How UK plc stays ahead of the taxman
Nobody likes paying taxes, but Britain's biggest companies have got complaining down to a fine art. Several are currently engaged in a long-running fight to prove that so...
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Poor sexual health plans condemned
Local health services were condemned today for failing to make sexual healthcare a priority despite the spiralling rate of sexually transmitted infections.
Contraceptive...
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Overheated gilt markets burning pension funds
Fresh evidence of the additional £35bn headache caused to Britain's pension funds by the collapse in government bond yields since the turn of the year emerged yeste...
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Further along
It is hard to believe that Success for All, the long term improvement strategy for further education, has just marked its third birthday. Much has been achieved in that s...
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UK tax 'keeps top footballers out
English football clubs have missed out on a string of the world's best players, including Barcelona's Ronaldinho and Inter Milan's Luis Figo, because ministers refused to...
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Fashions fade. Consistency is a constant
Japan, emerging markets and resources were the place for investors last year: seven of the 20 top-performing funds, as measured by Lipper, were Japanese specialists; five...
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Be careful: they are out to get you
Fraudsters and scam artists will stop at nothing when it comes to parting you from your cash. Some schemes have been around for years, while others have evolved or emerge...
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Wall Street's alpha female wants to smash glass ceiling
Suzanne Nora Johnson is a rarity: a woman who has made it to the top in the world of investment banking. Not any bank, mind, but the awesome moneymaking machine that is G...
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Record profit warnings dent confidence
Corporate profit warnings shot up by almost a quarter in 2005 as businesses were squeezed by soaring energy costs and weak consumer demand.
Accountants Ernst and Young s...
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Bright sparks will go for growth as income funds face rough ride
Income is the holy grail for many investors: bond and equity income funds usually battle it out for the top-selling slot in monthly investment statistics. This year, howe...
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Construction, Mining and Trades 
