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Trading News



Humberts shares suspended over financial fears

Share trading was suspended today in Humberts, one of England’s largest chains of estate agents part-owned by Vincent Tchenguiz, over doubts about its financial viability.
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Top estate agents firm close to collapse after credit crunch

One of Britain’s largest estate agents has fallen victim to the slowdown in the housing market, prompting fears for thousands of jobs around the country. Shares trading was suspended in Humberts, which has 80 branches from Central London to Hampshire, amid doubts about its viability.
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Barclays’ credit crunch hit rises to £1.7bn

Barclays issued a generally upbeat trading statement for the first quarter today but has explicitly refused to rule out a rights issue to boost its capital ratios.
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Food crisis forces Malaysia into barter: palm oil for rice

Asian commodity and currency markets could be plunged into chaos after the Malaysian government threatened to abandon standard trading channels in favour of bartering palm oil for rice.
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Tempus: Recession cry

The worrying disclosure in HSBC’s first quarter trading update is not the multi-billion dollar writedowns, which came to $2.6 billion in the investment banking business and $3.2 billion in HSBC Finance, the US operations. These are expected and came in lower than some estimates. It is the bank’s downbeat view of the US economy that is of concern.$
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