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Gregory Bassett

Gregory previously worked for a leading financial news publication and is now assistant news editor of financialtrading.com.

By Gregory Bassett On Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
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Government cuts for 2015 announced by George Osborne

The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced the cuts that he plans to make in government spending in 2015, the year of the next general election. The Chancellor felt it was necessary to cut More...

By Gregory Bassett On Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
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US house prices see biggest rise in seven years

House prices in the United States increased by 12.1% year-on-year in April, its biggest single month climb in seven years. The results below expectations out of the water as the Standard and Poor’s data, which More...

By Gregory Bassett On Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
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Sir Mervyn King leaves with a message to the worlds governments

Sir Mervyn King, the Gov of the Bank of England, today insisted that economies across the world were “nowhere near” the position that would be required for them to go back to what would ordinarily be More...

By Gregory Bassett On Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
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Asian stocks mostly down, China woes continue

Asian stocks were down again on Tuesday, following on from Mondays catastrophic session in which the Shanghai Composite index suffered its biggest single day decline in 48 months. China has now undertaken measures More...

By Gregory Bassett On Monday, June 24th, 2013
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FTSE extends five month low, China plays on investors minds

The FTSE 100 fell again today, reaching its lowest point since the turn of the year, as the economic climate in China continues to pull down the price of equities across the globe. Miners were once again on the More...

By Gregory Bassett On Monday, June 24th, 2013
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Vodafone offers $114 per share for Kabel Deutschland

Vodafone has made an official bid of $114 per share for Kabel Deutschland. The negotiations have been ongoing for some time now, and were almost brought to a close as Liberty Global, who bought Virgin Media in More...

By Gregory Bassett On Monday, June 24th, 2013
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Asian stocks fall as China heads towards banking crisis

Asian stocks declined early on Monday as the region fell deeper into financial uncertainty. After the worse than expected data that came out of China at the back end of last week, China saw its forecast for growth More...

By Gregory Bassett On Saturday, June 22nd, 2013
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Week in Review: 17th – 21st June 2013

In last week’s edition of The Advance we almost exclusively covered the Federal Reserve’s meeting of policymakers, suggesting that the beginning of the week would be slow and the backend of the week More...

By Gregory Bassett On Saturday, June 22nd, 2013
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US stocks rebounds to end week on a high

Highlights: S&P500 and DJIA advance, NASDAQ slips Tech stocks fall Dell reject $14 offer of 3rd party shares US stocks rebounded from Thursday’s declines of 2.5 percent, shaking off its biggest More...

By Gregory Bassett On Friday, June 21st, 2013
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FTSE 100 declines as stimulus hits Europe

Highlights: FTSE slides for fifth consecutive week RBS plummets 7.2 percent on speculation of a break up Analysts predict that declines should end soon The FTSE 100 slid again today, completing a straight month More...