The national minimum wage will rise by 12p an hour to £6.31 for adults and by 5p to £5.03 for 18-to-20-year-olds from October.
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Category : Business, World News
The S&P 500 at long last joined the Dow in record high territory, topping the level from October 2007. Stocks finished a stellar quarter on a modest note.
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Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway will receive shares in Goldman in October, an outcome of his investment during financial crisis
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Adjusted for inflation, the blue chip index has a ways to go. But investors have something to cheer: Total returns are up 20% from October 2007.
Link: Actually, the real Dow is 11% below its record
Category : Stocks
The Dow gained more than 125 points and closed at a record high of 14,253.77, topping its previous all-time high set in October 2007.
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Opinion: The job market is still considerably worse than October 2007. The economy is barely growing. Housing prices have not come back completely. And the federal government is much more heavily in hock.
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Category : Business
The market hit a level it hasn’t been at since October 2007. But some investors shrugged off the news while others think it’s a worrisome sign.
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A record level of 11,000 complaints a week about mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) were made to an ombudsman between October and December.
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