How he rates: Theo Walcott, Southampton
At 16, Theo Walcott looks a prodigious talent, and he has strengthened his reputation by scoring three goals in his past three games for Southampton. Even before he broke...
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Fed will raise rates again to halt oil price inflation
The Federal Reserve will increase US interest rates for the 12th time on Tuesday as Alan Greenspan and his colleagues seek to mitigate the inflationary impact of high oil...
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Hawkish ECB hints at pre-emptive rate rises
Leading members of the European Central Bank yesterday warned that it could soon raise interest rates for the first time in five years to combat rising inflation and stif...
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Bank governor dashes hopes of rate cut to boost growth
The Bank of England governor, Mervyn King, moved to quell any lingering hopes of an interest rate cut arriving next month by emphasising that the Bank is targeting inflat...
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Bank rate-setters did not even discuss cut
The prospect of a cut in interest rates next month receded yesterday when minutes of October's meeting of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee revealed that th...
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Bank unanimous on holding rates
Expectations of an imminent rate cut faded today as it emerged that the Bank of England's monetary policy committee had declined to discuss the case for lower borrowing c...
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Small rise in cost of living keeps door ajar for cut in interest rates
Stiff price competition in Britain's retail sector softened the blow of rising energy prices on the cost of living last month and kept the door ajar for the Bank of Engla...
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Inflation rate hits eight-year high
Britain's annual inflation rate in September was driven to its highest level since 1997 by higher transport and petrol prices, official figures showed today.
The Office ...
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Better screening aids breast cancer survival rates
Two-thirds of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer today can expect to survive for at least 20 years, according to figures from a cancer epidemiologist. The screeni...
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Breast cancer survival rates improve
Two out of every three women diagnosed with breast cancer will survive for at least 20 years, researchers predicted today.
A Cancer Research UK study used statistics fro...
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