Brussels tells Brown to raise taxes or cut spending
The International Monetary Fund and the European commission called on Gordon Brown yesterday to increase taxes or reduce spending as both organisations separately slashed...
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Would you credit it?
Marks & Spencer got in trouble two years ago when it converted its store cards to credit cards without giving customers any choice. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) deeme...
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MFI warns bank of rising furniture business losses
MFI is expected to tell shareholders today that losses at its retail furniture business threaten to put it in breach of its banking covenants. The group has already told ...
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How to solve crosswords
Please read this overlong first sentence very carefully: "Unanimous estimation rates the 'hiddens' easiest to spot, and unsurprisingly so: letters are all appearing in th...
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Store cards 'overcharge by £100m
Store card holders are being overcharged by £100 million a year, a report from the Competition Commission concluded last week. Interest rates on store cards are up ...
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Katrina effect is already waning
Feelbad factor will not stop a rate rise
It all looked so simple for the Federal Reserve three weeks ago. At each of its last 10 meetings the US central bank had tweaked...
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Can I transfer all my Isa savings at once?
Q I have a mini cash Isa with Smile and when I opened the account it paid one of the highest rates of interest around. This is no longer the case.
The account contains a...
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Oil prices surge amid Hurricane Rita fears
The International Monetary Fund today warned that high oil prices could trigger inflation and push interest rates higher as Hurricane Rita threatened energy supplies in t...
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Barclays to launch flexible interest card
Barclaycard has set up a new-style credit card which rewards consumers who pay off their balances quickly with lower interest rates.
The Repayment Rewards card links the...
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British tax havens 'help cheat Third World out of billions
Christian Aid is demanding that the British government crack down on UK-owned offshore financial havens which are accused of helping tax dodgers cheat the developing worl...
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