Banking on debt
As a student you may not expect to have much money, but what cash you do have needs a home. You may well have had a current account in the past, but fierce competition am...
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Corus profits soar to ?435m
The steelmaker Corus today saw its first half profits more than double as it continued to make strides in its recovery programme.
Pre-tax profits at the Anglo-Dutch firm...
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Pensioners face jail in council tax protest
A retired vicar and a 73-year-old pensioner face jail next month over their protest against council tax increases.
Alfred Ridley and Sylvia Hardy have received dates for...
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Study links student debt to tax evasion
Graduates with student loan debts are more likely to become tax evaders later in life - particularly if they don't feel their degree course was very good - Australian res...
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Flat tax will harm the poor
Flat taxes would be even more unfair to low-income recipients than Heather Long supposes (Briefing, August 15). The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics...
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How to pay more tax than you should
A third of the people getting ready to file their tax returns by the end of September will probably make a mistake. In many cases the mistake may never be discovered and ...
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Credit card users warned
Holidaymakers were warned this week, to beware unscrupulous traders who use a local currency conversion system (at a very unattractive rate) when shoppers buy goods abroa...
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Central banks can thwart the terrorists
One of the ways of thwarting future terrorist attacks will be preventing flows of their funds around the world. This often begins with the £53bn "industry" of remit...
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Redundancy
Redundancy arises where an employee is dismissed because the employer no longer needs the full quota of staff. To qualify for a redundancy payment you must usually have w...
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Pru chief keeps Egg options under wraps
Mark Tucker, the new chief executive of Prudential, is to keep the City guessing on his strategic plan for the insurer until October when he is expected to outline the fu...
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