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- The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:45:26 GMT
- Around 20% of unemployed people who have been on the government's main welfare-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, for at least 6 months have been found a job, the BBC has learnt.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:33:18 GMT
- Virgin Atlantic is forcing successful job applicants to pay for their own criminal record checks, Radio 4's Money Box reveals.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:53:12 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.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:35:58 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.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:01:34 GMT
- The chairman of 82% taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) says banker pay has been "high for too long" and needs to be corrected.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:08 GMT
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