Equity analysts predict steady but unspectacular growth
The City's leading equity strategists are predicting a year of steady growth for the FTSE 100 in 2005 - after a 7.17% gain in 2004.
Those analysts who were prepared to ...
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What will flow after big oil?
Forecasters said it was was going to go pear-shaped in 2004: the return of inflation, higher interest rates, a house price collapse, a dollar crisis, a sharp slowdown in ...
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What's not hot
Easyhotels: Stelios's first no-frills hotel opens in Kensington, London, this summer with room rates from £5 a night. The fibreglass orange pods do not come with tow...
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Why can't my partner get credit?
Q My boyfriend has a regular job with a decent salary, he has an overdraft and a credit card like most people, but on applying for loans or new credit cards, he is o...
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From telephones to home loans ... the PO plan for world domination
The Post Office says the simple pricing structure of Homephone will save customers 12 per cent compared with BT's Together Option 1 tariff, and says other households coul...
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Prague cabbies fleece mayor
When the mayor of Prague heard rumours of taxi drivers overcharging tourists for rides he decided to take matters into his own hands.
Pavel Bem donned a wig, a false be...
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Off-peak car insurance launched
Pay-as-you-go motor insurance using a "black box" device fitted inside cars was launched today by insurer Norwich Union.
The cover is aimed at younger drivers and is de...
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Stuck in a Westminster time warp
Why is it that whenever statistics are published on foreign direct investment the political class queue up to demonstrate their lack of basic economic and commercial know...
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Bank catches housing jitters
Bank of England policymakers are expected to leave interest rates at 4.75 per cent for the fifth successive month on Thursday as they watch the housing market downturn ga...
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Credit card firms profit from late payment fees
Credit card companies are making £400m a year from charges paid by customers who settle their bills late or exceed their limits, a report claims.
The consumer watc...
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