Carlton to halve dividend, broker predicts
Carlton Communications will halve its dividend payment to shareholders to alleviate financial concerns, the ITV company's own stockbroker predicted yesterday.
Cutting t...
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Beijing stumped for an answer to Washington's 'new imperialism
It is an awful prospect for President Jiang Zemin - far worse than a mass strike by laid-off workers, violent peasant protests at taxation, or any domestic upset that mig...
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Inland Revenue's property sold to company in tax haven
The Inland Revenue yesterday admitted that it sold its entire property portfolio of 600 buildings to a company based in a tax haven, despite a Treasury crackdown on tax d...
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So, who should you turn to?
Debt advice is Britain's new growth industry. Thousands of people are employed to pick up the pieces from the credit-card fuelled consumer spending boom. Many are earnest...
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Forms may hinder claims
A government scheme launched this week to increase benefit payments to low and middle income families has immediately come under fire for generating miles of red tape tha...
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Can creditors refuse to deal with a third party?
Q I have paid a company to sort out my finances, which so far they have done very well. They have been very efficient and reduced my payments considerably and have made...
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Do I really need to insure my loan?
Q I have accumulated debt from a number of credit cards and loans since moving to London seven years ago. Following advice from my bank (Clydesdale) I consolidated all th...
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Pension facts
The demographics
· Currently 11.1 million state pensions are in payment (including BSP and Serps) - going to 10.2 million people in Great Britain and 900,000 overs...
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Where to go now Zurich's flying pigs have been grounded
A bank that guarantees its customers a high rate of interest for life, with no hidden charges, no minimum deposit requirement and an automatic fee-free overdraft?
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House of cards
The phenomenal growth in credit and debit card transactions over the last couple of years has fuelled fears that our spending patterns are filtered, mapped and stored on ...
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