Irving's tag as 'Holocaust denier' upheld
The discredited historian of the Third Reich, David Irving, may face bankruptcy after the court of appeal yesterday rejected his application to appeal against a libel tri...
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Pinpointing a way to cut card fraud
Get ready for a French revolution in the way we pay for goods with credit and debit cards. In an effort to combat card fraud, banks and retailers this week agreed to push...
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Exciting, fascinating, fulfilling' - do they really mean teaching?
Unless you've been locked in the university library for the past two years, you'll be aware that the government is desperate to tempt graduates into teaching. "You never ...
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Tax
Who can you complain to?
Contact the tax/inland revenue office you have been dealing with (address in the telephone book under inland revenue). You will be given a cont...
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Punch in a pin to stem fraud
By 2004 customers will type their four-digit pin number into a keypad - seen in use at a store in Briancon, southern France - instead of signing receipts.
Industry ins...
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Half a billion pounds owed in council tax
Local authorities are owed council tax payments totalling more than ?500m, the government has revealed.
And local government secretary Stephen Byers today warned authori...
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Still paying out for bust Independent
I have a home insurance policy with Independent Insurance arranged through a broker and paid by monthly direct debit on credit. My broker says that, as Independent Insura...
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?1bn wasted' on failed IT projects
More than £1bn of taxpayers' money has been squandered in a series of high-profile government IT failures since Labour came to power, according to research published...
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EarthPort heads to banks with cap in hand
EarthPort, which provides internet surfers with "online wallets" for payments over the web, has said it will run out of cash in a matter of weeks unless it secures additi...
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More trouble for Becker as the taxman cometh
Boris Becker's problems intensified yesterday when his lawyer admitted that the Munich tax inspectorate has demanded that the three-time Wimbledon champion pay some DM25m...
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