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  • Six million facing new tax bills
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:20:07 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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

  • Protests over French Roma policy
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:00:34 GMT
    Tens of thousands gather in Paris and other French cities to protest against the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
  • Live text - US Open day six
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:57:43 GMT
    Roger Federer, Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic are among the players in action on day six of the US Open at Flushing Meadows.
  • Funeral for festival death star
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:55:51 GMT
    The funeral is held of singer Charles Haddon from Northamptonshire who died in a fall in Belgium.
  • Burned body found on golf course
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:55:03 GMT
    A badly burned body is found in undergrowth between the 17th and 18th holes of an East Sussex golf course.

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