Thursday, August 6, 2009

Hollingsworth Daily Post



  • Oil and copper up but analysts wary of a correction.

  • Weak U.S data drags world stocks down.

  • Reuters alone in reporting BP may alter stake in Iraq deal.US senate to vote today on "clunker" bill.

Reuters Daily News Thursday 6th August



  • News Corp lost $3.4bn (£2bn) in the year to the end of June - which Chief executive Rupert Murdoch said had been "the most difficult in recent history".

  • Germany's Commerzbank has reported further losses as it struggles to recover from the financial crisis.

  • Shares in Lloyds Banking Group surged by 11% despite its announcement of a £4bn loss in the first half of 2009, due to mounting bad debts at HBOS.

BBC Business News 6 August 2009



  • Warm and sunny here in Malta,

  • Celtic beat Dynamo Moscow 2-0 to progress in the Champions League qualifying,

  • Andy Roddick wins first match since defeat at Wimbledon.

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