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- ?Toxic? pension system deprives retirees of 30% of income
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:55:30 Z
Retirees are missing out on £1 billion of income each year after falling foul of an opaque and unfair annuity market.
- Diary of a Dumb Investor: buying protection for the 2012 crash
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:46:47 Z
If 2011 took me unawares, much like Russian forces early in World War II, this year will be my Stalingrad ? and Personal Assets will help me turn the tide.
- Chart of the Day: Goldman Sachs says you?ll be richer this year
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:58:47 Z
And you won't have to endure a return to recession either, the bank's economists say.
- How I caught a good pension... by mistake
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:54:40 Z
My decision to start paying into a pension 25 years ago was a good one, says Lawrence Lever, even if it was a controversial 'with profits' policy.
- 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.
BBC Business News
- House prices 'up 0.6% in January'
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:43:13 GMT
UK house prices increased by 0.6% in January, according to the latest survey from the Halifax.
- China loosens grip on yuan
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:35:11 GMT
Foreigners allowed to invest directly using yuans
- Brazil privatises three airports
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:52:22 GMT
The Brazilian government privatises three airports, including the country's largest in Sao Paulo, in sales valued at $14bn.
- Network Rail boss forgoes bonus
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:26 GMT
Network Rail bosses, including chief executive Sir David Higgins, say they will not accept bonuses this year amid growing political pressure.
- VIDEO: Greece restarts debt crisis talks
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:37:54 GMT
The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on the resumption of Greece's debt crisis talks and China's refusal to pay a new EU airline tax.
BBC News
- Syria artillery onslaught on Homs
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:57:50 GMT
The fiercest attack yet - involving heavy artillery - rocks the Syrian city of Homs, as the US closes its Damascus embassy over security concerns.
- Multinationals feel spurned by government
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:53 GMT
Why biggest firms in UK feel let down by the government
- Girl shot 'while playing in shop'
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:37:31 GMT
A five-year-old girl was "happily playing" in a shop when she was hit by gang gunfire and left permanently paralysed, a jury hears.
- Syria veto was 'betrayal' - Hague
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:32:16 GMT
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague accuses China and Russia of "betraying the Syrian people" by vetoing a UN resolution condemning violence there.
- SA 'resurrected singer' detained
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:26:29 GMT
A South African man who claims to be a famous Zulu musician who apparently died in 2009 is in custody until DNA tests determine his identity, police say.