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Royal Mail to cut thousands of jobs

July 19th, 2010

Thousands of jobs are to be lost at Royal Mail depots and sorting offices affecting virtually every town across the country.

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Tim Geithner vows to get US economy back on track

July 17th, 2010

New US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has vowed to immediately start work to heal the faltering American economy promising to do everything in his powers to get the country’s economy back on track.

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Millionaire tycoon hit by the recession seeks to renegotiate divorce

July 7th, 2010

A second multimillionaire is returning to the High Court to try to renegotiate his divorce settlement because he claims his fortune has been obliterated by the recession

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Job risk at struggling factory

July 1st, 2010

Up to 160 jobs could be lost in County Durham as a glass factory may close due to the recession.

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RBS posts record £40bn pretax loss

June 29th, 2010

The Royal Bank of Scotland has reported a £40bn loss before tax the biggest in UK corporate history. Net losses which come after tax and interest and other charges came in at £24.1bn.

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Warning of cities’ recession risk

June 27th, 2010

UK cities outside south-east England are likely to be hit hardest by recession, a new report suggests.

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General Motors plans aggressive cost cutting in Europe

June 17th, 2010

General Motors is to set take “aggressive steps” to reduce its costbase in Europe as it prepares to tell the US government it needs more emergency funding or faces bankruptcy.

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Lehman Brothers: from investment banker to Italian food supplier

June 11th, 2010

Natasha Rogoff 31 lost her job at Lehman Brothers in September now sells Italian food and produce at Farmers Markets throughout London.

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Deflation expected to return to UK for first time in 50 years

June 3rd, 2010

Retail price index figures are expected to show falling prices for the first time since Harold Macmillan was prime minister.

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Pound strengthens against dollar

May 20th, 2010

The pound rose sharply to regain some ground against the dollar on Monday after falling to a 23year low last week.

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Meggitt to axe up to 750 jobs in civil aerospace division

April 7th, 2010

Meggitt the British engineering and aerospace group is planning to axe up to 750 jobs as part of a programme to cut by about £50m a year.

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House prices falling at record rate

April 5th, 2010

House prices in the UK dropped by 2.3 per cent during December pushing the annual rate at which values are falling to a new record figures show.

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Government launches ‘infrastructure bank’ to help builders

April 1st, 2010

The government intervened on Tuesday to head off another threat to the heavily depressed construction industry by providing new finance to prevent the collapse of the onetime flagship private finance initiative PFI.

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Strategy to tackle personal debt

March 30th, 2010

A plan to help people manage their money better in the recession will be unveiled by the assembly government later.

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UK recession: Credit crisis will bring television boom

March 28th, 2010

The credit crisis is set to turn the recessionhit UK into a nation of television addicts and couch potatoes experts predict.

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Begbies Traynor benefits as insolvencies increase

March 22nd, 2010

Insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor reported a jump in firsthalf sales after more companies sought its help.

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GlaxoSmithKline to slash 6000 jobs

March 20th, 2010

GlaxoSmithKline Britain’s biggest pharmaceuticals will announce it is cutting thousands of jobs when it posts fullyear results this week the Sunday Telegraph has learnt.

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Northern Rock results reveal £1.2bn paid to Government in fees

March 16th, 2010

Nationalised bank Northern Rock which suffered losses of £1.36bn last year paid more than £1.2bn in interest and fees on its borrowings from the taxpayer.

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