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Wetherspoons to open for 7am breakfast

Friday, March 12, 2010

JD Wetherspoon is to open its pubs at 7am from April 28, as it bids to build on a record six months of profits.

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Newspaper advertising market 'steadies

Friday, March 12, 2010

Scotsman and Yorkshire Post owneJohnston Presssignalled that the downturn in the newspaper advertising market is beginning to ease. Read more...

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City mourns bank giant Brian Pitman

Friday, March 12, 2010

The Daily Mail pays tribute to Sir Brian Pitman, one of the most gifted and highly respected bankers of his generation... Read more from thisismoney.c...

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Debt interest bill 'could hit £1.5bn a week'

Friday, March 12, 2010

Weekly interest payments on Britain's national debt could hit £1.5bn by the middle of the decade, according to Standard & Poor'sRead...

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Details of 24,000 HSBC accounts stolen

Friday, March 12, 2010

An embarrassing data theft at HSBC means the Swiss bank account details of 15% of its wealthiest customers were handed over to French...

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EMI ordered to stop Pink Floyd downloads

Friday, March 12, 2010

The High Court has ordered EMI to stop selling downloads of individual Pink Floyd tracks. Read more from thisismoney.co.uk - http://www.thisism...

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Nomura to advise Red Knights on United

Friday, March 12, 2010

The Red Knights have hired Japanese brokerage Nomura to advise them in their battle to wrest control of Manchester United from the Glazer famil...

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Will the £30b bullet train raise rail fares?

Friday, March 12, 2010

A 335-mile rail link to whisk travellers from London to the Midlands and the North at up to 250mph was announced by the Government yesterday -...

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Public sector pay freeze won't cut debt, Brown told

Insulting: Public sector staff reacted angily to pay freeze.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Gordon Brown was accused of 'gesture politics' last night after announcing a pay freeze for around 40,000 top-earning public sector workers.

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Nish criticises Standard Life bureaucracy

Bureaucratic: New boss David Nish says staff are frustrated

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Standard Life's new boss has taken a swipe at his predecessor, saying the insurer is far too bureaucratic and that staff have become frustrated as a...

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