Yukos gains double lifeline with help of BP
Yukos, the embattled Russian oil group struggling to pay a crippling $3.4bn (£1.9bn) tax bill, last night secured a double lifeline in moves that could help ease the...
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Squeezing the rich is not an option
Let's hope Tony Blair continues to ignore your advice to raise the top rate of income tax to 50% (Leaders, August 3). This would lift Britain in the top-tax league, way a...
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Visa 'unfair to exclude US bank
The European Commission yesterday accused global credit card and payment system company Visa International of breaching EU competition rules by refusing to admit American...
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Never been more tempting
Interest rates on personal loans fell again this week to just 5.8 per cent - the lowest level seen in a generation - sparking fresh concerns about the dizzying rise in de...
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Withdraw credit cards from net paedophiles, MP demands
People who finance the sexual exploitation of children via the internet should have their credit cards withdrawn, according to a backbench Labour MP.
Judy Mallaber, MP f...
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Yukos says bankruptcy is imminent
Russian oil group Yukos warned yesterday that tax demands could drive it into bankruptcy by the end of the year and called for talks with the government to strike a life-...
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The man in the middle
For the record, Nick Raynsford is no Judas. He did not betray councils over rate capping; they just messed up. This is his justification of the bold decision to take cont...
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Labour woos women voters with tax breaks on nannies
Labour will seek to con-solidate its family friendly credentials and woo women voters today by giving middle-income families tax breaks for hiring nannies.
The scheme w...
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Stay young if you want to cash in on car premiums
Young drivers are more likely to get a large discount on insurance premiums at the age of 21 than at 25, according to insurance intermediary Quoteacar.co.uk. 'The figures...
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Big carve-up by Evolution chiefs
Directors of Evolution Group, the investment bank and brokerage house, shared a tenth of the proceeds of the flotation of IP2IPO, the intellectual property group, when it...
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