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Crunch Christmas for retailers
Live: As retailers gear up for their busiest period, what is the outlook for the sector, and are consumer trends changing? Ask Mindy Grossman, CEO of HSN Inc
Long View
Crossover hit
CDS are already in the spotlight, not least after AIG’s near-collapse last year, says Aline van Duyn
Principal content
Dollar’s data-driven rally holds back stocks
Global Markets Overview: Global stock markets struggled to make much headway as traders warily eyed continuing strength in the dollar
Gold extends correction as commodities retreat
Copper sinks as stocks rise
Greek woes weigh on European bourses
Athens General down 2.6 per cent
London shares lose momentum
Investors book profits from financial and resource stocks
Nikkei hits six-week high
Exporters boosted by dollar’s surge
Economic Outlook: Darling’s balancing act
UK finance minister must weigh restoring public finances against not harming recovery
Call for rethink on OTC deals
Dangers seen with central clearing house
Gulf markets recover tentatively
Investors increasingly differentiate
Bankers to face tighter rules on IPOs
Dutch ruling could pave way for European law
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Market Insight
Japan’s fear of spending
Since 1990, Japan has consistently failed to steer a profitable path between investment and consumption, says Andrew Smithers at Smithers & Co
On Wall Street
Reckless banks still to pay
Henny Sender on how reckless practices may haunt the bank sector months after the worst of the downturn
On London
Forecasters divided
Investment banks agree corporate earnings will rise next year. But that is where consensus ends, writes Neil Hume
Video
Daily View
Jamie Chisholm, markets commentator, on lower stocks and the rising dollar
The Trading Room
Mark Yallop at ICAP on why trade repositories should be regulated by asset class
FTfm
Paul Stevens, president of the Investment Co Institute, on mutual funds and governance
