Profitability rises at fastest rate for 10 years
Britain's banks, insurers and stockbrokers enjoyed a bumper end to 2005 and the good times should continue, according to a survey today.
The CBI-PricewaterhouseCoopers f...
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Spain's abortion rate soars
The annual number of abortions in Spain has nearly doubled in the last decade, prompting calls for improved sex education in schools.
About 85,000 Spanish women terminat...
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Growth rate in UK falls to lowest in 15 years
Productivity growth in the UK fell to its lowest rate for 15 years in the third quarter of 2005, according to figures released yesterday.
The Office for National Statis...
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Oil companies protest as rate doubles to 20%
The chancellor was accused yesterday of increasing the chances of an energy crisis by launching a £2bn-plus a year tax raid on North Sea operators.
The furious rea...
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A good rate, and the account's so flexible
Alex Moore, 22, from Ealing, west London has saved with ING Direct since the Dutch bank launched its UK savings business two and a half years ago.
The economics graduate...
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Amazon rainforest vanishing at twice rate of previous estimates
The Amazonian rainforest is being destroyed at double the rate of all previous estimates, according to research published today in the journal Science. The destruction is...
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Does tinkering with bloodline increase equine mortality rate?
Their names were briefly recorded in the racing press, accorded much less prominence than stories about a jockey suffering a few bruises and a bookmaker getting robbed on...
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Water bills to rise by more than twice the rate of inflation
Water and sewerage bills in England and Wales are set to rise by an average of 5.5% from the beginning of April, the industry regulator Ofwat announced yesterday.
The in...
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Second-rate services
David Cameron's attempt to "triangulate" the Conservative party back into government shows little sign of succeeding. The Tory modernisers are hoping to win back votes by...
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Rate for the job
Silvio Berlusconi's press officer complains (Letters, February 10) about the use of the term neo-fascists by Tristram Hunt in his comment piece (February 6). Now he has l...
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