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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>BHP turns hostile with £25bn Potash bid</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/18/bhp-turns-hostile-with-25bn-potash-bid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/18/bhp-turns-hostile-with-25bn-potash-bid/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/18/bhp-turns-hostile-with-25bn-potash-bid/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/company/" rel="tag">Company</a></p><strong><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/haysmall.jpg" alt="The market for fertiliser ingredients looks set to grow" />BHP Billiton</strong> has launched what could be this year's largest takeover, with its hostile bid for PotashCorp. <br />
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But BHP has incurred the wrath of the Potash board. Without its support, what are the Anglo-Australian miner's chances of success?<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/18/bhp-turns-hostile-with-25bn-potash-bid/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>BHP turns hostile with £25bn Potash bid</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/18/bhp-turns-hostile-with-25bn-potash-bid/">BHP turns hostile with £25bn Potash bid</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:55:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/18/bhp-turns-hostile-with-25bn-potash-bid/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19598212/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/18/bhp-turns-hostile-with-25bn-potash-bid/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>BHP Billiton</category><category>BhpBilliton</category><category>fertiliser</category><category>infertile areas</category><category>InfertileAreas</category><category>negotiations</category><category>poison pill defence</category><category>PoisonPillDefence</category><category>population growth</category><category>PopulationGrowth</category><category>PotashCorp</category><category>take-over</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How benefit reform will cost us billions</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/how-benefit-reform-will-cost-us-billions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/how-benefit-reform-will-cost-us-billions/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/how-benefit-reform-will-cost-us-billions/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/job-focus/" rel="tag">Job Focus</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/taxes/" rel="tag">Taxes</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/public-services-1/" rel="tag">Public Services</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/election-2010/" rel="tag">Election 2010</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/idssmall.jpg" alt="Iain Duncan Smith, work and pensions secretary" />Getting people off benefits and back to work will cost the rest of us. Not just the odd million here and there. Enough to fund a small war.<br />
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The Treasury is so annoyed at the cost involved it has issued an ultimatum to Iain Duncan Smith (right), saying he must recoup the money, according to the <em>Financial Times</em>. A case of red boxes at dawn?<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/how-benefit-reform-will-cost-us-billions/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>How benefit reform will cost us billions</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/how-benefit-reform-will-cost-us-billions/">How benefit reform will cost us billions</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:50:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/how-benefit-reform-will-cost-us-billions/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19596579/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/how-benefit-reform-will-cost-us-billions/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>benefit system reform</category><category>BenefitSystemReform</category><category>cuts to welfare spending</category><category>CutsToWelfareSpending</category><category>Dont Miss</category><category>DontMiss</category><category>HM Treasury</category><category>HmTreasury</category><category>Iain Duncan Smith</category><category>IainDuncanSmith</category><category>welfare reform</category><category>welfare system</category><category>WelfareReform</category><category>WelfareSystem</category><category>work and pensions secretary</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rise in cost of living busts limit</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/rise-in-cost-of-living-busts-limit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/rise-in-cost-of-living-busts-limit/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/rise-in-cost-of-living-busts-limit/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/energy/" rel="tag">Energy</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/leisure-and-hospitality/" rel="tag">Leisure &amp; hospitality</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/foodaislesmall.jpg" alt="The cost of living became more expensive in Britain last month" />Life in Britain got more expensive last month. More expensive than it should have done. <br />
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Growth in the cost of living broke official limits again, as we forked out more for the essentials of ordinary living. Overleaf we tell you which items rose the most. And why.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/rise-in-cost-of-living-busts-limit/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Rise in cost of living busts limit</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/rise-in-cost-of-living-busts-limit/">Rise in cost of living busts limit</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:36:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/rise-in-cost-of-living-busts-limit/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19596574/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/17/rise-in-cost-of-living-busts-limit/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bank of england</category><category>Bank of England economic forecasts</category><category>Bank of England rate cut</category><category>BankOfEngland</category><category>BankOfEnglandEconomicForecasts</category><category>BankOfEnglandRateCut</category><category>cost of living</category><category>CostOfLiving</category><category>Dont Miss</category><category>DontMiss</category><category>inflation</category><category>interest rates</category><category>InterestRates</category><category>July inflation rate</category><category>JulyInflationRate</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>School leavers struggle for work</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/16/school-leavers-struggle-for-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/16/school-leavers-struggle-for-work/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/16/school-leavers-struggle-for-work/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/debt/" rel="tag">Debt</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/job-focus/" rel="tag">Job Focus</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/taxes/" rel="tag">Taxes</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/public-services-1/" rel="tag">Public Services</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/gradsmall.jpg" alt="School leavers are scrabbling to find places at university" /><strong>Youth unemployment</strong> is running at its highest levels since the early 1990s. Over the past three years unemployment among the UK's 18-24 year olds has climbed by five percentage points to 17.5%. <br />
