One-horse Race Set For Coles
Members of the private equity consortium led by Texas Pacific Group indicate they will abandon their bid because discussions with Woolworths have broken down....
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Bomb Kills 19 Children As US And Iran Meet To Discuss Security
A suicide truck bomber killed at least 28 people, including 19 children, in northern Iraq this morning as the United States and Iran held another rare meeting in Baghdad to talk about the security p...
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Husband-and-wife Team Triumph In Tax Battle
HM Revenue and Customs suffered a major defeat today when the House of Lords gave the legal all clear to a tax saving arrangement used by thousands of husband-and-wife small businesses....
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Doughty Hanson Faces Cash Call For Mobile Firm
DOUGHTY HANSON, the private-equity firm, may have to raise funds to rescue its troubled phone-distribution company, 20:20 Mobile, or risk losing its £105m investment....
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Zimbabweans Labour Under Weight Of Weak Dollar
Shoppers in Zimbabwe no longer need worry about carrying their purchases home: the chances are that their groceries weigh less than the banknotes needed to buy them....
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Alistair Darling’s peace offer in attempt to halt the tax exodus

Alistair Darling will this week offer an olive branch to multinationals in an attempt to head off a threatened corporate exodus from Britain.
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Prospects of cheaper loans hit as inflation forecast sends Libor soaring

Hopes of imminent cuts in new mortgage rates were dashed yesterday as the Bank of England’s inflation judgment sent money market interest rates soaring for a second successive day.
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Libor rate leaps as banks rush to borrow £78.3bn

Britons are facing more months of rising mortgage costs after the rate at which banks lend to each other unexpectedly spiked and lenders rushed to borrow £78.3 billion from the Bank of England, which had £13.7 billion on offer.
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Phone-in scandals help flatten BT profits

A fall in premium-rate services revenue has hit the fixed-line business of BT and helped flatten pre-tax profits in Ben Verwaayen’s final year as chief executive.
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Looks like Mervyn King needs to sharpen his pencil

These may be increasingly difficult times, but at least somebody’s job is getting easier. Mervyn King’s decision over whether to cut interest rates next month is becoming simpler by the day.
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State's jobless rate hits 12.1% - Charleston Post Courier

WCBDState's jobless rate hits 12.1%Charleston Post CourierSouth Carolina's jobless rate jumped to 12.1 percent in October, matching its highest point since the recession began nearly two years ago, ...Jobless Rate Up in 29 States, Hitting Records in 4 of ThemNew York TimesNC jobless rate bumps up to 11 percent in OctoberThe Associated PressSC jobless rate jumps back to 12.1%The StateBizjournals.com -Washington Times -AHNall 229 news articles »

State's jobless rate hits 12.1% - Charleston Post Courier

WCBDState's jobless rate hits 12.1%Charleston Post CourierSouth Carolina's jobless rate jumped to 12.1 percent in October, matching its highest point since the recession began nearly two years ago, ...Jobless Rate Up in 29 States, Hitting Records in 4 of ThemNew York TimesNC jobless rate bumps up to 11 percent in OctoberThe Associated PressSC jobless rate jumps back to 12.1%The StateBizjournals.com -Washington Times -AHNall 229 news articles »

Jobless rate falls in Kansas, Missouri - Kansas City Star

Indiana's NewsCenterJobless rate falls in Kansas, MissouriKansas City StarThe unemployment rate edged down in October from 9.5 percent to 9.3 percent in Missouri and from 6.9 percent to 6.8 percent in Kansas, according to state ...Most States See Higher Jobless RatesWall Street JournalUnemployment rates rise in 29 statesCNNMoney.comMichigan Again Has Highest Jobless RateNew York TimesThe Associated Press -Los Angeles Times -USA Todayall 1,129 news articles »

State's jobless rate hits 12.1% - Charleston Post Courier

WCBDState's jobless rate hits 12.1%Charleston Post CourierSouth Carolina's jobless rate jumped to 12.1 percent in October, matching its highest point since the recession began nearly two years ago, ...Jobless Rate Up in 29 States, Hitting Records in 4 of ThemNew York TimesNC jobless rate bumps up to 11 percent in OctoberThe Associated PressSC jobless rate jumps back to 12.1%The StateBizjournals.com -Washington Times -AHNall 229 news articles »

Jobless rate falls in Kansas, Missouri - Kansas City Star

Indiana's NewsCenterJobless rate falls in Kansas, MissouriKansas City StarThe unemployment rate edged down in October from 9.5 percent to 9.3 percent in Missouri and from 6.9 percent to 6.8 percent in Kansas, according to state ...Most States See Higher Jobless RatesWall Street JournalUnemployment rates rise in 29 statesCNNMoney.comMichigan Again Has Highest Jobless RateNew York TimesThe Associated Press -Los Angeles Times -USA Todayall 1,129 news articles »

UPS Sets 4.9. Percent Rate Increase for Next Year - New York Times

Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)UPS Sets 4.9. Percent Rate Increase for Next YearNew York TimesBy BLOOMBERG NEWS United Parcel Service will increase ground-shipment rates in 2010 by 4.9 percent, less than this year, as volume drops. ...UPS to Raise 2010 Ground Rate by 4.9%, Less Than 2009BloombergUPS To Raise Rates An Average Of 4.9% In 2010Wall Street JournalUPDATE 1-UPS raises 2010 rates by 4.9 percentReutersThe Associated Press -Bizjournals.com -The Journal of Commerce Onlineall 112 news articles »

 
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