Two-speed Viacom growth rates justify split
Viacom yesterday justified its decision to split the business in two, with third quarter results that showed sharply differing rates of growth among its various units. Th...
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How he rates: Theo Walcott, Southampton
At 16, Theo Walcott looks a prodigious talent, and he has strengthened his reputation by scoring three goals in his past three games for Southampton. Even before he broke...
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Fed will raise rates again to halt oil price inflation
The Federal Reserve will increase US interest rates for the 12th time on Tuesday as Alan Greenspan and his colleagues seek to mitigate the inflationary impact of high oil...
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Hawkish ECB hints at pre-emptive rate rises
Leading members of the European Central Bank yesterday warned that it could soon raise interest rates for the first time in five years to combat rising inflation and stif...
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Bank governor dashes hopes of rate cut to boost growth
The Bank of England governor, Mervyn King, moved to quell any lingering hopes of an interest rate cut arriving next month by emphasising that the Bank is targeting inflat...
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Bank rate-setters did not even discuss cut
The prospect of a cut in interest rates next month receded yesterday when minutes of October's meeting of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee revealed that th...
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Bank unanimous on holding rates
Expectations of an imminent rate cut faded today as it emerged that the Bank of England's monetary policy committee had declined to discuss the case for lower borrowing c...
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Small rise in cost of living keeps door ajar for cut in interest rates
Stiff price competition in Britain's retail sector softened the blow of rising energy prices on the cost of living last month and kept the door ajar for the Bank of Engla...
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Inflation rate hits eight-year high
Britain's annual inflation rate in September was driven to its highest level since 1997 by higher transport and petrol prices, official figures showed today.
The Office ...
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Better screening aids breast cancer survival rates
Two-thirds of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer today can expect to survive for at least 20 years, according to figures from a cancer epidemiologist. The screeni...
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Breast cancer survival rates improve
Two out of every three women diagnosed with breast cancer will survive for at least 20 years, researchers predicted today.
A Cancer Research UK study used statistics fro...
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Rates stay at 4.5% but next move is uncertain
The Bank of England yesterday left interest rates steady at 4.5% for the second month running following the quarter-point cut it made in August.
The Bank's monetary poli...
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Shares fall over fears of US interest rate hike
UK shares fell sharply after opening today mimicking heavy losses in Asia and on Wall Street as US investors braced themselves for higher inflation and higher interest ra...
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Current rates hit new high
The current account war hotted up last week with the launch of two products from Abbey and Alliance & Leicester, which pay the highest interest rates around for those wit...
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Bank set to resist rate cut
The Bank of England will anger Britain's hard-pressed retailers this week by refusing to make a confidence-boosting cut in interest rates, say analysts.
With soaring pet...
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Barclaycard raises interest rates
Barclaycard's 9 million customers face sharp rises in their interest charges because the credit card company has decided they are becoming less likely to pay back their d...
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Barclaycard risks and rates go up
Barclaycard is writing to its 9m customers to tell them of a rise in interest charges from November. Barclaycard, Britain's biggest credit card company, says it needs to ...
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Blood on the shop floor as retailers report sales falling at the fastest rate since records began
The fragile state of consumer spending was underlined yesterday as the CBI's latest survey of the retail sector showed sales volumes falling at their fastest rate in the ...
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Analysts predict cut in interest rate
City analysts today predicted another interest rate cut before the end of the year as figures showed the UK economy growing at its weakest annual pace for 12 years during...
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How he rates: David Doherty, Leeds Tykes
David Doherty is one of the most exciting prospects in English rugby. Signing a three-year professional contract with Leeds Tykes last January and pursuing a career in ru...
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MPC unanimous over 4.5% rate
The Bank of England's monetary policy committee voted unanimously to keep interest rates at 4.5% two weeks ago, minutes of their meeting showed today.
All nine members a...
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US central bank raises interest rates
The Federal Reserve, the US central bank, shrugged off the possible economic effects of Hurricane Katrina yesterday and raised borrowing costs for the 11th time.
The Fed...
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Growth warning prompts rates cut speculation
Expectations of a cut in interest rates rose today following warnings from a Bank of England policy maker that economic growth could fall short of Bank forecasts.
Stephe...
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Rate cut expected as cricket love affair and terrorism fears prolong decline
The City was last night bracing itself for a pre-Christmas cut in interest rates to pep up flagging consumer demand after the latest official retail data showed sales sta...
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Savers hit by sinking interest rates
Savers should check the interest rates they are earning as nearly every bank or building society has now reduced the rates on its savings accounts and Isas following last...
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Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold, for now
The Bank of England yesterday left interest rates on hold at 4.5% but many economists said they felt it would cut them again before long.
The monetary policy committee r...
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House prices rise at fastest rate for a year
House prices last month unexpectedly rose at the fastest pace for almost a year, the Halifax said yesterday, but it warned it could be a short-lived bounce based on the B...
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Bank holds interest rates at 4.5%
The Bank of England today left interest rates unchanged at 4.5% after last month's knife-edge decision to lower borrowing costs.
Analysts had widely anticipated today's ...
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OECD warns on UK interest rates
The west's leading economic thinktank last night sharply cut its forecast for the UK this year and warned that the Bank of England might need to cut interest rates furthe...
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Why didn't I get a discounted telephone rate?
Q Telediscount advertises a 15p a minute rate to New Zealand on its website, so you can imagine my shock and horror when I saw on my bill I had been charged £1 a min...
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