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David Cameron will this week light the blue touch paper for the forthcoming UK election with a highly personal attack on Gordon Brown and his "secretive, power hoarding, controlling character". In...
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Lloyds bank and Royal Bank of Scotland criticised by MPs committee

Lloyds Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland have today been criticised by a committee of MPs for failing to live up to promises made just after the taxpayer led bailout of the two companies. In total the two operations had promised to lend upwards of £39 billion to homeowners and businesses in the UK ...
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Social networks such as Facebook, Bebo and Twitter are proving to be something of a lucrative gold mine for fraudsters around the world. It is becoming more and more apparent, as confirmed by the...
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Is your credit card spending out of control?

Despite the fact that credit card interest rates remain relatively high it seems that more and more people are still using their credit cards to delay the impact of their overall financial...
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As we have covered in some detail over the last few days, bankruptcies and insolvencies in the UK have increased dramatically over the last 12 months and more bad news is likely in the short to...
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AXA rewards safe motorists

Financial giant AXA has revealed a new car insurance policy which will see those with eight or more years no claims bonus receiving a 90% discount on their premiums. This compares to the average...
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Alistair Darling attacks Scottish government
Raymond Farrel said:
Alex Anderson, learn something about Edinbrugh there is indeed a coalition between the SNP and the Liberals and they are pretty duff. Your erronous comment and general...
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Will final salary pension schemes ever disappear from the public sector?
Kevin Cairns said:
Its not a question of whether the public sector workers would be willing to give up thier final salary penisons they will HAVE to, just like the private sector workers have...
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Will Yahoo follow Google out of China?
Jason said:
First, how will Yahoo follow Google? It sold its operation in China to a Chinese company years ago. Second, cyber attacks come from almost all countries including US. Will...
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