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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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Argos owner reports sales slump  : The Independent

Argos owner reports sales slump

The owner of Argos heaped more gloom on the retail sector today as it revealed the catalogue chain saw same-store sales drop nearly 9% in the last three months.


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Sports Direct pays Clarke £2m  : The Independent

Sports Direct pays Clarke £2m

Sports Direct , the sportwear and equipment chain , has paid out £2m to the golfer Darren Clarke after the Northern Irishman won the British Open in July. The retailer owns the Dunlop brand and signe

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Yahoo faces big changes after Bartz is ousted  : The Independent

Yahoo faces big changes after Bartz is ousted

Speculators are betting on big changes at Yahoo , one of the internet's pioneering content companies and still one of the most popular sites on the web , after the company fired its chief executive an


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Healthcare Locums begs investors to back rescue  : The Independent

Healthcare Locums begs investors to back rescue

Healthcare locums , the beleaguered recruitment firm , yesterday issued what was described as a "do or die" plea to shareholders to back a rescue bid or face bankruptcy.

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Banks got £45bn subsidy because they're too big to fail  : The Independent

Banks got £45bn subsidy because they're too big to fail

Britain's biggest banks benefited from an implicit subsidy worth nearly £45bn last year because they are too big too fail , according to new figures published ahead of the final Vickers Commission re


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Supergroup sizzles in UK despite damp retail summer  : The Independent

Supergroup sizzles in UK despite damp retail summer

Supergroup , the owner of the Superdry brand , showed fashion rivals a clean pair of heels with some blistering sales growth in its first quarter , despite the dreadful trading conditions on the UK's

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575 jobs lost as TalkTalk closes call centre  : The Independent

575 jobs lost as TalkTalk closes call centre

Some 575 jobs are being lost after telecomms company TalkTalk revealed it is closing a major call centre operation in Waterford.


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Most powerful woman on Wall Street ousted  : The Independent

Most powerful woman on Wall Street ousted

Sallie Krawcheck , one of the longest-serving and arguably the most powerful female executive on Wall Street , was last night ousted from her post running wealth management for Bank of America.

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Lacklustre growth in manufacturing  : The Independent

Lacklustre growth in manufacturing

Further evidence that the UK economy is stagnating emerged today as official figures showed lacklustre growth in the manufacturing sector.