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Amid a shortage of work, growing numbers of school leavers are applying directly to companies for jobs. Fears of student debt, lack of places and talk of graduate taxes are deterring them from university. <p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/16/school-leavers-struggle-for-work/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>School leavers struggle for work</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/16/school-leavers-struggle-for-work/">School leavers struggle for work</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:14:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/16/school-leavers-struggle-for-work/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19594767/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/16/school-leavers-struggle-for-work/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>A-level results</category><category>A-levelResults</category><category>apprentice</category><category>apprentice places</category><category>ApprenticePlaces</category><category>apprenticeship</category><category>baby boom</category><category>BabyBoom</category><category>degrees</category><category>Dont Miss</category><category>DontMiss</category><category>graduate levy</category><category>GraduateLevy</category><category>graduates</category><category>oxford university</category><category>OxfordUniversity</category><category>PricewaterhouseCoopers</category><category>school leavers</category><category>SchoolLeavers</category><category>student debt</category><category>StudentDebt</category><category>training scheme</category><category>TrainingScheme</category><category>unemployment rate</category><category>UnemploymentRate</category><category>university</category><category>youth unemployment</category><category>YouthUnemployment</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fat lady powers clothing market growth</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fat-lady-powers-clothing-market-growth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fat-lady-powers-clothing-market-growth/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fat-lady-powers-clothing-market-growth/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/leisure-and-hospitality/" rel="tag">Leisure &amp; hospitality</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/fatwomensmall.jpg" alt="Rising obesity levels are good news for the plus-sized clothing market" />It's not only our waistlines that are getting bigger. The UK market for plus-size clothing is expanding along with our widening girths. <br />
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<strong>Outsized clothing</strong> is doing well from our rising obesity. In the last five years the clothing market for women sized 18 or above has grown by almost half as much again to reach &pound;3.8bn, according to Mintel.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fat-lady-powers-clothing-market-growth/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Fat lady powers clothing market growth</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fat-lady-powers-clothing-market-growth/">Fat lady powers clothing market growth</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:34:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fat-lady-powers-clothing-market-growth/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19592241/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fat-lady-powers-clothing-market-growth/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Active Fat</category><category>ActiveFat</category><category>clothing</category><category>Dont Miss</category><category>DontMiss</category><category>Marks Spencer</category><category>MarksSpencer</category><category>mintel</category><category>obesity</category><category>obesity health risks</category><category>ObesityHealthRisks</category><category>outsized clothing</category><category>OutsizedClothing</category><category>plus-sized clothing</category><category>Plus-sizedClothing</category><category>size 16 plus</category><category>size 18 plus</category><category>Size16Plus</category><category>Size18Plus</category><category>UK girth</category><category>UK waistlines</category><category>UkGirth</category><category>UkWaistlines</category><category>womenswear</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fewer UK firms go bankrupt</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fewer-uk-firms-go-bankrupt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fewer-uk-firms-go-bankrupt/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fewer-uk-firms-go-bankrupt/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/debt/" rel="tag">Debt</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/personal-finance/" rel="tag">Personal Finance</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/financial-crisis/" rel="tag">Financial Crisis</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/loans/" rel="tag">Loans</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="Companies issued with winding up orders have fallen by a fifth" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/businessmansmall.jpg" />Fewer British firms are going out of business, appearing to confirm that recovery is underway. The <strong>number of companies going bust has fallen</strong> by nearly a fifth from last year, according to official government data. <br />
