Tomkins chief gets US-style package
Tomkins, the conglomerate that became a byword for corporate excess, has ended its protracted search for a new boss by offering a Canadian lawyer turned motor-components ...
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14 Enron managers 'shared ?6.4m commission
Fourteen Enron managers shared a commission of ?6.2m for helping to find a buyer for the collapsed group's UK retail arm, one of the company's creditors said today.
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Mothers who flout contact orders face new penalties
Divorced and separated mothers who flout child contact orders could be ordered to do community service or sent to parenting classes under sweeping new powers for court...
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Key findings of Vaz report
The Commons standards and privileges committee considered 11 separate allegations against the former Europe minister. It dismissed eight allegations, and upheld three, tw...
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Time running out to file tax returns
Time is fast running out for the 2.7m people who have yet to submit their self-assessment forms to the Inland Revenue, with the January 31 deadline looming large.
Every...
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On the paper trail
The advent of the internet as a commercial entity has tended to be a one-sided affair, with much of the credit for innovation going to the relatively glamorous business-t...
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You will, you will, you must
If you are among the 3.3m people who still have not filled in and submitted their 2000-01 tax returns together with any tax you owe to the Inland Revenue, do it now. You ...
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High street blues
It's usually good news when you get a cheque in the post. Especially at this time of year, when the finances have as much bounce as a punctured football.
But an eagle-e...
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Argentina tries to stop run on banks
Argentina's crisis-hit government desperately sought to prevent a run on its cash-strapped financial system yesterday, keeping banks closed for a third day in a row as it...
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Harsh lessons on pay and conditions
The row over the pay and conditions of teaching assistants demonstrates that "big ideas" must be thought through (Morris faces furore over classroom assistants' pay, Janu...
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