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• FTSE hit three-month high on bid talk and US jobs relief

  3 Sep 2010:

  A rare positive surprise from the US jobs market and more bid talk helped the FTSE 100 end the week on a high note as worries about a dip back into global recession receded

• Toy-maker Tandem jumps on bright outlook and bikes demand

  3 Sep 2010:

  Tandem, the London-listed toys and bikes company, had been bracing for a potentially damaging Toy Story market flood, but today it has reassured investors that its own wares are still selling well and that it actually expects to exceed expectations for the whole year

• US jobless figures offer brief reprieve for Obama

  3 Sep 2010: About 54,000 jobs lost, far fewer than the 100,000 expected, easing fears of a second US recession

• FTSE edges ahead of US jobs data

  3 Sep 2010:

  The FTSE 100 is up for the sixth day running this morning, shaking off a weaker-than-expected report on Britain's dominant services sector

• Caroline Mason, chief operating officer Charity Bank

  3 Sep 2010: As Investing for Good merges with Charity Bank, Caroline Mason describes her conversion from career banker to champion of social investment

• FTSE extends gains after rare US data surprise

  1 Sep 2010:

  The FTSE 100 has extended gains in afternoon trading to be up more than 2% while the Dow Jones industrial average is also up sharply following stronger-than-expected US manufacturing data that has broken the recent chain of downbeat reports from America

• British Chamber of Commerce predicts faster UK economic growth

  30 Aug 2010:

  BCC revises 2010 forecast to 1.7% growth but says threat of double-dip recession remains

• Friends of the Earth urges end to 'land grab' for biofuels

  30 Aug 2010:

  Charity predicts more food shortages in Africa because of EU target to produce 10% of all transport fuels from biofuels by 2020

• Ben Bernanke promises to step in as US economy veers back towards recession

  27 Aug 2010: Markets rally as Federal Reserve chairman tells conference "the committee will use its tools as needed" to support recovery

• US economy grew by only 1.6% in the second quarter

  27 Aug 2010: The US economy grew at a much slower pace than first estimated in the second quarter, but the new reading was not as low as economists had been expecting

• Ben Bernanke under pressure to prop up US economic recovery

  26 Aug 2010: Federal Reserve chairman's summit speech will be scrutinised by markets after week of bad news sparks double-dip fears

• US jobless drop boosts Obama

  26 Aug 2010: US unemployment falls by 31,000, more than analysts' predictions, giving Obama administration a much-needed break from a run of bad economic news

• US new house sales hit record low

  26 Aug 2010:

  World stock markets fall as fears of a double-dip recession in the US fan fears for global economic recovery

• US durable goods results: what the economists say

  25 Aug 2010: Do the weak figures signal a double-dip recession in the US? The experts analyse the data

• Markets shaken by weakness of US goods orders

  25 Aug 2010:

  FTSE 100 losses deepen as US double-dip fears continue

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