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Citywire News

  • Mortgages: a tracker could save you money
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:00 +0100
    If economists' forecasts are right and the Base Rate is really set to remain at 0.5% until the end of 2013, then trackers look a much better bet than fixed rate mortgages.

BBC Business News

  • Addresses set to lose county name
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:58:54 +0000
    Counties appear set to be dropped from postal addresses in future years after complaints about out-of-date names.
  • Tax credit overpayments 'to soar'
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:00:09 +0000
    Many more people will face having to pay back some of the money paid to them as tax credits because of Budget changes, experts say.
  • Sale of EDF's UK networks agreed
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:21:50 +0000
    A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing has agreed a deal to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).
  • Northwest agrees to pay $38m fine
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:45:44 +0000
    Northwest Airlines will plead guilty and pay a $38m fine for fixing air-cargo prices, the US justice department says.

BBC News

  • Tables turned on top QC
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:44:45 +0000
    Jonathan Sumption, one of Britain's top barristers, talks to Matt Stadlen about whether judges have too much power, why history matters, the secret to a good cross-examination and why he applauds inequality.
  • Change call after Australia fires
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:26:43 +0000
    A report into Australia's worst bushfires recommends sweeping changes to the way the government responds to natural disasters.
  • 'Progress' in new Afghan mission
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:10:34 +0000
    British forces say they have seized two compounds in a Taliban stronghold at the start of a fresh bid to push insurgents out of Helmand province.
  • Everglades on Unesco danger list
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:00:11 +0000
    A UN panel adds the Florida Everglades and Madagascar's tropical rainforest to a list of world heritage sites at risk.
  • Addresses set to lose county name
    Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:58:54 +0000
    Counties appear set to be dropped from postal addresses in future years after complaints about out-of-date names.

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