03/12/2010
Q&A: Your rights in the BA strike
What are your rights if you are a BA passenger set to be affected by strike action
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03/12/2010
Safety fears hit cheese-rolling
The annual cheese-rolling event at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire is cancelled due to concerns about crowd safety.
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03/12/2010
New York agrees 9/11 dust payout
New York City agrees to pay up to 657m US Dollars (437m Sterling) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks site.
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03/11/2010
FTSE reshuffle promotes Investec
Banking group Investec is to join the FTSE 100 following the latest reshuffle of the UK stock market indexes.
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03/10/2010
Tidjane Thiam: The man from the 'Pru'
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Tidjane Thiam, the chief executive of the Prudential, and the first black head of a FTSE 100 company.
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03/10/2010
Q&A: Electronic medical records
Doctors' unions complain that England's medical records database is being pushed through too fast, with details sometimes being uploaded without patients' knowledge. What are the issues?
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03/10/2010
Insurers 'face $7bn Chile bill'
The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates.
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03/10/2010
Can you fit a wind turbine in a housing estate?
Whatever the theory of renewable energy-generating technology in the home, an expert asks how can it work in practice?
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03/08/2010
AIG selling second overseas unit
AIG sells an insurance group to rival MetLife for $15.5bn, as it continues to raise funds to pay off a federal bail-out.
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03/07/2010
'In terms of two other parties'
On Sunday 7 March Andrew Marr interviewed the Liberal Democrat deputy leader Vince Cable
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03/04/2010
Q&A: US healthcare reform
The BBC News website explains the Obama administration's attempts to reform the American healthcare system.
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03/02/2010
Record profit for insurance firm
Insurance firm Admiral reports record profits described by the chief executive as an "outstanding achievement".
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03/01/2010
Families face demolition of homes
Two families face having their homes demolished after work carried out without planning permission on a nearby property causes structural damage.
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02/27/2010
Burglar trapped by wet footprints
A man whose break-in at a house was detected by police following his watery footprints is jailed for a year.
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02/26/2010
Endowment payouts fall at the Pru
The value of maturing with-profits mortgage endowment policies fall again at UK insurance company Prudential.
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02/26/2010
Who owns the UK's debt?
Economic growth figures are important, partly because of the effect they could have on the UK's debt.
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02/25/2010
RBS reports £3.6bn loss for 2009
Royal Bank of Scotland reports a loss of £3.6bn for 2009, but is set to pay bonuses totalling £1.3bn to its staff.
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02/25/2010
Action call on flood protection
The chairman of the Environment Agency urges industry to work on developing products to protect homes against flood damage.
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02/24/2010
Fergus answers car cost questions
Money expert Fergus Muirhead addresses readers' consumer and finance problems.
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02/23/2010
Why should savers use a savings bond?
An expert explains savings bonds and investment bonds
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