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Interest rates stay at record low  : The Independent

Interest rates stay at record low

The Bank of England kept interest rates at a record 0.5% today but stopped short of taking emergency action to kick-start the faltering UK economy.

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Review: Dell OptiPlex 790 desktop computer  : The Telegraph

Review: Dell OptiPlex 790 desktop computer

The Optiplex 790 is a computer aimed at business which has the advantage of being small while still being powerful


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Interactive Business Bullet: UK rates , US jobs , Morrisons and Home Retail  : The Telegraph

Interactive Business Bullet: UK rates , US jobs , Morrisons and Home Retail

Top stories: UK rates , US jobs , Morrisons and Home Retail

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OECD warns of double-dip threat in UK and cuts forecasts  : The Telegraph

OECD warns of double-dip threat in UK and cuts forecasts

Britain is at "significant risk" of a double-dip recession said the Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation , as it slashed its growth forecasts in a gloomy assessment of the wider G7 e


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BoE holds interest rates , hold off on more stimulus  : The Telegraph

BoE holds interest rates , hold off on more stimulus

The Bank of England has kept interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5pc and resisted calls for more quantitative easing to boost economic growth.

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BoE keeps rates unchanged , holds off on more stimulus  : The Telegraph

BoE keeps rates unchanged , holds off on more stimulus

The Bank of England has kept interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5pc and resisted calls for more quantitative easing to boost economic growth.


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ECB hold rates and warns of downside risks to eurozone growth  : The Telegraph

ECB hold rates and warns of downside risks to eurozone growth

The European Central Bank kept its key interest rates on hold on Thursday as it warned that the eurozone was suffering its worst crisis since the Second World War.

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ECB hold rates amid eurozone slowdown  : The Telegraph

ECB hold rates amid eurozone slowdown

The European Central Bank kept its key interest rates on hold on Thursday in a move seen as change of direction from it recent cycle of rises amid anxiety over the eurozone debt crisis and slowing gro


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ECB hold rates , warns of downside risks to eurozone growth  : The Telegraph

ECB hold rates , warns of downside risks to eurozone growth

The European Central Bank kept its key interest rates on hold on Thursday as it warned that the eurozone was suffering its worst crisis since the Second World War.

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Politicians need to act to help our savers  : The Telegraph

Politicians need to act to help our savers

Simon Rose , the head of Save our Savers actions says more could be done to help hard-pressed savers


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Britain's unemployment blackspots  : The Telegraph

Britain's unemployment blackspots

As figures released by the ONS show that almost one in three households in Liverpool , Nottingham and Glasgow has no-one in work , we look at the cities with the highest number of benefit claimants.

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Television sales fall 20pc at Argos  : The Telegraph

Television sales fall 20pc at Argos

Argos has seen sales of televisions drop by 20pc in recent weeks , as consumers have stopped spending on big household and electrical products.


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No quick fix for euro  : The Telegraph

No quick fix for euro

Herta von Stiegel: a Eurobond is not the solution to the debt crisis.

Msnbc.com »

Fitch warns of downgrades for China , Japan  : Msnbc.com

Fitch warns of downgrades for China , Japan

Fitch warned on Thursday that it might downgrade the credit rating of China within two years and there was a greater than even chance of a downgrade of Japan's credit status.


Mail Online »

OFT to probe car insurance as premiums rise 40% in a year  : Mail Online

OFT to probe car insurance as premiums rise 40% in a year

The OFT will put the car insurance industry under scrutiny as research reveals that annual car insurance inflation is sky-high.

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Would getting rid of the 50p tax rate be good for the UK economy and households?  : Mail Online

Would getting rid of the 50p tax rate be good for the UK economy and households?

Leading economists have called on Chancellor George Osborne to scrap the 50p top rate of income tax. But why and are they right? We explain.


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Nationwide MySave Online Plus savers can boost rate to 3.12% (here's how¿)  : Mail Online

Nationwide MySave Online Plus savers can boost rate to 3.12% (here's how¿)

Nationwide savers can upgrade their MySave Online Plus to a 3.12 per cent rate – but some will lose valuable interest unless the move is timed to perfection.

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Bank of England prints no extra cash as OECD sees UK economy stagnating  : Mail Online

Bank of England prints no extra cash as OECD sees UK economy stagnating

Despite recent calls from business and industry to spark life into bank lending and the wider recovery , the Bank's monetary policy committee did not increase money-printing through its quantitative e