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Thrifty Britons cash in on low interest rates and falling bills

Borrowers using extra cash to pay off debts, say lenders

Inside Business News

RBS board may quit if £1.5bn bonus plan is vetoed

Thursday, 3 December 2009

State-owned bank in turmoil over government threat to pay-outs

Stop meddling with London, bankers' leader tells Sarkozy

Thursday, 3 December 2009

The European Union agrees to set up three new financial services watchdogs

EC poised to extend shoe duties after German U-turn

Thursday, 3 December 2009

British shoe retailers say proposed tariffs would be a 'backward step' for industry

Siemens bribery deal close

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Former managers agree to pay £18m compensation after three-year investigation

The Bank's top economist goes back on message

Thursday, 3 December 2009

While he has publicly expressed doubts about the Bank of England's policy of quantitative easing – the injection of £200bn into the economy – and voted, in a minority of one, against the last extension of the programme, the Bank's chief economist Spencer Dale yesterday delivered an upbeat assessment of QE's success. "[The economy] appears to have turned," Mr Dale said.

Farmers sue Shell over oil spills in Niger Delta

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Four Nigerian farmers will launch a ground-breaking pollution claim against oil giant Royal Dutch Shell in a court in The Hague today.

Aer Lingus blames pilots union as it fails to land deal

Thursday, 3 December 2009

The chief executive of Aer Lingus has launched a scathing attack on his pilots after talks to agree an "urgent" turnaround of the airline broke down, threatening its future.

The pain is not yet over for Britain's builders

Thursday, 3 December 2009

It has suffered grievously from the collapse of the housing boom and the recession more generally, but the pain for Britain's building trade is seemingly not over yet: employment in construction declined for its 18th consecutive month.

Building society jobs at risk as mutuals confirm merger plans

Thursday, 3 December 2009

A merger between the Yorkshire and Chelsea building societies, which was confirmed yesterday, will lead to potentially hundreds of job losses and several branch closures.

More control for Facebook users over privacy

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Social-networking website to allow individual pieces of content to be walled off

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Steve Richards: Cameron is following in footsteps of Hague

Both sought to modernise their party. In both cases, the results were mixed

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Hamish McRae: Tax if you must, but do so effectively

First and foremost tax must raise revenue; but then only at the lowest possible cost

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Mark Steel: Things can happen when you travel on a Virgin train

It seems that it is being run by philosophers from the 13th century

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