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BP could have to slash dividend payments both this year and in 2011, warns Hargreaves Lansdown.

Martin Currie has named Claire Marwick as co-manager of its Japan Alpha fund, alongside Keith Donaldson and John-Paul Temperley.

The Czech Republic President has hit out at the eurozone bloc, saying the union has failed to bring meaningful economic benefits to its members.

ETF Securities (ETFS) has issued additional shares for its platinum and palladium exchange-traded products listed on NYSE Arca.

Openwork is expanding its product proposition with a new protection panel featuring Aegon, Axa and Legal & General.

The FSA has banned a commodity broker for manipulating coffee futures and options in the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange market.

Deputy PM Nick Clegg has said a taper rule for capital gains tax (CGT) is one of the plans currently being "considered" by the coalition Government.

Mortgage lending fell between March and April, according to the Bank of England's latest Trends in Lending report.

The UK's worst performing funds have grown in size by £1bn since the start of the year, research shows.

The global economic crisis has still not been solved, chairman and chief economist of Lombard Street Research warns.