Queen's speech promises tighter credit laws
Consumers are to get greater rights and improved protection in an overhaul of the credit laws announced today in the Queen's speech.
The consumer credit bill marks the ...
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Hurricanes help to create jobs in US
George Bush received the best possible boost to the start of his second term yesterday when US payrolls rose at the fastest rate for seven months, well above the market's...
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We like HSBC's 0% card
It is offering zero per cent on purchases until September 2005, and zero per cent on balance transfers for nine months.
The cards' long-term rates are 15.9% APR for Cl...
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Review warns of 'polarised' post-16 learning
An unofficial bipartite system of academic and vocational post-16 education could undermine the ability of schools and colleges to collaborate effectively, the first annu...
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MPs vote for ?8,000 rise in staff allowance
A cross-party coalition of MPs yesterday voted to increase their staff allowance by more than £8,000 a year in a move that will cost the taxpayer an extra £3m. ...
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Unanimously cautious wise men
All nine members of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) voted earlier this month to keep interest rates at 4.75%, Bank minutes showed today.
There was ...
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Unemployment hits record low
Britain's jobless rate in the three months to September fell to a record low of 4.6% from 4.8% in the previous quarter, official figures showed today.
The number of unem...
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Will luck of the Irish rub off?
Rock-Bottom interest rates, sizzling house prices, and a plethora of pundits predicting a crash. Sounds familiar, but this is not Britain in 2004: it's Ireland, circa 199...
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Where the young can stash their cash
Banks and building societies make a real effort to attract pocket money and other sums from children, or their families - often with interest rates that adults can only d...
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Mousekeeping adds to Euro Disney loss
French theme park operator Euro Disney saw its losses increase last year due to royalty payments, the costs of its financial restructuring and the failure to attract more...
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