Bidders go cold on McDonald's kitchen supplier
Investors faced a volatile time yesterday, with continuing interest rate worries, new takeover developments and a host of brokers' notes arriving in City inboxes.
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Cheap goods lighten the burden on inflation of rising energy costs
Petrol prices have soared, gas bills keep rising and water rates are up, so why hasn't inflation taken off more? The key is that behind those high-profile hikes, many goo...
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BHP seeks legal cover over copper strike
BHP Billiton has declared force majeure over likely delays in the delivery of copper concentrates from its Chilean mine, where more than half of the workers went on strik...
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MPs demand higher air and road taxes
The government should stop "running scared of critical tabloid headlines" and hike up taxes on aviation and gas-guzzling "Chelsea tractors", a cross-party committee of MP...
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Black boxes to cut young drivers' premiums
Young drivers are being targeted by an insurance policy, launched today, which aims to cut the cost of cover as well as the number of road casualties.
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Royal Bank of Scotland profits up 23%
Royal Bank of Scotland today capped a bumper week for the banking sector by reporting a 23% jump in first-half profits to £4.51bn.
But like its rivals earlier this ...
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Early-night deal for young drivers
Young motorists who agree to leave their cars behind at night or take a pledge to drive carefully can see their insurance costs slashed under two schemes unveiled today.
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Pretoria curbs circumcision
In the year since a major South African study indicated that circumcision reduced the rate of HIV infection among men, several African countries hit hard by the disease h...
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Male circumcision can reduce Africa HIV spread, study says
Male circumcision could decrease the rate of infection by HIV in Africa by as much as 37%, a study has concluded.
Scientists used data from a previous clinical trial to ...
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Charity claims jail stops females going straight
Many women's jails should be closed and their inmates moved into community programmes to help cut reoffending rates, a prison reform charity said today.
The Howard Leagu...
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