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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
- House prices rose 0.6% in January, says Halifax
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:54:16 Z
The average UK house price is now £161,000.
- The 20 postcodes most 'at risk' of burglary
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:34 Z
The areas in the UK that see the most home insurance claims for theft or burglary, and the postcodes that are least at risk.
- House prices flat as market 'dogged by uncertainty'
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
January marked the eighteenth month that house prices did not rise, according to Hometrack.
- Buying a house is now cheaper than renting one
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
Buying a house is over £100 a month cheaper than renting, according to Halifax. Wales is the exception.
- 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.
