Cancer expert hails Britain's success in cutting male death rate
Britain has achieved remarkable success in bringing down male cancer deaths from the third highest in Europe to the fifth lowest, a leading interna tional expert will tel...
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Fed to cut rate as US revival stalls
Wall Street and the City are betting heavily on an emergency rate cut from the Federal Reserve later this week in an attempt by the US central bank to halt the slide back...
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Rate cut hopes rise
Homeowners were hoping for a boost this week as speculation mounted that the Bank of England would take the cost of borrowing to a 47-year low.
Interest rates have been...
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Bankers weigh rate cuts
Alan Greenspan is set to throw down the gauntlet this Wednesday to central bankers in London and Frankfurt by cutting the key Federal Funds interest rate. Sir Edward Geor...
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Wall St expects rate cut after rise in jobless
Lengthening US dole queues and the spectre of a renewed recession in manufacturing sent the dollar plunging to a three-month low against the euro yesterday, as Wall Stree...
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Dow climbs 11% as weak GDP keeps door open for rate cut
Wall Street was last night heading for its biggest one-month gain in almost 16 years as a clutch of poor economic data kept the prospect of further interest rate cuts ali...
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European bank under pressure to cut rates
The European Central Bank today came under renewed pressure to cut interest rates as German business confidence fell to a nine month low in October.
According to a key s...
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Hopes fade for lower rates
Expectations of an imminent cut in interest rates receded yesterday after official figures showed the economy put on a growth spurt between July and September.
A health...
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Abbey National cuts savings rates
Abbey National yesterday chopped 0.25% off its range of savings rates in the latest blow for hard-pressed savers.
The Easy and postal Isas for savers investing £3,...
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Growth figures hit rate cut hopes
Pressure on the Bank of England to lower interest rates today eased as Britain's economy grew at its fastest pace in more than two years in the third quarter.
Gross dome...
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