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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Venture that nearly failed rescued reputation
Virgin Mobile, the company that resuscitated Richard Branson's business reputation in Britain, has grown at a phenomenal rate. Launched in November 1999, it already has m...
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Jarvis back on the defensive as new problems emerge
Jarvis, a controversial player in the private finance initiative arena, was on the defensive again last night after evidence emerged of late payment, trouble with key con...
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Troubled transfers of United players
Louis Saha
Bought from Fulham for £12.825m, January 2004
Concern over payment of £750,000 to agents and the involvement of Saha's representative Ranko Stojic...
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