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Alternative investments since 2000

Wine, classic cars and art investments offered mixed returns throughout the noughties. Jill Papworth and Patrick Collinson round up the returns Wine Fine wine was the best investment of the decade, with the top French vintages...

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How have gold and cash investments fared in the noughties?

Gold was a lousy investment in the 90s … how times change. The humble savings account, meanwhile, more than held its own Gold It has been one of the best investments of the past decade, and this week it was hitting new highs....

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Gartmore plans to list up to half its equity

Miles Costello and Francesca Steele Gartmore has fired the starting gun on a mid-December flotation on the London Stock Exchange that is likely to value one of Britain’s best-known fund managers at about £1 billion. Jeff Meyer,...

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Lessons from the past hint at a happy Christmas for investors

It is said that nobody ever went broke by taking a profit — and, with the stock market up 22 per cent since January, its best year-to-date performance by far this decade, the lure of locking in gains is likely to be the...

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New lease of life for London flotations

Miles Costello and David Robertson The appetite for flotations on the London Stock Exchange is ready to spring back to life with a clutch of companies worth a combined $10 billion (£6 billion) planning to list their shares....

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Crafty Americans blindside opponents with funding deal

Kraft has played an ace in its attempt to buy Cadbury by tying no fewer than eight banks in to exclusive deals to finance its bid, according to sources working on competing bids. It is public knowledge that the American food...

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Des Bartlett: wildlife film-maker

Des Bartlett’s filming career spanned more than half a century and six continents, and yielded more than 200 films for television and cinema. He was the cameraman for the iconic On Safari with Armand and Michaela Denis series...

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Medidata Files Shelf Registration for Offering

Medidata Solutions plans 4.5 million-share common stock offering; stock falls NEW YORK November 20, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Medidata Solutions Inc., a maker of software and services for clinical...

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Cisco launches free security application for iPhone

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Cisco on Friday announced the launch of a free application for Apple's iPhone, which the networking giant said can give users real-time access to actionable security information while they are...

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Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year

By Marcy Gordon And Daniel Wagner, AP Business Writers WASHINGTON — Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy...

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