Car dealer jailed for £9.5m fraud
February 4th, 2010
A vehicle lease dealer from Monmouthshire is jailed for four years after admitting fraud worth £9.5m.
Rapper Jay-Z sues over hotel loan
February 4th, 2010
Rapper Jay-Z sues investment firm for $3.7m (£2.3m) over a 2007 loan intended help him build a hotel in Manhattan.
Mugabe allies block Zimbabwe land audit
February 4th, 2010
A proposed two-year land audit has split Zimbabwe’s government and sparked renewed attacks on white farmers, Brian Hungwe writes.
What if interest rates rise again?
February 4th, 2010
If the Bank of England raises its bank rate, how will this affect savers and borrowers?
MPs told to repay £1.1m expenses
February 4th, 2010
MPs have been told to repay £1.1m of second homes expenses claimed between 2004 and 2008 after an audit of claims.
MPs told to repay expense claims
February 4th, 2010
Former and current MPs are ordered to pay back tens of thousands of pounds of Commons expenses.
Small print put under microscope
February 4th, 2010
Small print and jargon in contracts will be put under the microscope in a study by the Office of Fair Trading.
Devon MPs ordered to repay £23k
February 4th, 2010
Seven of Devon’s 11 MPs are told to repay a total of £23,000, including Anthony Steen, who claimed for a flagpole rope.
DUP MP’s repayment ‘not cashed’
February 4th, 2010
DUP MP Gregory Campbell says the team auditing MPs’ expenses failed to process his request to deduct his repayments from his salary.
26 Welsh MPs must repay expenses
February 4th, 2010
More than half of Welsh MPs have been ordered to repay some of their expenses after an audit of their claims dating back to 2004.
Key points: MP expense repayments
February 4th, 2010
The key points of Sir Thomas Legg’s audit of MPs expenses claims between 2004 and 2008.
Greeks respond to tough austerity measures
February 4th, 2010
Greeks respond to the government’s austerity plan.
MP couple told to repay £60,000
February 4th, 2010
Husband and wife MPs Andrew MacKay and Julie Kirkbride are told to repay about £60,000 of expenses claimed for second homes.
Latvia economy reels in recession
February 4th, 2010
More than a year after the financial crisis burst the bubble of easy credit, Baltic tiger Latvia has lost its roar and Riga is full of empty shops, says the Sell and Rent Back’s Damien McGuinness in Riga.
House prices jump by almost 10pc
February 4th, 2010
The recent rise in values is set to stall, warn experts.
Online tax returns ‘not popular’
February 4th, 2010
Guernsey tax returns were filled out online by more than 1,600 people last year, but many who registered failed to use it, Income Tax says.
House prices rise by another 0.6%
February 4th, 2010
UK house prices are up for the seventh month in a row - rising by 0.6% in January, the Halifax says.
Bank Rate: lenders set to raise SVRs
February 4th, 2010
Many lenders are set to increase standard variable rates (SVRs) despite Bank
Rate being kept on hold.
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