silicon.com: David Cameron: Green light for eco tech start-ups
Conservative leader David Cameron has today set out plans that could see green tech start-ups get a helping hand from any future Tory government.In a speech today, Cameron revealed a series of measures designed to tackle the sluggish economy, including the creation of incubators for green technology companies.Green IT from A to ZClick on the links below to f ...
silicon.com: SMEs crazy in love with iPhone
The 3G iPhone has been selling more than expected to SMEs, according to O2 - but the operator admits it's proving harder to win around the corporate world.Ben Dowd, head of business sales at O2, told silicon.com: "We have seen tremendous success across our channels in terms of the iPhone 3G model. Very, very strong in SME and also creating a lot of interest ...
silicon.com: "It's either Segways or Strangeways"
January"There are very few companies that understand software."-- Former chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, speaking in an interview with silicon.com sister site CNET News.com
silicon.com: Five tech predictions for 2009
silicon.com's Jo Best has been doing a spot of crystal ball gazing. Here's five predictions for the tech trends to watch outfor in 2009 - and a couple of things that aren't very likely at allÂ…The rise of 'free as in beer' softwareWith SMEs being hit by the credit crunch perhaps harder than anyone and yet having the same need for up-to-date tech as other com ...
Finance:
Financial Times: Asset managers turn to corporate bonds
High-grade corporate bonds were the asset classmost likely to see a rally in 2009, a survey has found
Financial Times: Hedge funds face more pain
Hedge funds are suffering a New Year hangover of record proportions after an end-of-year rush to suspend or restrict withdrawals of money and the first of what is expected to be a wave of closures
Financial Times: Conditions ripe for reshuffle in energy sector
Many small players could become potential targets of leading companies as the drop in oil prices and asset valuations creates opportunities for deals
Financial Times: Swiss rally helps drive Eurofirst
European stocks continued their positive start to the new year on Monday after strong gains on the Swiss exchange helped drive the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index higher
Commerce:
Financial Times: Bookies face levy to treat problem gambling
Britain's biggest betting operators will pay more than £500,000 each towards an annual £5m fund to research and treat problem gambling, under government...
Financial Times: Tracker aids Pendragon rally
Pendragon , the UK's largest car retailer, was the most heavily traded small cap stock yesterday. More than 10 per cent of the heavily indebted company - 72m...
Financial Times: Sales droop at Restaurant Group
Restaurant Group, owner of the Garfunkel's and Frankie & Benny's chains, reported an abrupt slowdown in trading over the last seven weeks of 2008 as consumers reined...
The Scotsman: Christmas sales rise may not be the answer to retail prayers
DEPARTMENT store chains John Lewis and Liberty have both reported strong sales over the Christmas period, but retail leaders have warned that the short-term boost may not sign
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Travel and Transport:
Financial Times: Cameron plans tax breaks for savers
DavidCameron yesterday mapped out his vision of an almost utopian British economy emerging from the recession, inhabited by thrifty citizens employed in "green tech"...
Financial Times: Volvo tie-up lifts Clean Air Power
Shares in Clean Air Power, the Aim-listed maker of equipment that enables trucks to run on a mixture of liquefied natural gas and diesel, rose 14 per cent to 14½p...
Financial Times: The slow line to high-speed rail
The British (or, to be precise, the English) hate grands projets so much that we sneeringly use the French phrase to describe them. Yet our attitude to France's...
Financial Times: Europe's big three airlines scramble for supremacy
The international airline sector lost $5bn last year and the industry's association IATA expects it will lose at least $2.5bn this year. This, together with the global...
Financial Times: Putin orders cut in Ukraine supply
Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, yesterday ordered Gazprom, the Russian energy giant, to reduce gas supplies to Ukraine bound for Europe in a move that...
Financial Times: Collapse of power lines on rail tracks is probed
Rail experts were still investigating yesterday how overhead power lines came to collapse across all four tracks of Britain's busiest main line on Sunday, causing...
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IT and Telecom:
silicon.com: Peter Cochrane's Blog: New Year wishes
Compiled in my hotel room in Swindon UK and dispatched via a free wi-fi serviceChristmas lunch seems long past and the decorations have been packed away until next year. It's a new year and I have been pondering the events of the last one and the past few decades. It has been abundantly clear for a long time that our politicians, bankers and managers in ever ...
Financial Times: Lenovo set to reboot from the top
Shares in the world's fourth largest personal computer maker, rose 4 per cent following reports in the Chinese media that Lenovo was to unveil a restructuring programme
Financial Times: MasterCard acquires Orbiscom
$100m deal enables HG Capital, Orbiscom's private equity owner, to buck the trend of slowing realisations at buy-out groups
silicon.com: Photos: Barclays bank of the future
Barclays bank has revealed a new branch showcasing the latest in high-tech banking.The emphasis at the new branch in London's Piccadilly Circus, which opened in late December, is self service and interactivity supported by a slew of technology.
silicon.com: Full steam ahead for police plans to hack home PCs
The UK government has agreed to work with the European Parliament on plans to extend police powers to conduct remote searches of computers without a warrant.The European Union Council of Ministers approved a plan in November 2008 to grant law-enforcement authorities in member states the power to perform remote searches of suspects' computers, as well as to p ...
silicon.com: David Cameron: Green light for eco tech start-ups
Conservative leader David Cameron has today set out plans that could see green tech start-ups get a helping hand from any future Tory government.In a speech today, Cameron revealed a series of measures designed to tackle the sluggish economy, including the creation of incubators for green technology companies.Green IT from A to ZClick on the links below to f ...
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Real Estate:
Financial Times: L&S deal raises hopes of revival
The Aim-listed property investment company has agreed to acquire 1 Fleet Place in the City of London, leading to speculation that a bottom could soon be reached in the market
Financial Times: Sharp cornering and a nifty reverse
From Mr Peter Fineman. Sir, Lucy Kellaway's twaddle award to a World Bank economist (January 5) reminds me of a surveyor friend who set up a small property consultancy...
Financial Times: L&S deal raises hopes of revival
London & Stamford, an Aim-listed property investment company, is close to sealing its first deal since floatingmore than a year ago, raising hopes of a real estate...
Financial Times: Property fund raises £350m
Legal & General Property and Australia's Goodman Group have completed a £350m equity raising for property fund Arlington Business Park Partnership. The move,...
Financial Times: UK construction industry hits new low
The UK construction industry suffered another month of record decline in December, a survey showed, with all sectors of the industry suffering their worst ever contraction on record
Financial Times: Property fund investors should hold tight
Judging from past experience, when frozen investors were still be able to generate decent returns, early redemptions would be unwise
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