Personal Finance
"Uber-prime" real estate still hot in London
LONDON (Reuters) - London's housing market may be cooling, but not when it comes to 10-bedroom mansions with designer interiors, indoor swimming pools and private gardens in the capital's most sought-after neighbourhoods. Full Article
Utility windfall profits in tax spotlight
LONDON (Reuters) - Utilities will likely escape a tax on profits they make from a European Union carbon trading scheme -- but the issue has sparked fierce debate about the size of windfalls and how utilities spend them. Full Article
How to profit from the falling pound
LONDON (Citywire) - As the pound dropped to a record low against the euro on 1 September and has fallen to a two and a half year low against the dollar, currency investors are capitalising on this by trading heavily in GBP/USD. Some 86 percent of trades on Barclays Stockbrokers FX trading platform on that date were in GBP/USD. Full Article
Reuters Columns
Housing plan smells like Ponzi
Britain's plan to cut taxes and offer incentives to first-time buyers is sure to fail and smells a bit of Ponzi. Full Article
Firmly impaled on the horns of a dilemma, most members of the the Monetary Policy Committee thought no change in interest rates was the best option this month, given the risks. What would you have done? Go to Blog
