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Will the big freeze hit energy bills?
Energy insiders say a surge in wholesale prices due to the cold snap may delay future price cuts
Benefit cap 'could hurt couples'
The Government's benefit cap may encourage couples to live apart, a think-tank says
OFT launches investigation into gym contracts
A number of gyms are being investigated by the Office of Trading, to determine whether or not their contracts are unfair
Consumers urged to watch out for 'hidden' online subscriptions
Forum users have complained of unknowingly subscribing to skincare firm RevitaDerm, after signing up for 'free' trials
House prices 'still falling slightly'
House prices fell by 0.2% in January, with analysts predicting the market could tilt further in buyers' favour
Amex ups credit card cashback to 5%
New customers will now earn 5% cashback on all spending for 3 months, matching best buy Capital One.
Water bills to go up this April
The average household water and sewerage bill will rise by 5.7% in April, regulator Ofwat has announced
Applications for 2012 uni starters fall as tuition fees set to rise
Applications for those hoping to start uni under the new higher tuition fees system are down compared with last year
Payday loans to be regulated in new 'under one roof' regime
Regulation for most financial products will be housed under one roof, the Government has proposed today
Thousands could miss out on Warm Front energy scheme
Two lobby groups fear a scheme to help poorer households make their homes warmer won't benefit enough people

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De-knighting a watershed as UK gets tough on banks - The News Journal

Telegraph.co.uk

De-knighting a watershed as UK gets tough on banks
The News Journal
"This is a watershed 48 hours which dramatizes the urgent need for financial services to re-earn legitimacy with the rest of civil society," said Will Hutton, a former director of the Work Foundation research group and author of "The State We're In," ...
What has the Government done for British business?Telegraph.co.uk

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How to help your would-be graduates cut their debts - The Independent

How to help your would-be graduates cut their debts
The Independent
Ben Yearsley, an investment manager at financial services company Hargreaves Lansdown, recommends planning early, saving early and taking advantage of Junior Isas, in which you can save up to £3600 a year tax-free. "The more time you have got, ...

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AmeriLithium Secures $2.5 Million USD Equity Line Financing Agreement with US...

AmeriLithium Secures $2.5 Million USD Equity Line Financing Agreement with US ...
MarketWatch (press release)
/quotes/zigman/590132 AMEL -1.25% is pleased to announce that on January 30, 2012, the Company signed an equity line financing agreement with the US and UK based investment fund, TCA Global Master Credit Fund, LP ("TCA" or the "Investor"), ...

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Who to blame for the Great Recession? So many big names are in the frame - Th...

Bloomberg

Who to blame for the Great Recession? So many big names are in the frame
The Guardian
Every financial crisis has its totemic moment; a decision that even at the time seems to defy logic and in retrospect is seen as an act of gross stupidity. Yet it takes more than one individual banker, no matter how powerful, to make a crisis and when ...
Goodwin Knighthood Loss a Watershed as U.K. Politicians Get Tough on BanksBloomberg

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JC Flowers' former UK boss fined £2.9m in fraud case - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk

JC Flowers' former UK boss fined £2.9m in fraud case
Telegraph.co.uk
By Jonathan Russell Ravi Sinha submitted false invoices to a JC Flowers company in a desperate attempt to recoup multi-million pound investment losses made at the height to the credit crunch. Despite the Financial Services Authority finding Mr Sinha ...

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Chancellor's austerity measures causing UK 'lasting damage', NIESR warns - Te...

Telegraph.co.uk

Chancellor's austerity measures causing UK 'lasting damage', NIESR warns
Telegraph.co.uk
A former chief economist at the Cabinet Office has accused the Chancellor of causing lasting social and economic damage to the UK because of a refusal to ease austerity in the short-term. NIESR is predicting that the UK economy is heading back into ...
UK economy forecast to shrink againKuwait News Agency

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Debashis Basu: Behavioural economics and regulators - Business Standard

Debashis Basu: Behavioural economics and regulators
Business Standard
Despite hundreds of mutual fund schemes, equity shares, insurance products and bank products, Indians are wary of financial products for reasons I have explained in my previous piece (?Signs of premature ageing??, January 2) ? companies sell harmful ...

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Miliband: British Investment Bank could provide government banking for ... - ...

Left Foot Forward

Miliband: British Investment Bank could provide government banking for ...
Left Foot Forward
The first is that it's always hardest to get credit when the economy is in a downturn, even though that's when small and medium-sized firms need finance the most. ?And the second is that it is cheaper for banks to lend to big companies than small ones.
Ed Miliband banking speech in fullPolitics.co.uk

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Banks need to lend, says TUC - Yorkshire Evening Post

Banks need to lend, says TUC
Yorkshire Evening Post
BANK lending to firms outside the finance and real estate sectors must more than double, claims a new TUC report. The report, Banking after Vickers, says that government has indentified £450bn worth of vital physical investment but the current stock of ...


Retirement Plans, Milan Probe, EU Cartel Fines: Compliance - BusinessWeek

Retirement Plans, Milan Probe, EU Cartel Fines: Compliance
BusinessWeek
Asset managers and insurers including BlackRock Inc., State Street Corp., Prudential Financial Inc., MetLife Inc. and ING Groep NV have been developing ways to add annuities and lifetime income to 401(k) investment choices. The European Union should ...



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