Ireland’s battered economy emerged from recession in the third quarter of 2009 as it grew 0.3pc compared with the previous three months, official data showed on Thursday. Read More Ireland technically out of recession
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Shoppers holding off buying Christmas presents in the hope that stores will cut prices in the next few days have been warned that they are likely to be disappointed. Read More Retail sales fall as shoppers hold off for Christmas bargain
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America’s Social Security Trust Fund will go bankrupt; both gold and the Japanese yen will crash; and China’s currency will devalue as bad loans catch up with the over-stretched banking system — all in the course of 2010. Read More US pensions go bust, gold crashes, China flops, Bunds soar, predicts Saxo
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The pound plunged almost three cents to a two-month low against the dollar as the US currency strengthened on the back of upbeat economic news. Read More Pound tumbles against dollar on better US news
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Ben Bernanke’s nomination for a second four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve looks less certain than it did after a rocky Senate committee hearing at which his reputation was called into question. Read More Bernanke faces rocky ride on road to second Fed term
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Rating agencies fear country may use military cloak to hide financial extent of its public debt. Read More SdanP downgrades Greece while concerns mount over secret defence budget
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Alistair Darling has described his super-tax on bonuses as a wake-up call to remind bankers that “they live on the same planet as the rest of us”. Read More Bankers bonus supertax is a wakeup call, says Darling
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Alistair Darling has been accused of concealing Treasury figures showing how deep Labour’s planned spending cuts will be and where the axe would fall on public services. Read More Darling hiding extent of spending cuts
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Public sector workers awarded pay rises nearly three times higher than those of private sector employees. Read More Triple the pay rise in public sector, ONS figures show
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Public sector workers get pay rises nearly three times higher than those of private sector employees. Read More Triple the pay rise in public sector, official figures show
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