Archive for October 5th, 2009

Home designs that can cut energy bills

Bill and Jo Smith have bought the next-door cottage so they can turn their home into a four-bed house and implement a series of measures to cut utility bills

Bill and Jo Smith

Miner Eurasian Natural Resources leads 100

European equities markets saw gains Monday on a merger in the telecommunications sector and on new data from the US services sector, as the Institute for Supply Management’s services sector purchasing managers’ index rose to 50.9 in September, from 48.4 in August, indicating slight growth in the sector for the first time in a year.
The [...]

Miner Eurasian Natural Resources leads 100

European equities markets saw gains Monday on a merger in the telecommunications sector and on new data from the US services sector, as the Institute for Supply Management’s services sector purchasing managers’ index rose to 50.9 in September, from 48.4 in August, indicating slight growth in the sector for the first time in a year.
The [...]

‘Dr Doom’ repeats shares warning

Dr Nouriel Roubini, an economist who gave early warning of the financial crisis, today urged caution on the recent shares rally

Nouriel Roubini

I’m 50 in February, can I top up my Isa?

Britannia has told me you have to be 50 by October 6 to top up an Isa, but I thought you just had to be 50 before April 6 next year?

Elderly man using his computer

UK service sector shows fastest growth in two years

Hopes of an end to the recession have been heightened by September data from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
New figures indicate that the UK service sector has grown at its fastest pace in almost two years, with the Institute’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) turning in a better than expected performance and increasing to [...]