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Numbers of individuals going bust are also falling. From April to June, people seeking bankruptcy dropped by a fifth, shrinking to just over 13,000.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fewer-uk-firms-go-bankrupt/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Fewer UK firms go bankrupt</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fewer-uk-firms-go-bankrupt/">Fewer UK firms go bankrupt</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:23:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fewer-uk-firms-go-bankrupt/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19592173/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/13/fewer-uk-firms-go-bankrupt/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bankruptcy</category><category>bankruptcy court</category><category>BankruptcyAdvice</category><category>BankruptcyCourt</category><category>BankruptcyFees</category><category>BankruptcyProtection</category><category>company dissolution</category><category>CompanyDissolution</category><category>creditors</category><category>debt-calculator</category><category>debtors</category><category>dissolution</category><category>Dont Miss</category><category>DontMiss</category><category>individual</category><category>Office of National Statistics</category><category>OfficeOfNationalStatistics</category><category>winding up orders</category><category>WindingUpOrders</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Glorious 12th leaves farmers skint</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/12/glorious-12th-leaves-farmers-skint/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/12/glorious-12th-leaves-farmers-skint/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/12/glorious-12th-leaves-farmers-skint/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/job-focus/" rel="tag">Job Focus</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/leisure-and-hospitality/" rel="tag">Leisure &amp; hospitality</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/sport/" rel="tag">Sport</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/gunssmall.jpg" alt="Landowners are spending more than &pound;76m on the UK's grouse moors" />Today is the 'Glorious Twelfth' - beginning of the grouse season. Landowners spend more than &pound;76m managing the UK's grouse moors, according to the Moorland Association. <br />
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But farmers make little money from the shooting parties that descend on the hills. Despite charging more than &pound;20,000 for eight or nine 'guns' to shoot young birds, many struggle to break even on the season. <br />
<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/12/glorious-12th-leaves-farmers-skint/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Glorious 12th leaves farmers skint</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/12/glorious-12th-leaves-farmers-skint/">Glorious 12th leaves farmers skint</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:32:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/12/glorious-12th-leaves-farmers-skint/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19590917/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/12/glorious-12th-leaves-farmers-skint/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Dont Miss</category><category>DontMiss</category><category>gamekeepers</category><category>glorious 12th</category><category>Glorious12th</category><category>grouse season</category><category>GrouseSeason</category><category>guns</category><category>heather</category><category>moorland association</category><category>MoorlandAssociation</category><category>richard benyon</category><category>RichardBenyon</category><category>shoots</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Diamonds: not a model's best friend?</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/diamonds-not-a-models-best-friend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/diamonds-not-a-models-best-friend/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/diamonds-not-a-models-best-friend/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/engagedsmall.jpg" alt="Diamonds are at the heart of the case against Liberian president Charles Taylor" />Supermodel <strong>Naomi Campbell</strong> might not have been too impressed by her so-called <strong>'blood' diamonds</strong> from <strong>Charles Taylor</strong>, former president of Liberia. <br />
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But diamonds are becoming the budding dictator's investment of choice when it comes to financing rape, mutilation and genocide. Just don't expect your jeweller to mention that when you go shopping for an engagement ring.<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/diamonds-not-a-models-best-friend/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Diamonds: not a model's best friend?</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/diamonds-not-a-models-best-friend/">Diamonds: not a model's best friend?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:36:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/diamonds-not-a-models-best-friend/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19587373/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/diamonds-not-a-models-best-friend/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>blood diamonds</category><category>BloodDiamonds</category><category>charles taylor trial</category><category>CharlesTaylorTrial</category><category>clarity</category><category>colour</category><category>cut</category><category>de beers</category><category>DeBeers</category><category>engagement ring</category><category>engagement rings cost</category><category>EngagementRing</category><category>EngagementRingsCost</category><category>LiberianRefugees</category><category>mia farrow</category><category>MiaFarrow</category><category>naomi campbell</category><category>NaomiCampbell</category><category>rough diamonds</category><category>RoughDiamonds</category><category>sierra leone refugee all stars</category><category>SierraLeoneRefugeeAllStars</category><category>supermodels</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pick of the early market news</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/pick-of-the-early-market-news/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/pick-of-the-early-market-news/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/company/" rel="tag">Company</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/markets/" rel="tag">Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/energy/" rel="tag">Energy</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/leisure-and-hospitality/" rel="tag">Leisure &amp; hospitality</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/powerstationsmall-1281438348.jpg"  alt="" />The boards of<strong> International Power</strong> and<strong> GDF-Suez</strong> have agreed to merge, creating one of the world's biggest independent power generators with estimated sales of &pound;11.2bn. <br />
