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Citywire Investment News

  • Forecast-beating BP delights dividend hunters
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:29:41 Z
    Patience has proved to be a virture for BP shareholders with the oil giant raising its dividend for the first time since the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the back of bumper profits.

BBC Business News

  • 'Gob smacking' tax and NHS costs
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:01:02 GMT
    Estimates showing £10.9bn in unpaid tax was written off and medical negligence could cost £15.7bn are examined by the Commons spending watchdog.
  • Glencore-Xstrata in $90bn merger
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:52:11 GMT
    Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata announces a $90bn merger with Glencore, the world's largest commodity trader.
  • BP ups dividend as profits rise
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:36:12 GMT
    BP announces sharply higher profits and increases its dividend to shareholders for the first time since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.

Citywire News

  • BP raises dividend as profits jump
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:29:11 Z
    Investors, who have waited patiently for a higher dividend since 2010?s Gulf of Mexico disaster, will receive a payment of eight cents per share.

BBC News

  • 'BBC journalists' held in Iran
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:01:40 GMT
    Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC's Persian Service, which is banned in the country.
  • 'Gob smacking' tax and NHS costs
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:01:02 GMT
    Estimates showing £10.9bn in unpaid tax was written off and medical negligence could cost £15.7bn are examined by the Commons spending watchdog.
  • Maldives leader quits amid unrest
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:54:23 GMT
    Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers.
  • Glencore-Xstrata in $90bn merger
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:52:11 GMT
    Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata announces a $90bn merger with Glencore, the world's largest commodity trader.