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VAT rate rises from 17.5% to 20%

The standard rate of VAT has increased from 17.5% to 20%, in a move designed to raise £13 billion a year to help balance...

Five killed in Guatemala bus fire

Five people have been killed and 10 others injured in a fire inside a Guatemalan passenger bus that police say may have been caused...

Fireworks 'sent birds into frenzy'

Thousands of blackbirds plummeted to their deaths in front of horrified New Year revellers in a small Arkansas town.The red-winged blackbirds rained out of...

Motorola splits into two companies

Motorola's formal split into two companies will mark the final step in the years-long break-up of a consumer electronics industry pioneer.Motorola began selling car...

Move to market cancer breakthrough

A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones has taken a giant step...

Warning on Australia flood dangers

Residents of an Australian city cut off by some of the country's worst flooding in decades are being warned to stay out of the...

Costs 'put Britons off exercise'

Britons are being put off exercising regularly by the high cost of gyms and leisure centres, research suggests.A third of people of all ages...

First-past-post system 'is broken'

Last year's general election result was determined by less than 2% of voters, according to a think tank report which has denounced first-past-the-post voting...

US stocks start 2011 with big lift

US stocks have started the new year with a big lift, and that could be a promising sign for the rest of 2011.Investors call...

Firms' finance chiefs 'optimistic'

Finance chiefs at major UK companies are optimistic over prospects for growth in 2011, a survey has revealed.Chief financial officers' confidence rebounded in the...

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