ECB dashes hope of rate cut
A defiant European Central Bank yesterday ended hopes that a weekend of arm twisting by US and Japanese policymakers had softened its determination to keep interest rates...
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Barclays to cut overdraft rate
Barclays is planning to cut the overdraft rate on its current account next month for the first time in five years.
The bank, which has some 8m current account customers...
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US rate cut buoys demand
Technology stocks, depressed on Tuesday by a warning from Cisco, rebounded yesterday to become the centre of attention after the US Federal Reserve's unexpected cut in in...
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US cuts interest rates
The US federal reserve has surprised the markets by slashing interest rates by half a percentage point, the third such cut this year, in an effort to stave off recession....
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Rates down again
Banks and building societies have embarked on a fresh round of savings rate reductions following the quarter-point bank base rate cut earlier this month.
Egg, NatWest a...
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Capital letters: Phone rates
At the end of last month, the Office of Fair Trading issued the latest pronouncement in its battle against package tour operators' cancellation charges, writes Richard C...
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Gulf veterans more likely to report illness, but death rates no higher
Gulf war veterans are twice as likely as other servicemen and women to report ill health, a government funded study reveals today.
The results of research, seven years ...
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Dow clambers back on rate cut talk
American investors piled back into the stock market yesterday amid fevered speculation that the US central bank is planning another surprise cut in interest rates.
The ...
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High rate of suicide among female doctors
Female doctors are twice as likely to commit suicide as other women, according to government-funded research published today.
They take their own lives more often than ...
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Fed under pressure to cut interest rates again
Pressure is growing on the US Federal Reserve to join the European Central Bank in cutting interest rates this week as the world economy shows more signs of fragility.
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