UK warned on debt 'credibility' :: The UK's failure to meet a key public debt target "weakens the credibility" of its top AAA credit rating, the Fitch ratings agency says.
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Rating threat over poor UK growth :: Britain had become global poster-child for deficit-reduction, but feeble growth and deteriorating finances have put ruling coalition under pressure
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c40a4294-3f05-11e2-9214-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
UK economy 'to contract in 2012' :: The chancellor announces in his Autumn Statement that the Office for Budget Responsibility is predicting the UK economy will contract by 0.1% in 2012.
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Benefit squeeze as economy slows :: Chancellor George Osborne announces a squeeze on benefits as he admits the UK economy is doing worse than expected and he will miss debt reduction targets.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20600442#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
HSBC sells Ping An stake to Thai group :: Conglomerate Charoen Pokphand expands further into China by paying $9.4bn for the UK bank's 15.6% share of country's second-biggest insurer
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£40bn of UK money in Swiss banks :: An estimated £40bn is being held in Swiss bank accounts by UK taxpayers, documents accompanying the Autumn Statement show.
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Gas power plants given go-ahead :: The chancellor approves the building of more than 30 new gas-fired power stations to replace the UK's ageing coal, nuclear and gas stations.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20608948#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
VIDEO: Corporation tax cut 'advert for UK' :: Corporation tax is to be cut to 21% from April 2014 the chancellor has announced in his Autumn Statement.
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Osborne slashes UK growth forecasts :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/AlOCUobAngQ/index.html
South Africa looks to call centers :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/UKsIpyhN5D4/
UK targets big brands on taxes :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/5oP4CnQrgFo/index.html
NCRI data on cost of cancer to UK economy :: Source: Cancer Research UK
Area: News
According to research on the cost of cancer to the UK economy conducted by a team from Oxford University and presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference, the cost of lung cancer is £2.4 billion each year, far higher than the cost of any other cancer. The researchers say these findings highlight the urgent need to continue to reduce the number of young people who become addicted to tobacco as smoking causes more than 8 in 10 lung cancers in the UK. Other findings are as follows:
 
. The total annual cost of all cancers to the UK economy is £15.8bn.
 
. Half (£7.6bn) of the total economic cost of cancer to the UK is due to premature deaths and time off work, followed by healthcare costs (35...
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Working families 'hit by changes' :: Labour says plans to squeeze benefits announced in the Autumn Statement will hit working families, as a credit agency suggests the UK's AAA rating is under threat.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20621313#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Viewpoint: The UK should aim for technology leadership :: Silicon Roundabout wants more tech firms
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Experts predict sharp rise in female lung cancer cases :: Female lung cancer cases will quadruple over next 30 yearsRelated items from OnMedicaLung cancer costs UK economy almost £2.5 billion a yearCare for UK lung cancer patients is improving The impact of lung cancerDeadliest form of skin cancer most common in young womenCancer diagnosis slow in women, young and non-whites (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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UK report calls for press regulation :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/zmDVIxyo1RE/
UK government to invest extra £300m in space science research :: The chancellor George Osborne has outlined eight areas of technology in which he wants the UK to become a world leaderThe UK will host the European Space Agency's headquarters for telecoms satellite monitoring, the chancellor George Osborne announced on Friday. The move is part of an extra £300m to be invested in space science research by the government over the next five years.Osborne made the announcement at the Royal Society in London, in his first major speech on the Treasury's ambitions for science and technology. In the address, Osborne outlined eight areas of technology in which he wanted the UK to become a world leader.He said he was "up for the challenge set by [the physicist] Brian Cox and others of making Britain the best place in the world to do science".The UK's space industr...
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