Shoppers keep on flashing the plastic
Credit and debit card spending hit a new high during December as the number of transactions crossed the 500m threshold for the first time, figures showed today.
The Ass...
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Pirates loot the film and music giants' coffers
Suddenly, Hollywood is having to confront the sort of nightmare scenario usually found only in movie scripts: its greatest enemy may lie within. For years Tinseltown has ...
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Taxman closes loophole on City bonuses
The Inland Revenue has closed two tax avoidance loopholes that City banks were using to boost bonuses for their star bankers and brokers.
Dawn Primarolo, the Paymaster ...
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1.5% annual fee for child trust funds
The government disappointed some this week by announcing that providers of its new child trust funds will be able to charge up to 1.5% a year for managing people's money....
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Detectives question Sharon over bribe claims
Ariel Sharon was questioned by fraud detectives for nearly three hours yesterday over bribery allegations that could force him from office.
Israel Radio reported that t...
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Leeds get extended deadline
Leeds have today been granted a further extension to their "standstill agreement" by the principle creditors who are mulling over a buy-out bid from a Yorkshire-based con...
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BSkyB finance chief takes ?4m exit
Martin Stewart is to quit as BSkyB's chief financial officer, three months after losing out to James Murdoch as head of the satellite company.
Mr Stewart is likely to g...
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Parents 'should pay for schools
Most parents should be made to pay towards their children's schooling, in an extension of the "co-payment" principle used by Tony Blair to justify university top-up fees,...
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Treasury raises price cap on child trust funds
The government is to backtrack on a proposed 1% cap for the charges providers can levy on child trust fund products, which came under much criticism from potential provid...
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Stage frights
Was Charles Dickens the first pop star? That is the comparison drawn in a new exhibition at the Charles Dickens Museum that commemorates the first of his public readings,...
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