Smiths medical rumour peps up trading floors
Smiths Group, the FTSE 100 industrial conglomerate, pulled further away from its recent three-and-half-month low yesterday as break-up rumours did the rounds again.
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Top-up fees, RAEs? Farewell to all that
Last week, my wife and I visited our local health insurance office in Sydney. We explained that we had been living in England but had now returned home and wanted to re-a...
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How do I remember all these pin numbers?
Never let it be said that the British banking system lacks compassion. Tomorrow, Valentine's Day, is also being advertised as "chip and pin day". But it's only from the d...
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Out goes the Aga
The wheels of libraries turn slowly, but they can take new directions. While the library loan lists for 2004-05 are full of familiar books, they also show seismic shifts ...
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Consumer watchdog to look into Mastercard's 'anti-competitive' fees
A consumer watchdog yesterday began a new investigation into credit card organisation Mastercard over suspected "anti-competitive" behaviour that could mean millions of U...
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Card users urged to look beyond APRs
Consumers shopping for credit cards were today urged to look beyond headline figures, as the lowest interest rate does not always offer the cheapest borrowing.
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Kingfisher price rally hit by VAT fears
The recent rally in the Kingfisher share price stalled yesterday on concerns that an European Union sales tax row could hit profits at its French Brico Depot business.
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Roll up, roll up for the new year bonus
In football they call it a bung. But what's the educational term when you drop someone an extra payment for doing what they should be doing anyway? Paying students £...
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Liquidators of BCCI pay £73m to Bank and ask for settlement
The liquidators of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International have paid £73m to the Bank of England in an attempt to settle the central bank's record-breaking cl...
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Penny-pinching 'is delaying tax credit reforms
An influential group of MPs yesterday expressed alarm that cost-cutting had delayed reform of the government's tax credit system, which they said remained unfair to low i...
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