The phrase "a city source" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to information or insights that come from a source within a city, often in the context of news reporting or local affairs.
Example: "According to a city source, the new park will open next month."
Alternatives: "a municipal source" or "a local informant".
"They have to do a deal," said a City source.
Some potential tenants have shunned the vacant pitches at Billingsgate because of the labour costs, says a City source.
A City source said: "It was well known that most of the senior ABN guys wanted the Barclays deal, including Huibert Boumeester.
It's not the only one using that business mode," a City source said, adding that the economy would slow in coming months as lenders tightened their loan criteria and house prices came under pressure.
"It was some baptism of fire, for his first year in charge of a publicly-listed company and his first exposure to the newspaper industry," says a second City source.
A senior City source was quoted by the Financial Times newspaper as saying the government "would make their opposition so clear that any foreign bidder would be deterred from actually making a bid".
Floating part of the business on the stock market could be a possibility, but City sources said such a move was unlikely given the Barclays' love of privacy.
"The core business is performing badly," said one city source.
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Scheduled for release at 6am, the FSA's report will repeat its findings from a year ago that "bad decisions" rather than "dishonesty" led to the near-collapse of the bank in 2008 – a conclusion that City sources believe will make it difficult for the business secretary to use his powers to bar Goodwin or other former board members.
Per Michael Arrington's request I ran backstage and shoved a camera in CitySourced's founders' faces just after they completed what was one of the more compelling presentations of the day.
