Lloyds TSB increases current account interest rate
Lloyds TSB, one of the UK's leading "big four" high street banks, has today announced plans to offer up to 3.2% annual interest on its current accounts from February 10. ...
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There will be tiers before bedtime rates tumble
Just when you thought cash Isa savings rates could not get any worse, they have. However, you have to look carefully to spot the changes. Rather than hacking away at flat...
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Scottish Widows cuts bonus rates
Insurer Scottish Widows has become the latest in a long line of life insurance companies to cut the bonuses on its with-profits policies.
Widows, owned by Lloyds TSB, wi...
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German upset opens way for ECB rate cuts
Prospects of growth-boosting cuts in the eurozone's interest rates rose yesterday after the German government announced that Europe's biggest economy all but ground to a ...
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Savings rates continue to slide
Banks and building societies are continuing to cut their savings rates despite the fact that the Bank of England has left the base rate unchanged for 14 months, a new sur...
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Study to examine working class drop-out rates
A new survey into why working class students drop out of university is to be conducted, it was announced today. The research, which will be organised by the Institute for...
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Jobs gloom increases likelihood of US rate cut
The chances of another US rate cut rose sharply yesterday after government figures showed firms laying off workers at the fastest pace for nearly a year.
More than 101,...
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Europe's rate-setters defy danger signs
The European Central Bank and the Bank of England yesterday dismissed portents of weaker growth and decided to leave interest rates unchanged.
Despite gloomy new foreca...
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Plea for rate cut as shops struggle for custom
The UK's leading retailers' organisation called on the Bank of England to cut interest rates today after reporting yesterday that only a last-minute surge in spending on ...
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ECB holds interest rates
The European Central Bank today held interest rates steady but signalled its readiness to cut the cost of borrowing because of increasing risks to growth.
Wim Duisenberg...
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