Britons 'favour universal pension
Most Britons favour the idea of a flat-rate state pension paid to all, rather than a system where payouts are related to national insurance contributions, a pensions grou...
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Inventive thinking
Inventive Leisure, which operates the 38-strong Revolution vodka bar chain, is the latest high street operator to become the focus of consolidation speculation - albeit n...
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Theories of Evolution
All eyes will be on Evolution Group this morning. Late yesterday, the fast-growing FTSE 250 stockbroker virtually cleared a stock overhang that had dogged its share price...
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American giant prepares to shell out ?900m for Egg
MBNA, the US credit card giant, is preparing an audacious £900m bid for Egg, the internet bank which is 79 per cent owned by the Prudential, the British insurer. Th...
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Lloyds card 'fails to live up to peers
Customers who take out Lloyds TSB's new credit card will have to spend £2,000 to earn £10 worth of rewards, making the card a worse deal than many of its compet...
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Fraud verdict implicates Mbeki's deputy
South Africa's popular deputy president, Jacob Zuma, was confronted with calls for his resignation yesterday after his former financial adviser and friend was found guilt...
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Jersey breaks promise to outlaw bribes
Britain's offshore tax haven of Jersey has failed to plug a loophole under which bribery payments made in Africa remain legal.
Despite a promise to a mission from the O...
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Russian tycoon jailed for nine years
The Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was today sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of fraud and tax evasion.
Khodorkovsky, the former head ...
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Sylvia may yet get her fortnight in jail
Sylvia Hardy, the 72-year old Council Tax rebel from Devon, is expecting to be sentenced shortly for her non-payment of the full Council Tax increases. She should soon ge...
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The fabulous banking boys
Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florenceby Tim Parks
286pp, Profile, £15.99
Despite the trail of financial and political failure th...
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