ICI debtor skips payment
One of the world's biggest chemical companies - which owes Britain's ICI group £300m - last night said it is skipping interest payments on its debts and starting fin...
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?200 winter payment for old
Britain's pensioners are to be given £200 each winter until the next election as part of a government drive that will cost taxpayers more than £8 billion.
The...
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Zoe Wanamaker slams Potter payments
Zoe Wanamaker has hit out at the makers of the Harry Potter film, accusing them of underpaying their actors.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Wanamaker, who pl...
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Payment by results test for MS drugs
Thousands of patients with multiple sclerosis are to be given expensive drug treatments on a payment by results scheme being thrashed out by the government and manufactur...
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Bank makes a down payment
It came as no surprise to the City yesterday when the Bank of England announced that it was throwing its weight behind efforts to underpin the teetering global economy. N...
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Vodafone chief in payments inquiry
One of Britain's best known businessmen is under investigation over multi-million pound payments to top executives at a German company after it was taken over by his Voda...
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Arsenal accuse Real of defaulting on Anelka payments
Arsenal have accused Real Madrid of failing to pay up for French striker Nicolas Anelka.
Anelka moved to Madrid for £22m two years ago, and Real agreed to pay back ...
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Camelot admits lottery payment error
Camelot has admitted it paid ?130,000 in error to a lottery syndicate which managed to flout the rules by making a late claim after missing the 30-day lost ticket deadlin...
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House votes to hold back on US payment to UN
US relations with the United Nations were again in turmoil yesterday after the House of Representatives voted to withhold $244m in dues the country owes if it is not read...
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PR firm defends massive payment for London traffic advice
Transport for London is paying PR company Fishburn Hedges a staggering ?100,000 a month for advice on how to introduce London mayor Ken Livingstone's controversial conges...
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