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...Chief executive Ken Murphy attributed a more upbeat consumer mood to interest rates beginning to stabilise, mortgage rates falling and higher wages....
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...risk before its failure this year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said on Friday....
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...Brokers commonly sell their clients other products such as life insurance; a sensible consideration for anyone taking out a big debt. But never forget this is another way brokers can earn a fee....
...First: the insurance sector is continuing to pay large ransoms to hackers, on behalf of companies, even though the governments of countries such as the US and UK have urged them to stop, arguing that this...
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...A significant factor has been a sharp rise in the cost of property catastrophe reinsurance, or insurance for insurance companies....
...selling that company’s stock....
...the company in as many years....
...The deal would also be a rare acquisition of a listed company by a mutual, which is owned by its more than 16mn members who have a current account, mortgage or savings with the company....
..., Signature and First Republic....
...The tapering of the personal allowance results in a 62 per cent marginal tax rate — if national insurance is included — on the band of income between £100,000 and £125,140 as well as the loss of any state...
...He confirmed the heavily trailed 2p cut in national insurance contributions, a shake-up of the “non-dom” tax regime and the creation of a “British Isa” to encourage investment in UK-listed companies....
...My mortgage offer is only valid for another six weeks. I lost thousands of pounds in legal fees on the previous property....
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