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Markets Friday: FTSE slips back, oil declines

SUMMARY: Weak figures from Merrill temper rally in financials, while crude prices continue to correct - they've now fallen more than 10 per cent this week

18 July 2008

Next week's economics

Economists are hoping next Thursday's official figures will clarify what's happening on the high street

16 July 2008

New threats to bond markets

ANALYSIS: US bail-outs could have repercussions in the global bond markets

16 July 2008

Markets Wednesday: FTSE fails to hold gains

SUMMARY: Timid recovery peters out as banks capitulate again, although oil has softened too

16 July 2008

Markets Thursday: FTSE bounces back, oil slips

SUMMARY: Strong US earnings prompt relief rally among banking shares, while oil continues to slide

16 July 2008

Markets Tuesday: FTSE slumps further

SUMMARY: Wall Street's in deep trouble as investors brush aside rescue of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, prompting a fresh slump in the dollar and more woe in London

15 July 2008

New danger for commodity stocks

ECONOMICS: Dollar pegs could be sacrificed in the fight against inflation - which could be catastrophic news for commodity prices and mining stocks

14 July 2008

Markets Monday: Bids boost FTSE, gold gains

SUMMARY: Bids actual and rumoured spur financial, media and resource stocks

14 July 2008

Markets Friday: resources stocks lift FTSE

SUMMARY: Miners on the rise as oil price rises above $143 a barrel

11 July 2008

Equities as bets

MARKETS: Forget value. Think of shares as state-contingent securities

10 July 2008

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