First Direct rates match net's best
Telephone bank First Direct yesterday sought to exploit consumer dissatisfaction with standalone internet banks by saying it would be the first to offer interest rates si...
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What the rising crime rates mean
There is no getting away from it. Figures don't tell lies, not these ones at any rate. And they mean Jack Straw, the home secretary, has to digest the very unpalatable fa...
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Bank of Japan holds rates at zero
Japan yesterday surprised the markets by keeping its zero interest rate policy on hold despite earlier preparing dealers for an increase.
However, the Bank of Japan sig...
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Jobless rate at 25-year low
The government opened a major public relations offensive yesterday after new figures showed that the unemployment rate fell to a 25-year low last month without putting up...
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This woman rates India
Charlotte Raven (G2, July 11) writes that she has never heard a good word about India Knight from a woman. Well, here are several.
I was given the proof of her novel My...
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Wafer thin majority kept rates on hold
Homeowners and businesses were spared a further rise in interest rates this month only by a wafer thin majority on the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, it was...
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Record A-level pass rates lead to row over standards
An argument over exam standards broke out last night as figures released in advance of today's A-level results showed another record pass rate.
The 18th consecutive ris...
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Low-rate bank is called to account
A little-known banking watchdog bared its teeth this week, ordering a high street bank to pay thousands of its customers more interest on their savings - the first such i...
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Japan risks all on rate rise
Japan's central bank ended its "money-for-nothing" policy yesterday with a controversial decision to lift interest rates for the first time in 10 years, despite a warning...
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Hint of Japanese rate rise hits euro
The under-fire euro tumbled to a 10-week low against the dollar and extended losses against a range of other currencies yesterday amid new data suggesting that euroland i...
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