Thursday, 2nd September 2010
THE Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to axe 3,500 jobs from its technical and back office division.
RBS has told staff that up to 12 offices could close in England, while Scotland will also be...
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Thursday, 2nd September 2010IN an age where Facebook protests can reach hundreds of thousands of members within a few hours, often for the most spurious reasons – the lynching of women who put cats in bins being a recent... [Read more]
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Thursday, 2nd September 2010A JOURNEY BY TONY BLAIR Hutchinson, £25 Very unusually, no review copies were sent out, nor was a serialisation deal struck. So it was amid intense hype and speculation that Tony Blair’s madly... [Read more]
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Thursday, 2nd September 2010RAFAEL van der Vaart insists he has joined a “beautiful” club in Tottenham and says he can’t wait to pit his wits in the Premier League. The dynamic Dutch midfielder was given the green light to join... [Read more]
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- Energy regulator Ofgem is launching an investigation into whether four of the big gas and power suppliers are mis-selling products to customers. Ofgem's probe will determine if EDF Energy, RWE Npower... [Read more]
- Recruiter Hays posted an 80 per cent drop in full year pre-tax profit, hit by tough trading conditions in the first half. Hays, which places people in white collar jobs, said it made a pre-tax profit... [Read more]
- McBride, Europe's biggest maker of retailer own-brand household and personal care goods, said it faced rising raw material costs and weak retail markets as it met forecasts with a 38 per cent rise in... [Read more]
- Apple last night launched a revamped on-demand TV service it hopes will help it smash into the online rental market. Apple TV allows users to rent episodes of hit US shows like Glee for as little as... [Read more]
- AN UNEXPECTED surge in manufacturing growth in two of the world’s largest economies yesterday soothed fears over the prospects for the global economy. The closely watched gauge of activity in US... [Read more]
- FORMER Prime Minister Tony Blair claimed it was his decision to hand independence to the Bank of England in 1997 and said he set “the broad framework of the economy” during his decade in power. The... [Read more]
- A PAINFUL, extended soft patch, not a disastrous hard landing: that was the message from yesterday’s batch of global economic indicators. The US manufacturing survey improved in August, spectacularly... [Read more]
- FOREIGN secretary William Hague’s special adviser resigned yesterday because of “untrue and malicious” allegations about the nature of the two men’s relationship. Hague denied suggestions Christopher... [Read more]
- FORMER chancellor Alistair Darling admitted yesterday that his controversial super-tax on bankers’ bonuses failed to change the industry. The Labour MP said banks had sidestepped the 50 per cent tax... [Read more]
- FINANCIAL TIMES MEAT PRICE SURGE FUELS FEARS OF FOOD INFLATION Global meat prices have hit a 20-year high as robust demand from emerging countries has coincided with a drop in production by... [Read more]
- TESCO is one of at least ten bidders circling for the Asian assets of French retail giant Carrefour. The Thai, Malaysian and Singaporean operations owned by Carrefour are being offloaded – offering... [Read more]
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