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It's not time for a Zaha Hadid backlash

17.11.09
The world's most glamorous architect has just unveiled a futuristic new museum in Rome - and her Olympic Aquatics Centre is taking shape. They may be extravagant, but there is still value in thinking big... more

Footsie has 5300 mark in its sights as punters pour cash into shares

11.11.09
City investors were continuing to pump money into the stock market today as leading shares led another assault on the 5300 resistance level ... more

British Airways is tumbling despite Iberia deal hopes

05.11.09
Is the board of British Airways about to buy a one-way ticket to Madrid? That was the story doing the rounds in the Square Mile this morning amid claims that the proposed merger with Spanish carrier Iberia could be completed by the second quarter of next year ... more

Slew of sparkling figures show there’s life in UK PLC

30.07.09
Leading shares launched a fresh assault on the 4600 level again, enabling stock-market investors to extend their current winning streak... more

Wealth managers shaken by an exodus of clients

15.06.09
Almost half the world's wealthy are planning to switch banks this year as a result of the credit crunch... more

Investors give up chase

02.06.09
The stock market has again failed to consolidate its position above the 4500 level with investors choosing to give back some of yesterday’s commodities-led charge after opting to lock in profits, rather than chase shares higher ... more

Britvic loses its sparkle as shareholder dumps 14%

27.05.09
Shares in soft drinks supplier Britvic slumped 15p to 275½p after its biggest shareholder was forced to dump almost 14% of the company, worth £80.1 million, in the market place... more

Shares slump over fears of ‘grimmest Budget in years’

20.04.09
Shares in London tumbled as the City braced itself for one of the grimmest Budgets in years... more

House price rise and surge in shares brings 'ray of sunlight'

02.04.09
Hopes of an economic revival received a huge boost from a surprise house price bounce and a surge in share prices... more

Uphill struggle for traders as good news hard to find

26.03.09
City traders and fund managers face an uphill battle over the next few days to put a gloss on things before the final quarter draws to a close... more

RBS has bears on the run despite that record loss

26.02.09
Banks led the charge on the stock market this morning with Royal Bank of Scotland cutting a swathe through the bears despite reporting a record £24.1 billion loss... more

Wall St fails to join the party

21.01.09
Wall Street ignored the euphoria in Washington and suffered its biggest ever inauguration day slide... more

Footsie tumbles in wake of recession woes on Wall Street

02.12.08
Markets: Shares in London tumble again, sending the FTSE 100 back below the 4000 mark... more

Bounce goes out of global share markets

06.11.08
The Obama Bounce looks well and truly over as stock markets around the world plunged on growing fears of a prolonged global recession... more

Hope of cut sends shares soaring

29.10.08
Hopes of deep interest rate cuts on both sides of the Atlantic sent the stock market soaring... more

Footsie and pound surge but all eyes on rate call in US

29.10.08
Economy: London shares rally and the pound rises against the dollar but investors on Wall Street hold their breath ahead of a key decision on interest rates.... more

Markets in nosedive as slump fears take hold

22.10.08
Markets: World stock markets were crashing again as investors were gripped by fears of a deep and prolonged global recession... more

Blues over bailout put the Footsie in freefall

16.10.08
Markets: The downward spiral of shares that began late on Tuesday continues as the last vestiges of stock-market optimism from the UK's bank bailout plan dissolved... more

Dow rallies after Bush races to rescue bail-out

30.09.08
US shares rallied as George Bush and the country's rival presidential candidates joined forces in an attempt to win the backing of Congress for the $700billion bank bail-out... more

Markets' rally fades on bailout and oil blow

09.09.08
Markets: The rally in world stock markets petered out as oil prices continued to slide ever closer to $100, and on reports that talks about a Korean-funded bailout for troubled investment Lehman Brothers had ended... more

Wall Street and London rocket after US bailout

08.09.08
Finance: Global stock markets have roared ahead in reaction to the US bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... more

Sterling and shares dive on new banking worries

26.08.08
The pound plunges and London shares fall amid renewed concerns that the banking crisis has much further to run... more

WSJ axes 50 editorial staff as production is revamped

17.07.08
The Wall Street Journal is to axe about 50 editorial staff in a production revamp initiated by editor Robert Thomson... more

Bernanke cools it for Wall Street

08.07.08
New York avoided stock markets carnage after the US Federal Reserve said it may extend banks' emergency lending ... more

Bernanke cools it for Wall Street

08.07.08
New York avoided stock markets carnage after the US Federal Reserve said it may extend banks' emergency lending ... more

Journal staff move from Wall Street to midtown

23.05.08
The Wall Street Journal will soon be a "midtown journal", as Rupert Murdoch plans to move the lofty paper from the financial district to join his tabloid New York Post on Sixth Avenue... more

Wall Street Journal's top man is poised to quit

22.04.08
The managing editor of the Wall Street Journal is set to resign after just over a year in the job... more

Shares bouncing back after big rate cut by US

19.03.08
Stock markets around the world continued to rally after the US Federal Reserve's aggressive cut in interest rates ... more

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