European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso

Officials have said that the bloc loses €1 trillion a year through tax dodging

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Small Talk: George Osborne's Aim lifelines may not be a help to UK small firms

Aim's decline has damaged the once-buoyant broking sector in the City

'No amount of packed lunches and Saturday nights in will fatten your piggy enough' to be able to have a mortgage in London

The Emperor's New Clothes (24/03/13)

Buy your property, don't waste money renting, we're told. But Matthew Bell finds life is much less stressful if you don't own your home

Consumer Rights: With due care, Britons can avoid the same plight as the Cypriots

The plan for the Nicosia government to seize its citizens' money should act as a spur to check all your cash is fully protected

Jim Armitage: Need to keep Germany sweet pulls the plug on Russia's Cyprus rescue

Global Outlook: Mr Putin knows that the wealthy Russians likely to lose money are not the most popular

Businesses spend record £41bn to shore up pensions

UK employers made record payments into staff final salary pension schemes in the past year, according to the Office for National Statistics.

A protester cries at an anti-bailout rally by Cyprus Popular Bank staff

Cyprus crisis: 'I'm scared for where we're all headed – it will be a bloody Tuesday'

The island’s banks will reopen next week for the first time since the crisis began. Nathalie Savaricas talks to panicked savers in Nicosia desperate to withdraw their cash

Maria Llanos watches on as her daughter hugs a friend at the soon-to-close Lafayette School in Chicago

Yes, we can close schools: Rahm Emanuel’s cash crisis in Chicago

More than 10 per cent of city’s elementary facilities shut down by Obama’s former right-hand man

Packaged accounts often include travel insurance

Money Insider: Rules tightened on paid-for bank accounts

Last summer the Financial Services Authority (FSA) published a new set rules designed to give greater protection to customers with a packaged or “added value” current account.

Eurozone companies such as BMW still have a global footprint

The Analyst: In Europe you must find the right manager to drive funds

It is rare for the longevity of a fund manager to present a limitation to investors’ returns. Take Tim Stevenson, the manager of Henderson EuroTrust plc, who has been at the helm of the fund for more than 20 years. Under his stewardship, investors will have found little reason to complain as Mr Stevenson boasts an impressive long-term performance record. Indeed, under his tenure, the investment trust has returned a remarkable 1,400 per cent since its launch in 1992.

Five questions about… Junior ISAs

This must be Budget-related. Has the Chancellor increased the amount you can put in a JISA?

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£9bn black hole: Painful tax rises likely to hit households after next election as George Osborne is accused of fudging deficit figures

Chancellor under fire as Labour attacks £2.2bn 'raid' on NHS to honour borrowing pledge

Cyprus woes set to deepen eurozone economy gloom

Financial turmoil in Cyprus risks dragging Europe’s economy deeper into the mire after a worsening decline for manufacturers and services, experts warned today.

Budget 2013: George Osborne extends public sector pay freeze

Wage rises would be limited to an average of up to 1% in 2015/16

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