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Citywire News
- Grant Thornton?s top 10 Budget predictions
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
With Gordon Brown announcing that the Budget will be held on March 24, the tax experts are dusting off their crystal balls.
- Five reasons why insurers are better investments than banks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:38:05 GMT
Stronger than hoped for results from Standard Life have shown again why insurers are better investments than banks.
- Online banking fraud up by 14% amid wave of 'phishing' attacks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:01:33 GMT
Online banking fraud rose by 14% to £60m in 2009, while card fraud dropped for the first time in three years.
- Ten years after the tech bubble burst, the sector now looks cheap
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:07:57 GMT
Tech is still only trading on a multiple of 1.1x the market - despite an anticipated MA boom as the new cycle of technology kicks in.
- The economy is not yet out of danger, Gordon Brown warns
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:49:21 GMT
You can trust me, prime minister says, as he unveils a pay freeze for doctors, dentists, and hospital consultants.
BBC Business News
- Mexican shakes up world rich list
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:24:19 GMT
Mexican Carlos Slim Huan overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes 'rich list'.
- Winter insurance claims hit 650m
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:07:35 GMT
Insurers paid out 650m from 335,000 claims made as a result of damage caused by the wintry weather in the UK.
- The Latin web
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:48 GMT
Brazil exploits potential as web use spreads
- High flyer
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:56:52 GMT
The extra ordinary life of the man from the Pru
- Bright ideas
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:50:59 GMT
Why intellectual property is not a luxury
BBC News
- Chile's new leader to be sworn in
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:34:09 GMT
Chilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera will be sworn in as president, with a major post-earthquake rebuilding effort ahead of him.
- High-speed rail line plan awaited
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:33:05 GMT
Plans for a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham are to be published by the government later.
- Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man, say Forbes
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:24:19 GMT
Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.
- Mardell's America
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:06:59 GMT
'Open carry' activists do weekly shop with a gun
- Police 'risk public confidence'
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:50:31 GMT
Police failures to tackle anti-social behaviour risk public confidence, says the chief inspector of constabulary.
