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BBC Business News

  • Banks leave customers in 'poverty'
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:29:15 GMT
    High Street banks have been accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission.
  • Six million facing new tax bills
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:15:27 GMT
    HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.
  • Nigerian economy 'to grow by 10%'
    Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:04:42 GMT
    Nigeria's economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early 2012, the country's finance minister says.
  • Bank customers in 'dire poverty'
    Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:02:20 GMT
    Banks are accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission.
  • Petrobras files $65bn share offer
    Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:12:33 GMT
    The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, unveils plans to sell up to $64.5bn of new stock, in one of the world's largest share offers.

Citywire Investment News


Citywire News

  • Mortgages: cut out the middle man for the best rates
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
    Increasingly, high street banks are not only by-passing brokers ? the only place a potential homebuyer can get truly impartial advice on a home loan ? but they are restricting their best offers to existing customers.

BBC News

  • England boss happy with Mushtaq
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:58:52 GMT
    England coach Andy Flower says he is satisfied with spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed's role within the team despite previous links with illegal bookmakers.
  • Overnight curfew after NZ quake
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:56:26 GMT
    Police declare an overnight curfew in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a powerful earthquake causes considerable damage but no fatalities.
  • Blair pelted with eggs in Dublin
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:39:08 GMT
    Eggs and shoes have been thrown by anti-war protestors at former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he arrived at a book signing in Dublin.
  • South Korea FM offers to resign
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:37:06 GMT
    The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.
  • Pakistan trio keen to see row end
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:27:20 GMT
    A lawyer for the three Pakistan players at the centre of allegations of corruption says they are keen for a "timely and satisfactory outcome" to the affair.
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