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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
- Six million facing new tax bills
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:20:07 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.
- 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.
- Bank customers in 'dire poverty'
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:02:20 GMT
Banks are accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission.
- Petrobras files $65bn share offer
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:12:33 GMT
The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, unveils plans to sell up to $64.5bn of new stock, in one of the world's largest share offers.
BBC News
- Protests over French Roma policy
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:28:42 GMT
Demonstrators gather in Paris and other French cities to protest against the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
- Karzai sets up Taliban talks body
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:08:02 GMT
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office says.
- Balls enters 'phone hacking' row
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:52:47 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.
- Blair pelted with eggs in Dublin
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:23:33 GMT
Shoes, eggs and plastic bottles are thrown at Tony Blair as he arrives at a book-shop in Dublin to sign copies of his memoirs.
- Spud U Like? Gardener chipper over his super-spud
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:12:36 GMT
An amateur gardener grows what he believes to be the largest potato in the world.
