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Micro-credit pioneer to go on the Simpsons
Bangladeshi Grameen micro-credit bank founder Muhammad Yunus is to star in an episode of hit US TV series The Simpsons.
Availability of credit a matter of life and death for small business
Any bank that provides more credit for small firms would be doing a great service Bank of England governor Mervyn King drew attention to the plight of individual small firms that find it hard to borrow at the Treasury select committee today, though he also mentioned research showing that their difficulties had not held up past recoveries, because most investment is done by large firms. I'm not ...
Credit card fees transfer wealth to rich study finds
Credit card fees and rewards programs exacerbate income inequality by acting as a transfer of wealth from poor to rich according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston study released Monday.
Tax credit repayments 'to soar'
Many more people will face having to pay back some of the money paid to them as tax credits because of Budget changes, experts say.
BP chasing $10bn tax credit
BP is chasing a tax credit claim of $9.7bn (£6.3bn). BP's group income statement for the second quarter posts a pre-tax charge of $32.2bn linked to the oil spill and a tax credit of $9.79bn.
US To Close Foreign Tax Credit Loopholes,
A package of legislative proposals designed to tighten US foreign tax credit rules has been introduced in the House of Representatives as part of a bill to extend certain Recovery Act provisions.
MP slams prepaid credit cards in House of Commons
Labour MP Geraint Davies has presented a bill in the House of Commons demanding an end to anonymous prepaid credit cards and proposing fines for credit card companies whose products are used to purchase child abuse images.
When credit runs out
DRIFFIELD MP Greg Knight is warning holidaymakers about a new credit card scam being used on British tourists visiting Spain, France and the USA. (28/07/2010 16:29:59)
Crédit Agricole Expands Credit/Debt Markets Team
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Home expo schedule 'was hampered'
The credit crunch and hard winter are blamed for delaying the schedule of Scotland's Housing Expo.