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Talks between the companies fell apart this year as sparks flew over whether France's GDF-Suez would be willing to pay a cash sweetener to shareholders in International Power. Today the firms pulled the switch on their deal.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/pick-of-the-early-market-news/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Pick of the early market news</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/pick-of-the-early-market-news/">Pick of the early market news</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:35:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/pick-of-the-early-market-news/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19587312/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/10/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>GDF-Suez</category><category>Holiday Inn</category><category>HolidayInn</category><category>hotel market</category><category>hotelier</category><category>HotelMarket</category><category>Intercontinental Hotels</category><category>IntercontinentalHotels</category><category>International Power</category><category>InternationalPower</category><category>Neville Sims</category><category>NevilleSims</category><category>Peter Lond</category><category>Peter Long</category><category>PeterLond</category><category>PeterLong</category><category>TUI</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pick of the early market news</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/09/pick-of-the-early-market-news/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/09/pick-of-the-early-market-news/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/09/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/company/" rel="tag">Company</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/energy/" rel="tag">Energy</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/media/" rel="tag">Media</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/leisure-and-hospitality/" rel="tag">Leisure &amp; hospitality</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="BP has so far spent more than $6bn responding to the Gulf oil spill" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/oilybirdsmall.jpg" /><strong>BP has so far spent more than $6bn</strong> responding to the Gulf of Mexico spill, the firm revealed. Oil has at last stopped flowing into the sea, more than three months after it started, thanks to the efforts of over 30,000 people.<br />
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Pouring cement into the well has succeeded in capping the spill, the firm said. It expects the relief well it is drilling to be operational by next weekend.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/09/pick-of-the-early-market-news/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Pick of the early market news</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/09/pick-of-the-early-market-news/">Pick of the early market news</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:37:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/09/pick-of-the-early-market-news/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19585708/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/09/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>BP</category><category>cementing operations</category><category>CementingOperations</category><category>cost of response</category><category>CostOfResponse</category><category>Euromoney Institutional Investor</category><category>EuromoneyInstitutionalInvestor</category><category>Gulf of Mexico</category><category>GulfOfMexico</category><category>Hollywood Bowl</category><category>HollywoodBowl</category><category>Mitchells Butler</category><category>MitchellsButler</category><category>relief well</category><category>ReliefWell</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Women are becoming property tycoons</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/women-are-becoming-property-tycoons/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/women-are-becoming-property-tycoons/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/women-are-becoming-property-tycoons/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/mortgages/" rel="tag">Mortgages</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/property/" rel="tag">Property</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/media/" rel="tag">Media</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="More women are taking out by-to-let mortgages" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/01/creditcardspending-110309.jpg" />Blame it on Sarah Beeny's <em>Property Ladder</em>: it's time to say hello to the <strong>female property tycoon</strong>. Egged on by Beeny's example, more women are looking to make their fortune from donning a hard hat and gambling on bricks and mortar. <br />
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In less than a year numbers of women buying properties they plan to rent out have risen dramatically, going from just over a third of the total to nearly half.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/women-are-becoming-property-tycoons/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Women are becoming property tycoons</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/women-are-becoming-property-tycoons/">Women are becoming property tycoons</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:54:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/women-are-becoming-property-tycoons/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19581326/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/women-are-becoming-property-tycoons/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>affordable housing</category><category>AffordableHousing</category><category>Buy-to-let</category><category>buy-to-let mortgages</category><category>Buy-to-letMortgages</category><category>Connells</category><category>female property entrepreneurs</category><category>FemalePropertyEntrepreneurs</category><category>first-time buyers</category><category>First-timeBuyers</category><category>Landlord Centre</category><category>LandlordCentre</category><category>landlords</category><category>Property Ladder</category><category>PropertyLadder</category><category>rental market</category><category>RentalMarket</category><category>Ross Bowen</category><category>RossBowen</category><category>Sarah Beeny</category><category>SarahBeeny</category><category>valuations</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pick of the early market news</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/pick-of-the-early-market-news/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/pick-of-the-early-market-news/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/company/" rel="tag">Company</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/personal-finance/" rel="tag">Personal Finance</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/loans/" rel="tag">Loans</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/mortgages/" rel="tag">Mortgages</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/banking/" rel="tag">Banking </a></p><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/07/highstbank.jpg" alt="Lloyds Bank has surprised analysts by the strength of its recovery" /><strong>Lloyds Bank</strong> surprised analysts with the strength of its return to the black, reporting pre-tax profits of &pound;1.6 billion, compared to a loss of more than twice that amount last year. <br />
