Rate cut unlikely after services rally
The prospects of an interest rate cut dimmed today as the key services sector was shown to have expanded for the second month running in May.
Service sector firms - whic...
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Breast cancer diagnoses hit all-time high but death rates fall
Breast cancer diagnoses are at an all-time UK high of more than 40,000 a year, and look unlikely to stop rising soon.
The reasons for the climb were unclear, said Cance...
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Euro-dollar rate at four-year high
The euro yesterday soared above its launch level against the dollar for the first time in more than four years, putting the European Central Bank under intense political ...
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Knife-edge rate vote raises hopes of cut
The Bank of England dropped a broad hint yesterday about a possible cut in interest rates after revealing that four of the nine members of its monetary policy committee h...
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Bank was split over rates decision
The Bank of England came within just one vote of cutting interest rates earlier this month, Bank minutes revealed today.
The minutes showed the Bank's monetary policy co...
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Bank goes online with high rates
Savers were today being offered a new place to stash their cash, as Dutch banking group ING launched its web and phone-based operation in the UK.
ING unveiled its Direct...
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Sterling in meltdown as rates are frozen
Sterling fell to its lowest level against the euro yesterday after a nervous Bank of England shrugged off pleas from industry and kept rates unchanged at 3.75%.
Caught ...
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Research puts Sars mortality rate at 20%
Sars is far more deadly than originally thought according to the first in-depth study of the disease, published today.
New research in The Lancet medical journal shows S...
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Suicide rate at women's jail stirs grief and anger
In the late afternoon of January 18 this year, having spent the first night of a three-year sentence for manslaughter at Styal women's prison in Cheshire, Sarah Campbell ...
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Bank set to cut rate this week
The Bank of England is poised to cut its base rate this week, say City economists. But the weakness of the pound may yet postpone the decision.
Manufacturing employers ...
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