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Shopper numbers fall over weekend
2008-12-22
Shopper numbers fell 8.7 percent over the weekend compared with the corresponding days last year, signalling consumers are still holding...

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Consumer confidence shows surprise rise
Consumer confidence rose unexpectedly for a second month running in December as a cut in sales tax and lower interest rates made shoppers...
Winners and losers: the pre-budget and you
Anyone earning over £20,000 will be worse off in 2011 if Labour wins the next election, after the government’s pre-budget report last...
UK jobless claimants break one million barrier
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit has soared past one million for the first time in eight years, after rising at the...
Madoff fund liquidated as sons deny involvement
2008-12-16
Officials last night began the process of liquidating any remaining assets in Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, the company at the...
 Germany joins Europe to back €200bn bailout
Germany today joined the rest of the EU in signing up to an expensive plan to rescue Europe from recession, despite the attack by Berlin's...