Africa tells west: scrap trade barriers
The world's rich countries should spend less time telling African countries how to run their economies and instead concentrate on scrapping their harmful trade-distorting...
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Weak service sector puts growth at risk
Service sector performance deteriorated sharply in the last three months, increasing the risk of a severe slowdown in economic growth, the British Chambers of Commerce sa...
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Research helped to uphold status quo
The BMA based its decision to keep the abortion time limit at 24 weeks on evidence of the poor survival rates of babies born more prematurely.
A briefing paper prepared...
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Manufacturing shrinking slows
Britain's manufacturing sector shrank for the third month running in June but at a slower rate than expected, a report showed today.
The purchasing managers' index (PMI)...
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Single Britons' £48bn insurance shortfall
Single people are set to have £48bn worth of uninsured possessions by 2021 if current trends continue, research claimed today.
The contents of the average single p...
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Borrowing cost raised in US again
The Federal Reserve last night raised US interest rates for the ninth successive time as it sought to head off inflationary pressures without damaging growth prospects in...
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Bank need have no fear of a cut
When the Bank of England started to raise interest rates from their 50-year low of 3.5% little more than 18 months ago, it could hardly have expected to get so much bang ...
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Prosperity is a family affair
Female fertility rates are down, the number of single mothers up. Perhaps this is the ultimate sign of female emancipation. Educated women opting for careers are no longe...
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Pension funds falling short
Thousands of members of final-salary schemes could end up in the same position as Rover staff over the next 10 years. They could lose up to a fifth of their retirement be...
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The pirate who inspired the bankers
I have watched a young mother die because she did not have the money for a simple appendix operation, and neither did I.
I have looked on in despair as whole families w...
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