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Lloyds' success could benefit UK taxpayers, who own 41% of the high street banking giant. It could also mean pressure to increase its lending targets.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/pick-of-the-early-market-news/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Pick of the early market news</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/pick-of-the-early-market-news/">Pick of the early market news</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/pick-of-the-early-market-news/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19580252/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>economic obligation</category><category>EconomicObligation</category><category>George Osborne</category><category>GeorgeOsborne</category><category>government stake</category><category>GovernmentStake</category><category>High Street retail</category><category>HighStreetRetail</category><category>Legal General</category><category>LegalGeneral</category><category>Lloyds Bank</category><category>LloydsBank</category><category>Next</category><category>Next Directory</category><category>NextDirectory</category><category>profits</category><category>Tim Breedon</category><category>TimBreedon</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>First-time buyers fall off property ladder</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/first-time-buyers-fall-off-property-ladder/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/first-time-buyers-fall-off-property-ladder/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/first-time-buyers-fall-off-property-ladder/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/mortgages/" rel="tag">Mortgages</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/property/" rel="tag">Property</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2009/12/empty-purse-200a-121109.jpg" alt="Many young people cannot afford the deposit needed to secure a mortgage" />It's becoming even harder for <strong>first-time buyers</strong> to get onto the property ladder. Banks are insisting on larger deposits, meaning many young people cannot afford their own home.<br />
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"First-timers simply cannot secure the mortgages needed to get a foot on the property ladder," said Ross Bowen of Connells, a firm of surveyors.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/first-time-buyers-fall-off-property-ladder/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>First-time buyers fall off property ladder</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/first-time-buyers-fall-off-property-ladder/">First-time buyers fall off property ladder</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:31:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/first-time-buyers-fall-off-property-ladder/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19579808/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/04/first-time-buyers-fall-off-property-ladder/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Bank of Mum and Dad</category><category>BankOfMumAndDad</category><category>building society</category><category>BuildingSociety</category><category>CML</category><category>deposit</category><category>Dont Miss</category><category>DontMiss</category><category>first-time buys</category><category>First-timeBuys</category><category>home loan</category><category>home ownership</category><category>HomeLoan</category><category>HomeOwnership</category><category>house prices</category><category>HousePrices</category><category>housing ladder</category><category>HousingLadder</category><category>mortgage-rate</category><category>parents</category><category>Ross Bowen Connells</category><category>RossBowenConnells</category><category>young couples</category><category>YoungCouples</category><category>zoopla</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Savers bail on Northern Rock</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/savers-bail-on-northern-rock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/savers-bail-on-northern-rock/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/savers-bail-on-northern-rock/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/markets/" rel="tag">Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/personal-finance/" rel="tag">Personal Finance</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/financial-crisis/" rel="tag">Financial Crisis</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/loans/" rel="tag">Loans</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/mortgages/" rel="tag">Mortgages</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/savings-and-accounts/" rel="tag">Savings and Accounts</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/banking/" rel="tag">Banking </a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="Savers have pulled almost &pound;2bn out of Northern Rock since the government dropped its 100% guarantee" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/northernsmall.jpg" />Savers have pulled out almost &pound;2bn from <strong>Northern Rock</strong> - a result of the government stopping its 100% guarantee for deposits. <br />
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Since late May, the government has backed only the first &pound;50,000 of each customer's savings, standard practice across all UK banks. Are customers right to be so jittery?