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- Nineteen applicants for every job, employment agency reports
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
There were 1% more vacancies in February than in January but the number of people looking for work climbed 50%.
- Labour peer Lord Paul promises to give up non-dom status
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:29:08 GMT
Labour party donor Lord Paul has said he will give up his non-dom status in the wake of the Lord Ashcroft scandal.
- The blue chips where you should dump bonds for equity
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT
The large cap stocks which offer higher yields than their equivalent ten year corporate bonds.
- Online shoppers don?t know their rights
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:50:53 GMT
77% of shoppers don't know there is a difference between online and high street consumer rights.
- npower joins energy price war
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:48:52 GMT
npower becomes latest provider to cut prices, slashing gas bills by 7%.
BBC Business News
- BA strike action talks to resume
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:04:31 GMT
Talks aimed averting strike action by BA cabin crew are due to resume later, after a deadline was extended.
- Banking fraud 'moves to internet'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:44 GMT
Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows.
- Royal junk mail
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:31:00 GMT
Why postal reforms are good news for direct mailers
- Dotcom Crash
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:27:19 GMT
10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burst
- EU concern over end of tanker bid
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:44:03 GMT
Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal.
BBC News
- Indonesia militant 'was killed'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:27:11 GMT
Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed terror suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.
- Call to halt NHS medical database
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:48:42 GMT
Doctors' leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.
- Formal Suu Kyi ban in Burma poll
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:47:02 GMT
A new election law formally bars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from taking part in elections planned in Burma.
- Inmate reoffending 'costs 10bn'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:55:17 GMT
Reoffending by thousands of criminals serving short sentences in England and Wales costs up to 10bn a year, says a report.
- Leaping off the page - Belgian paper prints '3D edition'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:35:26 GMT
A Belgian daily has issued what is thought to be Europe's first 3D newspaper - complete with cardboard viewing glasses.