How to ease the pain of rate cut
Last week's 0.25% cut in interest rates to a record 3.75% was cheerful news for borrowers - but it is a woeful reminder to already hard-hit savers that their money will e...
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Country for hire: low rates, all amenities
Anxious to put itself on the world map, the Ruritanian statelet of Liechtenstein has hatched an extraordinary plan: it is putting itself up for rent. The tiny country, fa...
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Bank faces demands for interest rate cut
Bank of England policymakers were facing a chorus of demands for a cut in interest rates last night after a disappointing start to the year for retailers and manufacturer...
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Plan to monitor patient death rates to stop a second Shipman
Trials to monitor and compare GPs' patient death rates to try to prevent another murder spree like that of serial killer Harold Shipman might begin next year.
Efforts h...
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Lloyds TSB increases current account interest rate
Lloyds TSB, one of the UK's leading "big four" high street banks, has today announced plans to offer up to 3.2% annual interest on its current accounts from February 10. ...
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There will be tiers before bedtime rates tumble
Just when you thought cash Isa savings rates could not get any worse, they have. However, you have to look carefully to spot the changes. Rather than hacking away at flat...
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Scottish Widows cuts bonus rates
Insurer Scottish Widows has become the latest in a long line of life insurance companies to cut the bonuses on its with-profits policies.
Widows, owned by Lloyds TSB, wi...
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German upset opens way for ECB rate cuts
Prospects of growth-boosting cuts in the eurozone's interest rates rose yesterday after the German government announced that Europe's biggest economy all but ground to a ...
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Savings rates continue to slide
Banks and building societies are continuing to cut their savings rates despite the fact that the Bank of England has left the base rate unchanged for 14 months, a new sur...
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Study to examine working class drop-out rates
A new survey into why working class students drop out of university is to be conducted, it was announced today. The research, which will be organised by the Institute for...
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