Economy

                   

Is Gordon Brown the loneliest man in Britain?

telegraph.co.uk     9 hrs ago   60 related          

Gordon Brown is more isolated than ever, report James Kirkup and Andrew Porter. Another government source laments Mr Brown’s reluctance to admit just how grave Labour’s plight is. It is typical of Mr Brown’s luck that...                    

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Chicken ham and rice prices increase by more than 40 per cent

telegraph.co.uk     10 hrs ago   18 related          

Chicken, ham and rice have seen some of the biggest price increases since the start of the year helping to drive food inflation up by more than eight per cent, according to new figures. News of the cost hikes came three...                    

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On London: Scant comfort to be found in the pound's current decline

ft.com     7 hrs ago   1 related          

On London: Scant comfort to be found in the pound’s current decline By Neil Hume Sterling’s decline against the dollar showed no signs of slowing this week, but what was more interesting was the reaction of the London...                    

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Shares back in 'bear market' zone as main index falls 7% in a week

scotsman.com     3 hrs ago   1 related          

Published Date: 06 September 2008 THE UK's biggest companies saw further stock market losses yesterday at the end of the worst week for the FTSE 100 index for more than six years. The FTSE closed yesterday at 5,240.7, a...                    

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Central Banks Drowning in US Dollar Seek to Expand Gold Reserves

marketoracle.co.uk     5 hrs ago   3 related          

"...My God, this is the time. If everyone wants gold we're all going to be ruined, because there is not enough gold to go around..." – J.F.K. to the Fed chairman, Aug. 1962 ONCE UPON A TIME money meant gold (and ever...                    

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telegraph.co.uk: Barack Obama boosted as US unemployment rate makes life hard for John McCain telegraph.co.uk

Barack Obama boosted as US unemployment rate makes life hard for John McCain

telegraph.co.uk     4 hrs ago   93 related          

The United States unemployment rate has risen to a reported five-year high of 6.1 per cent, underlining the weak state of the American economy and boosting the White House chances of Senator Barack Obama. By Toby Harnden...                    

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TUC says economic slum not as bad as the 90s

reuters.com     3 hrs ago   2 related          

LONDON (Reuters) - The economic downturn in Britain is "nowhere near" as bad as the early 1990s recession, but the government must do more to help if it is to stand any chance of staying in power, the Trades Union Congress...                    

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Despite the hoopla, it’s still the economy, stupid

timesonline.co.uk     4 hrs ago   6 related          

Like a late clap of thunder after a cloudless afternoon, reality suddenly intruded into the hazy rhetoric of the American election campaign yesterday in the shape of a miserable report on the nation’s economy. Some parts...                    

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Business: Media director joins PPF -

praguepost.com     10 hrs ago          

Movers & Shakers | Search restaurants | Archives September 3rd, 2008 issue The PPF financial group, owned by richest Czech Petr Kellner, will have a new media and communications industry strategist as of September, daily...                    

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Misery for traders as world economies plummet

timesonline.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

Miles Costello and Tom Bawden, in New York, and Angela Jameson Traders are heading into one of the most depressing weekends in living memory after the world's economies suffered further blows to cap their worst week in...                    

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