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Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• Grant Thornton?s top 10 Budget predictions
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
  With Gordon Brown announcing that the Budget will be held on March 24, the tax experts are dusting off their crystal balls.
  

• Online banking fraud up by 14% amid wave of 'phishing' attacks
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:01:33 GMT
  Online banking fraud rose by 14% to £60m in 2009, while card fraud dropped for the first time in three years.
  

• The economy is not yet out of danger, Gordon Brown warns
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:49:21 GMT
  You can trust me, prime minister says, as he unveils a pay freeze for doctors, dentists, and hospital consultants.
  

• Consumer groups attack delay to reform of PPI market
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:36:31 GMT
  Consumer bodies urge Financial Services Authority to push ahead with reform of PPI after it announces a further six week consultation period.
  

• Euro equities face long debt struggle in wake of Greek crisis
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:01:00 GMT
  Economists warn that austerity measures in the PIIGS will result in a protracted period of low growth.
  

BBC News

• Paper review
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:50:54 GMT
  Press focus on apology to women raped by father
  

• Greeks stage fresh general strike
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:34:32 GMT
  Public and transport services grind to a halt in Greece as workers stage a second strike in protest at austerity measures.
  

• Vladimir Putin in key India visit
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:16:40 GMT
  Russian PM Vladimir Putin is due in India for talks expected to focus on arms and energy contracts.
  

• Burma election laws condemned
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:53:57 GMT
  Burma's election laws provoke widespread condemnation, but military rulers re-open opposition party offices.
  

• Four due in court over expenses
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:24:37 GMT
  Three Labour MPs and a Tory peer are due in court later to face charges in relation to their expenses claims.
  

BBC Business News

• Union to consider BA strike dates
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT
  Union leaders representing British Airways cabin crew will meet later to decide whether to announce dates for a strike.
  

• Mexican shakes up world rich list
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:24:19 GMT
  Mexican Carlos Slim Huan overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes 'rich list'.
  

• Winter insurance claims hit 650m
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:07:35 GMT
  Insurers paid out 650m from 335,000 claims made as a result of damage caused by the wintry weather in the UK.
  

• The Latin web
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:48 GMT
  Brazil exploits potential as web use spreads
  

• High flyer
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:56:52 GMT
  The extra ordinary life of the man from the Pru
  

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