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- Sunday Papers: Cameron pushes for workplace rights shake-up
Sun, 20 May 2012 07:34:00 +0100
And world leaders have thrown their weight behind Greece staying in the eurozone.
- Saturday Papers: Facebook narrowly avoids dip below starting price
Sat, 19 May 2012 05:19:00 +0100
The social network giant ends day at $38.23, up just 0.61% from its starting price after share sale got off to a messy start.
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- Posen waivers on QE as his MPC exit is unveiled
Fri, 18 May 2012 16:28:34 +0100
Adam Posen has said he became too hopeful about the outlook for Britain and may have been premature in removing his support for more quantitative easing.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- House prices down ? and set to stay that way
Thu, 03 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100
House prices fell for the fourth time in five months in April, according to Nationwide.
- House price surprise: North boasts biggest rise as London slumps
Tue, 01 May 2012 12:24:50 +0100
The average house price in England and Wales is now £160,372.
- Would you pay half a million pounds for this garage?
Tue, 01 May 2012 11:04:00 +0100
A garage in Knightsbridge is on sale for £525,000 - that's three times the national average house price to you and me.
- House prices in England and Wales hit record high
Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:01:00 +0100
The average asking price in England and Wales is now at an all-time high of £243,737 ? up £1,237 on the previous record set four years ago.
BBC Business News
- Euro banks 'in tatters' - Clarke
Sun, 20 May 2012 13:23:41 GMT
Former chancellor Ken Clarke says Europe's banking system is "in tatters" and warns the UK is "heavily exposed" to potential problems.
- Report 'to urge cutting red tape'
Sun, 20 May 2012 11:09:17 GMT
The prime minister is this week expected to back a plan to help boost growth by cutting employment red tape.
- Balls warns of cuts 'catastrophe'
Sun, 20 May 2012 10:21:05 GMT
Labour's Ed Balls warns the world economy faces a "catastrophe" unless Germany abandons pressure on eurozone countries to cut public spending.
- Obama: EU 'must focus on growth'
Sun, 20 May 2012 06:09:32 GMT
US President Obama wraps up a G8 summit saying that leaders agree economies must focus on jobs and growth to boost recovery.
BBC News
- Lorenzo eases to win at Le Mans
Sun, 20 May 2012 14:29:50 GMT
Jorge Lorenzo beats Valentino Rossi in France on a wet Le Mans track to go top of the MotoGP standings ahead of Casey Stoner.
- Syria explosion near UN convoy
Sun, 20 May 2012 14:27:46 GMT
A convoy carrying the Norwegian general who heads the UN observer mission in Syria is targeted by an explosion near the capital, Damascus.
- Lockerbie bomber Megrahi is dead
Sun, 20 May 2012 14:21:58 GMT
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person ever convicted in connection with the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, dies at his home in Libya.
- 'Killer had put gun to my head'
Sun, 20 May 2012 14:13:21 GMT
The ex-wife of a man who murdered his ex-partner and toddler daughter in Essex tells the BBC he had put a gun to her head.