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Trichet warns banks on risk of addiction to cheap cash
Banks risk becoming addicted to cheap central bank cash used to fight the financial crisis and must prepare for its eventual withdrawal, the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) warned at a Frankfurt banking conference yesterday.
Brewer braced for tough second half
Pubs and brewing group Fuller, Smith & Turner has cheered an 18% rise in first-half profits but warned the rest of the year would be "significantly tougher".
Staffline hopes to beat forecast
Recruitment and outsourcing firm Staffline has defied the recession as it predicted full-year results ahead of City hopes.
Google blow for Infoserve
Online marketing firm Infoserve has revealed it is to lose a reselling deal with internet giant Google.
Major firms in Matalan buy-out bid
Discount clothing retailer Matalan has drawn interest from at least five major buy-out firms in the opening stages of a £1.5 billion auction, it has been reported.
Nationwide: Rates will remain low
Building society Nationwide forecast a protracted recovery from recession and interest rates at record lows until "at least" the final quarter of next year.
Car production dip lowest this year
Car production fell last month, but the decline was the smallest this year, it has been announced.
1,900 jobs go as off-licences close
Administrators of Threshers owner First Quench have announced another swathe of store closures and more than 1,900 job losses.
Travel firms lead FTSE 100 lower
Concerns over the outlook for tour operators Thomas Cook and Thomson owner TUI Travel saw the stocks top the fallers board on the FTSE 100 index.
Rainy forecast dents holiday duo
Holiday giants Thomas Cook and Thomson owner TUI Travel has come under pressure after gloomy comments from analysts on prospects for the tour operators.
Inside European
- US stocks fall as dollar rises
- ECB tightens collateral to ensure ‘high’ standards
- Travel firms lead FTSE lower
- Stocks volatile amidst buying rush
- FTSE recovers Thursday losses
- Car bosses hoping for good news
- Extend scrappage scheme, urges CBI
- Payzone says no breach of agreements as talks go on with backers
- ECB to exit gradually from unconventional policy
- JPMorgan in takeover of 190-year-old brokerage used by Queen
- Weak economic data hits US stocks
- AOL plans to cut 2,500 jobs
- National Gride posts profits rise
- Falling mining stocks hit FTSE
- QE 'starting to take effect'
- Morrisons shares defy market slump
- Hershey, Kraft and Ferrero court Cadbury as shares rise
- UK jobless 'could hit 9.5% by 2011'
- US economy 'set to outpace Europe'
- JP Morgan to buy Cazenove
- Retail sales at 17-month high
- Borrowing at record £11.4bn
- No cheer ahead of borrowing update
- SABMiller's interim profits slide
- Surprise UK growth lifts Ted Baker
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Columnist Comments
• Fight back against high insurance premiums
THE insurance industry is trying to avoid the impact of the recession by ripping off its customers.
• Five years ago, we had economic balance but all is not as it appears
THERE comes a point in life when one becomes convinced that they did things better in the old days. The arguments in favour of this proposition seem quite overwhelming but, since one heard one's parents and grandparents say the same thing, the best policy seems not to mention it -- or at least mention it as little as possible.
