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Branson plans launch of Virgin internet bank Richard Branson is to launch an internet bank in a move designed to exploit public disgust with Britain's big banks in the wake of the credit crunch . Branson follows Tesco , which is also planning to capitalise...
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A surprise 25 per cent increase in personal theft and a rise in domestic burglary in crime figures published today suggest that the recession is driving up acquisitive offending. The figures, the first to be released by the Office of National Statistics...
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A prestigious independent school that is nearly 300 years old will be forced to shut because of the credit crunch, leaving parents scrambling to find places elsewhere for their children. St David’s Girls’ School, in Ashford, Middlesex, is the largest...
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Bookmakers believe punters will ignore the credit crunch and have their annual flutter on the Grand National. David Stevens "The Grand National remains the one event that people everywhere like to have a flutter on, and we expect that to be the case this...
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City tycoon hit by credit crunch fails to renegotiate divorce settlement Head of international investment firm had told appeal court he would be £500,000 out of pocket because of changes in markets since original ruling A City tycoon hit by the credit...
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City Hall Reporter/fspielman@suntimes.com Mayor Daley's $2.5 billion plan to privatize Midway Airport has run into turbulence -- and it just might be grounded entirely -- because of the nation's credit crunch and Wall Street slide, City Hall sources said...
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Her Majesty rules this winter, writes Rachel Wells. Queen Elizabeth II would have to be one of the strangest style icons to have emerged in recent years. In 2007, she appeared on British Vogue's Definitive List of Most Glamorous Women and last year,...
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W hat sort of car do you think the producer of Top Gear – the creator of phantasmagorical automotive telly – might drive? Answer: a seven year old Honda Jazz (1.4, petrol). When I asked Andy Wilman this most personal of questions – for a petrolhead a...
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According to research by Lincoln Financial Group, around 16 million people in the UK say that the economic downturn will have an impact on the wealth they intend to pass on to the next generation. The group found that some Brits are taking steps to minimise...
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U2 Announce Tour Details 09 March 2009 After much anticipation, U2 have finally release details of their forthcoming tour. It will go by the name Kiss The Future , and according to their tour schedule which kicks off in Barcelona on June 30th and finishes...
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