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Retired renters increasingly stepping off the property ladder
Thursday 01 August 2013
More than 40% of retired renters are former property owners and pay £423 a month in rent on average
Tour de France: Britain’s female cyclists can conquer the Alps too
Sunday 21 July 2013
They hope their Olympic successes can help them to catch up with the men’s sport
What the Sunday Papers Said
Monday 01 July 2013
The team behind the £43bn High Speed 2 rail link wants new powers to borrow money in debt markets and hedge against the cost of rising commodity prices. HS2's commercial director, Beth West, is in talks with ministers over legislation to enshrine the new powers. She said raising debt would allow managers to "bring in financial discipline" instead of relying on the Government.
Legal & General goes for insider as FD to appease City watchdog
Monday 17 June 2013
Legal & General has ended its year-long search for a new finance director, having had its original choice blocked by the City regulator.
Paragon seeks banking licence
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Paragon, the buy-to-let mortgage provider, is applying for a banking licence in order to kickstart its consumer lending business.
Insurance high-flier Jackie Hunt joins Pru
Saturday 27 April 2013
Jackie Hunt quit Standard Life to join its rival Prudential yesterday, taking on one of the biggest jobs in the UK insurance industry and potentially putting her in line to succeed Tidjane Thiam as chief executive.
Jackie Hunt walks out on Standard Life to be Prudential UK chief
Friday 26 April 2013
Jackie Hunt quit Standard Life to join rival Prudential today, taking on one of the biggest jobs in the UK insurance industry and potentially putting her in line to succeed Tidjane Thiam as chief executive.
New watchdogs launch inquiry into RBS IT fiasco
Tuesday 09 April 2013
Bank could face big fines as it admits 'unacceptable' failure that blocked accounts
Pru faces revolt over bonuses after FSA rebuke
Saturday 06 April 2013
Pressure is mounting on Prudential to review its executive pay awards following an embarrassing reprimand from the Financial Services Authority last week.
Prudential boss Tidjane Thiam awarded £7.8m pay package days after watchdog censure
Friday 05 April 2013
Prudential boss Tidjane Thiam was today handed a £7.8 million pay package by the insurer, just days after he received an embarrassing censure from the Financial Services Authority.
Prudential censured over failed bid for AIA
Thursday 28 March 2013
Prudential's Tidjane Thiam has become the first chief executive of a FTSE 100 company to be censured by the Financial Services Authority, for misconduct during the insurer's failed takeover of AIA in 2010.
The man from the Pru: Brilliant or just lucky?
Thursday 14 March 2013
Tidjane Thiam was 'a dead man walking' after his $36bn bid for AIA foundered. But now he's the toast of the City
Surge in profit expected at Prudential
Sunday 10 March 2013
Prudential's boss, Tidjane Thiam, will this week move closer to reaching an ambitious set of targets that could eventually lead to a break-up of the 164-year-old insurer.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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