Our very own Enron
How much longer can this farce carry on? Everywhere the chickens released by the government's private finance initiative are not so much coming home to roost as crashing ...
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Byers to defend Railtrack decision
Stephen Byers, the former transport secretary, is to fight claims in court this week that he deliberately pushed Railtrack into receivership.
He plans to cite internal t...
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BHP to fight biggest tax bill
BHP Billiton, the mining group, has received a tax bill of nearly $A1bn (£425m) from the Australian government, the company said yesterday.
BHP shares fell 7.5p to...
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Hedge funds may be 'testing boundaries' of insider dealing
Some hedge funds may be "testing the boundaries" of insider trading laws, chief City watchdog the Financial Services Authority said yesterday.
The warning was made in a...
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Call for employer pensions incentive
Companies should be rewarded for encouraging the take-up of occupational pension schemes with national insurance rebates, an industry body said today.
The Association of...
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Sharp fall in overseas card fraud
Fraud committed overseas on UK credit and debit cards has fallen to a five year low, figures released today show.
According to Apacs, the industry body for card issuers,...
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Quality's the new measure ...
Health service performance indicators have long concentrated on hospitals - but all this is about to change. Primary care trusts (PCTs), now the main budget-holders of th...
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What's the difference between direct debits and standing orders?
Q What's the difference between standing orders and direct debits? I used to have standing orders set up for most of my utilities, council tax, and so on, but I notice th...
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Is Egg trying to stop me closing my account?
Q I closed my Egg credit card account, leaving a balance of £20.93. Egg agreed to transfer this sum to my bank account, which it did. I then found a negative balance...
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