<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/savers-bail-on-northern-rock/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Savers bail on Northern Rock</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/savers-bail-on-northern-rock/">Savers bail on Northern Rock</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:27:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/savers-bail-on-northern-rock/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19578736/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/savers-bail-on-northern-rock/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>chief executive</category><category>Gary Hoffman</category><category>GaryHoffman</category><category>government banks bail-out</category><category>government savings guarantee</category><category>GovernmentBanksBail-out</category><category>GovernmentSavingsGuarantee</category><category>Northern Rock</category><category>NorthernRock</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>ITV in belated pay-TV push</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/itv-in-belated-pay-tv-push/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/itv-in-belated-pay-tv-push/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/itv-in-belated-pay-tv-push/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/company/" rel="tag">Company</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/technology/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/creative-industries/" rel="tag">Creative industries</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/leisure-and-hospitality/" rel="tag">Leisure &amp; hospitality</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="High definition versions of ITV 2,3 and 4 will go on Sky from early October" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/itvlogo16821097804asmall.jpg" />You will soon have to <strong>pay to see some of your favourite telly programmes</strong>. Three ITV channels will go on Sky from early October. So if you want to watch gems such as <em>Katie and Alex</em>, it'll cost. <br />
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It's part of a strategy by new ITV boss Adam Crozier to reduce ITV's reliance on adverts over the next five years. The former head of Royal Mail said ITV has not 'faced up to the challenges' presented by the net, pay-TV or subscription services. All that is about to change.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/itv-in-belated-pay-tv-push/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>ITV in belated pay-TV push</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/itv-in-belated-pay-tv-push/">ITV in belated pay-TV push</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:11:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/itv-in-belated-pay-tv-push/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19578643/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/itv-in-belated-pay-tv-push/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Adam Crozier</category><category>AdamCrozier</category><category>distribution channels</category><category>DistributionChannels</category><category>free-to-air TV</category><category>Free-to-airTv</category><category>high definition TV</category><category>HighDefinitionTv</category><category>ITV</category><category>pay TV</category><category>PayTv</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pensions timebomb set to explode</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pensions-timebomb-set-to-explode/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pensions-timebomb-set-to-explode/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pensions-timebomb-set-to-explode/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/pensions/" rel="tag">Pensions</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/elderlyladysmall.jpg" />The ratio of pensioners to workers is set to double in the next 50 years across Europe. It's a <strong>pensions timebomb</strong> that must be tackled. Ideally, before it explodes.<br />
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Demographics are changing fast, as we have fewer children (or none at all) and medical advances help us live longer. But while we may enjoy better health than previous generations, there are not enough young people around to pay our pensions.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pensions-timebomb-set-to-explode/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Pensions timebomb set to explode</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pensions-timebomb-set-to-explode/">Pensions timebomb set to explode</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pensions-timebomb-set-to-explode/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19578127/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pensions-timebomb-set-to-explode/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Compulsory retirement</category><category>CompulsoryRetirement</category><category>default retirement age</category><category>DefaultRetirementAge</category><category>dont miss</category><category>DontMiss</category><category>European Commission</category><category>EuropeanCommission</category><category>pensions</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pick of the early market news</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pick-of-the-early-market-news/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pick-of-the-early-market-news/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/company/" rel="tag">Company</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/markets/" rel="tag">Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/property/" rel="tag">Property</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/media/" rel="tag">Media</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/creative-industries/" rel="tag">Creative industries</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/corriesmall.jpg" alt="" />Terrestrial TV network<strong> ITV </strong>has confirmed rumours it may move into paid television, saying it will make programmes available on <strong>Rupert Murdoch's Sky</strong>. In other words, it could soon cost to watch flagship soap <strong>Coronation Street</strong> (production set pictured, right). <br />
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"For the past decade ITV has not faced up to the challenges presented by the rise of internet-based platforms and the continuing growth of pay TV," said <strong>chief executive Adam Crozier</strong>. The Rovers Return crowd will be hysterical with excitement. They're going global.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pick-of-the-early-market-news/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Pick of the early market news</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pick-of-the-early-market-news/">Pick of the early market news</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:24:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pick-of-the-early-market-news/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19578530/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/03/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>GKN</category><category>interim results</category><category>InterimResults</category><category>ITV</category><category>paid TV</category><category>PaidTv</category><category>Sky</category><category>Taylor Wimpey</category><category>TaylorWimpey</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Confused by finance? You're not alone</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/confused-by-finance-youre-not-alone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/confused-by-finance-youre-not-alone/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/confused-by-finance-youre-not-alone/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/credit-cards/" rel="tag">Credit Cards</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/debt/" rel="tag">Debt</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/personal-finance/" rel="tag">Personal Finance</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/mortgages/" rel="tag">Mortgages</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/pensions/" rel="tag">Pensions</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/banking/" rel="tag">Banking </a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/confusedsmall.jpg" alt="Research shows we are confused by financial products" />We are a nation confused by financial products. And, frankly, can you blame us? Anybody would think the banks do it on purpose. <br />
