In America, says Chris Bright of Clifford Chance, a law firm based in London, price-fixers face two other worries that their British counterparts have so far been spared.
Going by the copper price data on the London Metal Exchange, the average realized price of copper for Freeport is likely to be lower this quarter on a sequential and year-over-year basis.
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The twice-daily London gold fixings are when the price of spot gold is determined, in London, by the five members of The London Gold Market Fixing Ltd.
The average house price across Greater London is 445, 000 pounds, but in desirable areas like Notting Hill or Kensington, the average price is closer to 1.5 million pounds.
In less popular areas like Lewisham in southeast London, the average price is just less than 300, 000 pounds.
Though London's current price-earnings ratio of 15 sounds quite reasonable, Norwich Union's Mr Lis points out that most past bear markets have ended with ratios in single figures.
One dealer who has done a number of transactions with the family recounts a time when David's London nephew changed the price of a painting after the two had agreed on a number.
If you are planning to attend, my advice is move sooner rather than later as official tickets sales were never discounted below to the opening price for London, and the widest and best selection of events and seats is right now.
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As the railway lines have been upgraded over the years, the price differences between rural and London housing have shrunk and as that example shows, you can actually calculate the price difference to a fair degree of accuracy.
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In the same time period in London trading, its share price has risen nearly 15%.
Investors will be closely watching Barclays share price when the London stock market reopens for trade on Thursday morning.
Should any attempt at insurrection misfire, they point out, it would be the people of Irbil, not the conference-goers in London, who pay the price.
"Clearly, HSBC is in investment phase in its corporate and investment banking business, " says Simon Price, a London-based analyst at JPMorgan Chase (nyse: JPM - news - people ).
"The results show we are heading in the right direction but also highlight some of the challenges we face - such as tackling the gender gap - as we build momentum for community sport in the run-up to London 2012, " said Price.
In London, at least, the price of prime office space is edging up, mostly because potential sellers are waiting for it to rise further.
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The report submitted by Lazards to London Underground's board strongly criticises Price Waterhouse's various proposals for splitting operations and track as over-complex and risky.
The sale to an anonymous buyer is a landmark moment for the London art market and establishes a record price for any Post-War work of art sold at auction in Europe.
This matters if, as now, house-price inflation has rippled out of London to the north where property is much cheaper.
Now, however, the case has been taken up on a no-win, no-fee basis by solicitor Robert Dougans of London practice Bryan Cave, and barrister Jonathan Price.
According to Yolande Barnes, head of residential research for Savills, another high-end estate agency, movements in London property are closely aligned with those in the price of gold.
The sale represents one of the most expensive in the world, joining a small collection of trophy homes that have commanded nine figure price tags, including a handful in London.
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The broadly unchanged picture is an average across the UK. In general, surveys show that London and the South East of England have seen price rises, but there have been falls elsewhere, notably in Northern Ireland.
M. fixes set a price for settling contracts between members of the London bullion market.
Mothercare's share price fell 4.1% in early London trading on Thursday following the release of the sales figures, but recovered most of its losses later in the day.
The Land Registry figures show some startlingly high price increases in some of the wealthier parts of London, driven by the continued influx of money being invested by foreigners seeking a safe home for their cash.
The deal, if confirmed, is a major victory for the European parliament negotiators, who insisted on pay curbs as their price for passing Basel, and a sign of London's relative isolation on some financial services issues.
Good quality childcare comes at a price, said Helen Penn from the University of East London.
The company's share price dropped 3.4% at the start of London trading on Thursday, before recovering to end the day up 0.5%.
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