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BBC Business News

  • High Streets bid for £1m funding
    Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:35:58 GMT
    The government is looking for 12 run down High Streets in England to share £1m as a part of plans proposed by TV retail guru Mary Portas.
  • Europe hit by Russia gas shortage
    Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:28:56 GMT
    Freezing weather sweeping across Europe is causing a shortage of vital Russian gas supplies to several countries, officials say.
  • Annuity sales 'unfair and opaque'
    Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:01:34 GMT
    The way annuities are sold is costing half a million retirees each year as much as £1bn in future pension income, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

  • Mansion tax: a terrible, unworkable idea
    Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:58:02 Z
    Vince Cable?s plan to impose a tax on properties worth more than £2 million is impractical, unethical and cowardly, argues Linton Chiswick.

FT.com - Financial Markets News

  • Positive employment data lift US stocks
    Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:12:45 GMT
    US stocks hit six-month high on news that unemployment fell to a three-year low in January with banks among the main beneficiaries
  • Stocks surge on strong US jobs data
    Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:46:46 GMT
    Equities and commodities benefit from robust US employment data with the FTSE All-World index at its best levels since start of August

BBC News

  • Syria forces 'in Homs massacre'
    Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:21:35 GMT
    Activists say Syrian forces killed more than 200 people in Homs overnight in the worst violence since anti-government protests began - the government denies it.
  • Much of Britain braced for snow
    Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:19:59 GMT
    Heavy snow is forecast for most of the UK later, with warnings of likely disruption to rail, road and air travel.
  • Europe freeze hits transport hubs
    Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:19:00 GMT
    Freezing weather hits transport hubs across Europe, as a cold spell that has now claimed 260 lives continues.

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