Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England Philadelphia Daily News | MIKE BAKER | The Associated Press | BUXTON, N.C. - Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of New England, a weakened but stil...
FTSE hit more than 3-week high before US jobs data Business Report | * FTSE 100 up 0.5 percent, hitting a more than 3-week high | Submit your comment | Britain's leading share index hit a more than three-week high on Friday as the market looks beyond a weak employment picture in the United States after factoring in a soft patch in the pace of the economic re...
PAYE tax errors force 1.5 million people to repay £1,400 The Daily Telegraph Almost 1.5 million workers face demands to pay back an average of £1,400 in tax after an error was found in calculations over the past two years. | The error is likely to lead to an overhaul of the entire system. Photo: ALAMY | In total almost six mi...
Ten ways to survive the pensions crisis The Guardian | With annuity rates halving in the past 15 years, you will need ingenuity to have enough money to retire comfortably Can't afford to retire in the UK? It may be cheaper to live in Turkey. Photograph: Alamy | Millions of people's dreams of a comforta...
50 side businesses to set up from home The Guardian | If you are one of the rising number of people working part-time, earn some extra cash in dog walking or rampant veg growing Putting your skills or knowledge to practical use can earn you some extra pounds | Happy days are here again – or so you m...
Nigerian economy 'to grow by 10%' BBC News Nigeria's economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early 2012, the country's finance minister has told the BBC. | Olusegun Aganga's prediction comes after the Nigerian economy grew by more than 7% in the first half of this year. | M...
Banks leave some customers in 'dire poverty' BBC News High Street banks have been accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission. | Under a little-known rule, banks can move cash between different accounts belonging to the same individual....
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Dollar, yen recover losses; ECB eyed The Times Of India LONDON: The dollar and yen recovered losses on Thursday as risk-taking sentiment was tempered ahead of a European Central Bank policy meeting later in the day and key US jobs data ...
Comcast Names Top Executive For Western New England Hartford Courant | Comcast has promoted an executive who previously worked for AT&T to oversee its western New England region, including Connecticut, the cable and entertainment company said Tu...
UK Coca-Cola factory facing strike Newsday | August 31, 2010 | (AP) — A Coca-Cola plant in Britain is facing a strike by workers after they voted in favor of industrial action in a row over pay. | The union Unite s...
Blair? I don't think he's been that helpful. He is lost in a Nineties comfort ... The Daily Mail | Ed Miliband walks purposefully into a London restaurant trailing an overnight case behind him. Unlike his nerdy elder brother David, at 6ft 1in he’s tall, slim, good-looking, and immediately several people turn to stare at him. | There’...
UK car insurance premiums jump 31 pct - AA The Guardian * Average premium 704 pounds, up 31 pct in past year - AA * Increase fuelled partly by fraud - AA LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The cost of car insurance in Britain has risen by almost a third in the past year, its biggest ever increase, as insurers see...
New steel 5p and 10p coins a 'disaster' The Daily Telegraph Britain's 5p and 10p coins are to be substantially changed next year, causing potential chaos for the millions of people using vending machines and parking meters. | The design of the 5p coin will remain unchanged but they will become magnetic for th...
A million people face tax bills of up to £5,000 after recalculations The Guardian | New system finds underpayments through PAYE, with workers who moved jobs or accepted benefits most likely to suffer HMRC's new system has come under fire from tax advisers who claim it led to thousands receiving the wrong tax code and inflated bill...
Tony Blair must share the blame for financial crisis London Evening Standard In the early summer of 2007, Britain was enjoying a golden economic spell. Interest rates and unemployment were low, property prices were rising. The country, under Tony Blair, had enjoyed 40 successive quarters of growth. | While that resurgence had not been as strong as other post-war booms, it had been steady. Much of that was down to the City, ...
