Lloyds TSB ups current account rate
Lloyds TSB today launched the latest attack in the battle for current account customers by announcing it would pay up to 4.5% interest on account balances.
But the offe...
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Debt fears put rate rises on hold
Christmas shoppers may be spared a rise in borrowing costs after the Bank of England said yesterday that it plans to proceed cautiously with further interest rate increas...
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OFT tells Barclays its 0% rate is not 100%
Barclays faced more embarrassment over its Barclaycard credit card yesterday after the Office of Fair Trading forced it to withdraw adverts for its "0% forever" offer.
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Class divide' in languages as dropout rates rise
Allowing schoolchildren to drop languages at age 14 is reinforcing an existing class divide, warns a report from national education bodies. Schools with more pupils on fr...
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Drug boost to cut heart death rates
Powerful cholesterol-busting drugs could be sold over chemists' counters within six months in an attempt to prevent thousands of people from dying each year of heart atta...
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Bank rate rise 'was mistake
The Bank of England has raised interest rates too soon, and the prospect of a further rise could push the consumer into serious retrenchment and the economy back into sta...
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We like low personal loan rates
There are two lenders who have kept their personal loan rates at an all-time low despite the recent hikes from the Bank of England.
Despite the rise in base interest ra...
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We like full increase in rates
We like the banks and building societies which have raised interest rates on their savings accounts by 0.25% following last week's rate hike by the Bank of England.
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Can I get redress for Thomas Cook's low rates?
Q On September 19 I bought some Danish kroner for a trip to Denmark, at a rate of 10.15 kroner to the pound. I bought the currency at a Thomas Cook window in an HSBC bank...
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Britain 'close behind US' on obesity rates
More than 40% of men and women in the UK could be obese within a single generation, the influential International Obesity Taskforce will warn at a conference today.
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