It was as long ago as 2003 when the FTSE 100 last experienced ten straight days of gains, but this is exactly the situation in which the UK market now finds itself.
To put the recent surge into context, the headline UK index has never recorded a positive run longer than 11 days. The FTSE [...]

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In an interesting article by Dennis Turner, Chief Economist, HSBC, he outlines some of the details of the current recession and his view of what happens next:
Economic downturn, global financial crisis, credit crunch… Which ever way you look at it, the UK is experiencing a recession and we’re all affected by it. Our Chief Economist, [...]

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From the Mayo Advertiser on July 3rd.

In the article the Minister of State for Labour Affairs, Dara Calleary says “ I will do everything I can to assist those affected and to ensure that the full services of the Sate agencies will be available to them…..”
…The implication of a typo…

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The 9th of August is starting to loom.  The Goodwood Roller Marathon is due to take place at the Goodwood motor racing circuit.  The race is over 11 laps (26.62 miles / 42.84 km) which was won last year in 1hr 17min at an average speed of 20.7mph!
I fared slightly worse than that, taking 1hr [...]

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In the last few years the Red Kite has been reintroduced to the South East of England.  You see a few of these birds circling in the sky above the farmland as they hunt for small creatures to eat.
However I was shocked on Saturday to see about 50 of these birds all wheeling and diving [...]

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