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  • SHIP members predict boom in drawdown business
    Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:41:39 GMT
    Many equity release providers are predicting that drawdown business will account for 70% of the equity release market by 2010, research from Safe Home Income Plans shows.

BBC Business News

  • Keen interest
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:15:49 GMT
    The rates roulette for savers and borrowers
  • Staff recruitment falling sharply
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:11:48 GMT
    The number of new workers being recruited is falling sharply due to the worsening economic downturn, a survey finds.
  • UK 2008 car sales to fall by 10%
    Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:57:15 GMT
    UK car sales figures for the past year are expected to be more than 10% lower than sales in 2007.
  • Final Woolworths stores shut down
    Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:12:47 GMT
    The remaining 200 Woolworths stores across the UK close their doors after the High Street chain's final day of trading.

BBC News

  • Apple to end music restrictions
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:27:13 GMT
    Apple Inc agrees to start selling digital songs from its iTunes store without copy protection software.
  • Credit crunch warning for schools
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:15:07 GMT
    The economic downturn could be about to hit funding for schools and children's services, a government committee warns.
  • China's holiday rush begins early
    Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:04 GMT
    Migrant workers make an early start home for the Lunar New Year as China's economic slowdown leaves many jobless.

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