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BBC News

  • 'Last' WWI service veteran dies
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:27:19 GMT
    A woman thought to be the world's last known surviving service member of World War I dies aged 110.
  • Press watchdog 'made a scapegoat'
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:00 GMT
    The Press Complaints Commission was made a scapegoat over phone-hacking at the News of the World, its former chairman tells the Leveson Inquiry.
  • Redknapp tax trial jury sent home
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:24:34 GMT
    The jury in the trial of Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp for alleged tax evasion is sent out to consider its verdicts.
  • Jones 'nothing to hide' on Awema
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:14:14 GMT
    First Minister Carwyn Jones says the Welsh government has "nothing to hide" in the case of under-fire race equality charity Awema.
  • Lloyds Group to shed 1,000 jobs
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:04:36 GMT
    Lloyds Banking Group announces it is to shed nearly 1,000 jobs and close three of its administration sites.

BBC Business News

  • Lloyds Group to shed 1,000 jobs
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:04:36 GMT
    Lloyds Banking Group announces it is to shed nearly 1,000 jobs and close three of its administration sites.
  • Tax deal brings out 2,000 evaders
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:49:58 GMT
    Some 2,000 people from the UK with money invested in Liechtenstein have come forward after the tax haven was put under the spotlight.
  • AUDIO: Europe must do 'real' business
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:46:30 GMT
    Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad says Europe needs to produce 'real' goods and services, not rely on the financial sector
  • VIDEO: Merger will create mining giant
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:45:03 GMT
    News of a merger between mining firm Xstrata and commodities trader Glencore has been met with a mixed reception by investors.
  • Glencore-Xstrata in $90bn merger
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:33:32 GMT
    Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata unveils a $90bn merger with commodity trader Glencore, a move opposed by some major shareholders.

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

  • Mansion tax: a terrible, unworkable idea
    Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:58:02 Z
    Vince Cable?s plan to impose a tax on properties worth more than £2 million is impractical, unethical and cowardly, argues Linton Chiswick.

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