Nomura sees 'golden age
Nomura, the Japanese banking giant, is predicting a new 'golden age' for the world economy in an astonishing reversal of its bearish stance a year ago.
Its respected mar...
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A credit card with APR of 70 per cent. Is this exploitation or the help some people need?
A new credit card aimed at the poor, which has a top interest rate of nearly 70 per cent - the highest ever - has been cautiously welcomed by Consumer Credit Counselling ...
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Tax credit clawback hits low paid
A flagship scheme to tackle poverty is pushing single parents into hardship after demands that overpayments should be clawed back, the charity Single Parents said .
Some...
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RSA retreats as investors take profit
Insurance company Royal & SunAlliance continued to retreat from its recent 12-month-high after a leading sector analyst told shareholders to take advantage of recent ...
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Government failing on teen pregnancy target
Teenage pregnancy rates have dropped slightly in the last year but are still far short of the government target to halve the number of conceptions in this age group withi...
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More bruising than boozing
Results from Heineken and Carlsberg yesterday highlighted what desperate doldrums European brewers find themselves in these days. The golden throatcharmer is no longer re...
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Deaths spiral out of control in Aids crisis
South Africa's mortality rate has jumped by 59 per cent in six years, fuelled by the HIV/Aids epidemic, according to new figures published this weekend by the country's c...
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Iron age
Reports of exponential growth in the rates of obesity in UK children have led to renewed calls for more activity and exercise to be worked into their lives. Howeve...
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Inheritance loophole to be plugged
The Treasury has become so eager to jump on tax loopholes that it is about to clamp down on one a year before it appears.
Government officials are drafting measures to s...
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Squabbles ahead in the sixth form
Mine's bigger than yours. We're not talking conkers, boyfriends or A-level results, but the first batch of child trust funds (CTFs), which will mature in September 2020.
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