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Citywire News
- Saturday Papers: tips and comment
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Best police against frauds are employees - 40% of detections come from tip-offs.
- Saturday Papers: US jobs data allay double dip concerns - other news
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
The private sector had created 235,000 jobs in the past three months.
- Saturday Papers: Beijing eyes counterbid for PotashCorp - bid news and gossip
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
The Chinese government has backed Sinochem to trump BHP Billiton?s $39bn hostile offer.
- Mortgages: cut out the middle man for the best rates
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Increasingly, high street banks are not only by-passing brokers ? the only place a potential homebuyer can get truly impartial advice on a home loan ? but they are restricting their best offers to existing customers.
- Halifax denies 81 year old woman access to her account for three months
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
After removing the wrong name from an elderly couple's account, Halifax said it could not correct the error because 'the department handling the matter was closing'.
BBC Business News
- Cairo literary business booming
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:50:18 GMT
Egypt's literary scene is thriving, with a new generation of writers and poets taking advantage of an increasing number of small publishers and social networking sites to get their work noticed.
- Six million facing new tax bills
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:22:04 GMT
HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.
- Industry fears over cheaper coins
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:12:04 GMT
Vending machine companies warn cheaper "steel" 5p and 10p coins being considered by the Treasury could cost the industry millions of pounds.
- Banks leave customers in 'poverty'
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:29:15 GMT
High Street banks have been accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission.
- Nigerian economy 'to grow by 10%'
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:04:42 GMT
Nigeria's economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early 2012, the country's finance minister says.
BBC News
- Tropical storm Earl hits Canada
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:00:07 GMT
Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with tens of thousands of people experiencing power cuts.
- Burnt body found on golf course
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:57:20 GMT
A badly-burnt body is found in undergrowth between the 17th and 18th holes of an East Sussex golf course.
- Balls seeks phone hack statement
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:46:31 GMT
Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls says the home secretary should make a statement about claims of phone tapping by the News of the World.
- Irish citizen dies in plane crash
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:40:57 GMT
A 26-year-old man from the Irish Republic is among nine people killed in a plane crash in New Zealand.
- Six million facing new tax bills
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:22:04 GMT
HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.
