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Finance chiefs see clouds over UK lifting
14 January 2013 Britain’s boardrooms are shrugging off fears of a triple-dip recession amid rising hopes over prospects for 2013, according to leading financial chiefs. The professional services firm Deloitte’s…
Halifax says prices will stay stagnant despite FLS boost
14 January 2013 House prices are set to stagnate this year despite the influence of the Bank of England’s Funding for Lending scheme, the lender Halifax said yesterday. Despite a…
US banks’ multi-billion dollar payouts to settle housing bust claims
14 January 2013 American banks struck two multi-billion dollar settlements yesterday to end claims connected to the housing bust which triggered the financial crisis and plunged the US into recession.…
HSBC’s $9bn sale of stake in Ping An at risk
14 January 2013 The sale of HSBC’S $9.4bn (£5.9bn) stake in the insurer Ping An is in doubt after Chinese authorities appeared to withdraw funding for part of the deal.…
James Moore: Maybe the competition authorities should look at the magic of cinema
14 January 2013 Outlook In the 1930s, the last time the economy saw such a sustained period of awfulness, there was at least the cinema for a bit of escapism.…
Sir Robert Clark: Decorated war hero who went on to build a glittering career in the City
14 January 2013 Bob Clark was a man who believed his life to be guided by serendipity. Luck may have been a factor, but the war hero who went on…
Julian Knight: We cannot keep soaking up the threat of flooding
13 January 2013 This Christmas introduced a completely new experience – driving in my wellington boots. In order to get to friends and family around the country I had to…
Ombudsman takes on 1,000 extra to handle PPI complaints
13 January 2013 The Financial Ombudsman Service has had to recruit 1,000 extra workers to deal with the “unprecedented” number of complaints about mis-sold payment protection insurance. The service raised…
Consumer rights: ‘Going nowhere with travel insurance until we started to talk’
13 January 2013 Q: My husband and I are going on a few long distance trips this year including a big trip to the Far East. I thought it…
Market Report: Lloyds strengthens after Basel III boost
13 January 2013 the markets some traders gossiped about water group United Utilities. The North-west of England-focused group was the subject of takeover speculation last year, with Ontario Teachers’ Pension…
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