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More than two thirds of us suffer from <strong>confusion over how to make and use money</strong>, according to research from the University of Bristol and Confused.com.<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/confused-by-finance-youre-not-alone/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Confused by finance? You're not alone</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/confused-by-finance-youre-not-alone/">Confused by finance? You're not alone</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:55:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/confused-by-finance-youre-not-alone/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19577103/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/confused-by-finance-youre-not-alone/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Confused.com</category><category>consumer ignorance</category><category>ConsumerIgnorance</category><category>debt-calculator</category><category>Dont Miss</category><category>DontMiss</category><category>financial products</category><category>FinancialProducts</category><category>retail ignorance</category><category>RetailIgnorance</category><category>University of Bristol</category><category>UniversityOfBristol</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Is the price of coffee set to rise?</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/is-price-of-coffee-set-to-rise/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/is-price-of-coffee-set-to-rise/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/is-price-of-coffee-set-to-rise/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/markets/" rel="tag">Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/07/coffeecupsmall.jpg" alt="Poor coffee crops in Colombia mean the price of a cup could be set to rise" />Just when you thought nobody could charge a penny more for coffee, the price of your daily<em> latte</em> may be about to rise. <strong><br />
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Coffee bean prices </strong>recently hit their highest level in more than a decade. Bad news for addicts of the brew?<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/is-price-of-coffee-set-to-rise/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Is the price of coffee set to rise?</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/is-price-of-coffee-set-to-rise/">Is the price of coffee set to rise?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/is-price-of-coffee-set-to-rise/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19575355/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/is-price-of-coffee-set-to-rise/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>coffee beans</category><category>coffee crops</category><category>coffee prices</category><category>coffee shops</category><category>CoffeeBeans</category><category>CoffeeCrops</category><category>CoffeePrices</category><category>CoffeeShops</category><category>Colombia coffee</category><category>ColombiaCoffee</category><category>International Coffee Organisaton</category><category>InternationalCoffeeOrganisaton</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pick of the early market news</title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/pick-of-the-early-market-news/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/pick-of-the-early-market-news/</guid><comments>http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/company/" rel="tag">Company</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/investing/" rel="tag">Investing</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/markets/" rel="tag">Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/category/news/" rel="tag">News </a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="Profits at Tullett Prebon are down 15% for the first six months following a hiring raid" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.co.uk/media/2010/08/bullsmall.jpg" />Profits at <strong>Tullett Prebon</strong> fell 15% for the first six months of this year. The broker blamed a hiring raid in the US by one of its rivals on nearly a hundred Tullett staff. <br />
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<strong>Terry Smith</strong>, chief executive, said: "It is likely that the unsettled conditions will persist into the second half." No chance of a bull market (represented by the famous Wall Street bull, pictured) then?<p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/pick-of-the-early-market-news/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Pick of the early market news</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/pick-of-the-early-market-news/">Pick of the early market news</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk">Daily Finance UK</a> on Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:35:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/pick-of-the-early-market-news/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/forward/19576908/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.co.uk/2010/08/02/pick-of-the-early-market-news/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>battlespace IT</category><category>BattlespaceIt</category><category>BGC Partners</category><category>BgcPartners</category><category>bull market</category><category>BullMarket</category><category>chris aspinwall</category><category>ChrisAspinwall</category><category>fidessa</category><category>Hammerson</category><category>John Nelson</category><category>JohnNelson</category><category>Tullett Prebon</category><category>TullettPrebon</category><category>Ultra Electronics Holdings</category><category>UltraElectronicsHoldings</category><category>Wall Street bull</category><category>WallStreetBull</category><dc:creator>Helen Fowler</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:35:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>