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The Prime Minister confirmed that the Budget will be held on March 24, but would not back Alistair Darling's pledge to do more to cut the Governments huge deficit.
Gordon Brown won't rule out pre-election 'giveaway' in Budget

The City watchdog has sounded alarm about the prospect of a meltdown in commercial property. Announcing much tougher stress tests for banks, the Financial Services Authority raised concerns that they are not setting aside enough to cover losses on the sector.
Commercial property may cause new crisis, says FSA

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Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow added 3 points at 10,567, the Nasdaq gained 18 points
at 2,359 and the S&P500 rose 5 points at 1,146.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was up 87.52 points at 10,651.44, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning off 74.07 points at 21,134.22.

Crude oil traded at $81.63 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,108 an ounce.

Happy trading!

G.

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