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Q1'06 bashed
 
01 November 2005
Q1'06 wakes up to fundamental falls in emissions and gas. The product has had some sense knocked into it, but it is still highly volatile.  
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RWE nPower cries for clarification
 
17 October 2005
The key to long term investment lies in a stable a market with few regulatory influences. The current UK market is the antithesis of this and so long term investment is being put on hold.  
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Capacity Payments Discussed as a Tool to encourage Investment
 
30 June 2010
In a week when the engineering industry, in its State of the Nation report, said that the Energy Industry gave the most cause for concern in light of security of supply, Energy Minister Charles Hendry spoke of 'Capacity Payments' as a tool to incentivise plant development.  
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Speculator Irony
 
19 September 2008
With all that has happened in the financial markets this past few days, and with Lehman Brothers collapsing on the 14th September, the one thing that has remained constant is the Speculator Trader rubbished as a cause of volatility and prices rises in one market or another.  
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Oil options day
 
13 November 2007
Oil turns into a bit of a damp squib as players do not exercise their $100 options.  
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Green Investment Bank still a Concept
 
16 July 2010
Leading figures from across industry warned that the need for new tools to finance future investment in infrastructure are necessary to secure Britain's growth as a low carbon economy. While the coalitions Green Investment Bank (GIB) is supported, it is important to recognise that it is still at present only a concept.  
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A week of Positives
 
09 July 2010
This was a week for good news in the Financial markets; the IMF upgraded its forecasts for world economic growth and there was increasing confidence that European banks would pass their stress tests. Borrowers were pleased, though not surprised that UK interest rates remained unchanged. Overall world stock markets recorded gains across the week.  
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Unemployment Figures Rise
 
16 June 2010
Unemployment rose to 2.47m during the first 3 months of the year and with further public sector cuts widely anticipated, things don't look particularly rosy. A very tricky balancing act lies ahead - sort out the deficit but beware the pull from the black hole called recession.  
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A Week for Releasing Figures
 
20 April 2010
With the political debate heating up; more 'head to heads' scheduled and with the News Channels pouring over polls, polls of polls and more polls - then the economic figures coming out this week are surely going to add a lot more ingredients to the boiling pot.  
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Confidence Is out there - but are the Foundations Strong?
 
12 April 2010
The signs are positive. Business confidence is high; appetite for financial risk is increasing and stocks are starting to outperform safe assets such as cash and gold. But with political uncertainty still looming and still an amazing lack of clarity with regard plans to 'bail out' UK plc', there is a great risk that this confidence will ebb away.  
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