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    <description>Dusty pinstripes and car coats are no more. The new Tory image has been crafted by experts</description>
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    <description>Icap, the interdealer broker headed by one of the City’s wealthiest men Michael Spencer, today said it is on course to hit its full-year profit targets despite a “pronounced seasonal slowdown during the summer”</description>
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    <description>ICAP, Michael Spencer's interdealer broking giant, said booming bond markets and lively trade in commodities meant it is on track to nearly match last year's profits</description>
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    <description>Cable &amp; Wireless was London's biggest dud today as its house broker reined in forecasts for the coming year</description>
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    <description>Michael Spencer was awarded a £23.5million dividend after his broking firm Icap beat forecasts with a 5% rise in profits</description>
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    <description>&lt;strong&gt;Broking: &lt;/strong&gt; Tory Party treasurer Michael Spencer has reportedly been forced personally to bail out his spread betting firm City Index to the tune of £70 million after a handful of punters failed to pay up on big losses</description>
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    <description>&lt;strong&gt;Stockbroking:&lt;/strong&gt; Michael Spencer, one of the richest men in the City, has sold almost all of his personal stake in broker-cum-investment bank Numis, and is stepping down as its chairman</description>
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    <description>Stanley Fink, the former chief executive of Man Group, is a hugely able guy, but that does not make it a wise decision for him to become joint treasurer of the Conservative party with Icap's Michael Spencer</description>
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    <description>It was the year the economic bubble finally burst, but can you remember the financial events that made the headlines in 2008? Nick Curtis asks the questions</description>
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    <description>Michael Spencer, the Tory party fund-raiser and one of the richest men in the City, revealed to have taken out loans against his substantial shareholding in stockbroker Numis and not made them public</description>
    <dc:date>2008-12-23T08:56:30Z</dc:date>
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    <description>In the 15 days since Carphone Warehouse disclosed that its deputy chairman, David Ross, had pledged his £157 million stake in the firm against personal loans, City lawyers have been rushing to reassess their advice to clients who are directors of public companies</description>
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    <description>&lt;strong&gt;Shares:&lt;/strong&gt; There were red faces at broker Numis today after it was forced to admit its directors' stock holdings have not been in order</description>
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    <description>One of the biggest bull elephants in the hypercharged world of interdealer broking is to stand down from day-to-day business</description>
    <dc:date>2008-11-06T09:34:26Z</dc:date>
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    <description>After yesterday’s £500 billion bail out to the banks, Michael Spencer, the richest self-made man in the Square Mile talks exclusively to the Standard about who’s to blame</description>
    <dc:date>2008-10-09T07:23:16Z</dc:date>
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    <description>&lt;b&gt;Stockbroking: &lt;/b&gt;City pugilist Terry Smith saw his second big deal in a fortnight fall apart as an unnamed bidder walked away from his £250 million broker and investment bank Collins Stewart</description>
    <dc:date>2008-09-25T12:44:28Z</dc:date>
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    <description>THE received wisdom in hedge fund land is that the moment you start dictating to your investors how long they must stay, you are dead.</description>
    <dc:date>2008-09-12T09:22:31Z</dc:date>
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    <description>Shares in Terry Smith's interdealer broking firm Tullett Prebon crashed 11 ¼p to 386 ¾p after plans for a £1.6billion merger with New York's rival GFI Group collapsed</description>
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    <description>A couple of months ago, a pound was worth two dollars. Yesterday, it fell through $1.80. It would be no surprise to me to see it slide to $1.65 before Christmas. Even that, given the way markets work, needs not be the floor.</description>
    <dc:date>2008-09-03T10:52:56Z</dc:date>
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    <description>Billionaire Tory Party treasurer Michael Spencer has separated from his wife after 25 years of marriage</description>
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    <description>One of the biggest class wars seen in the City broke out as working class East Ender Terry Smith set out his plans to rival Tory grandee Michael Spencer</description>
    <dc:date>2008-08-05T13:03:16Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Tullett Prebon eyeing a GFI tie to challenge Icap</title>
    <link>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23526352-tullett-prebon-eyeing-a-gfi-tie-to-challenge-icap.do</link>
    <description>Deal would give Terry Smith's arch-rival a run for its money as the world's biggest broker to the brokers</description>
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    <description>Turmoil in financial markets may be giving many in the City nightmares  -  but it is good news for interdealer broker Icap</description>
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