Britons 'spend Â£97bn on holidays'
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Britons are set to spend a total of  Â£97.3bn on holidays this year, a survey by Axa Insurance suggests.
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Consumers are a bit more inclined to cut back on holiday spending than in recent years, concerned about energy costs and credit card debt.
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Online consumers in the United States  spent $8.8 billion, excluding travel purchases, in November, a  19 percent jump over the $7.4 billion spent online a year  earlier, a report released on Monday said.
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The Royal Family cost UK taxpayers 62p each last year - less than the previous year, the Queen's accounts show.
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Business & money: Higher interest rates and June's dismal weather take toll on spending on Britain's high streets.
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UK consumers are still borrowing more money than citizens of any other European country, a report says.
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Britain spent more than &#36;2.7 billion on peacekeeping operations in Iraq in the 10 months following the end of initial combat there, the Ministry of Defense said Wednesday.
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British holidaymakers visiting the United States this summer were last night contemplating a surge in their spending power.
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A Government of any party will be forced to cut spending or raise taxes by Â£7 billion a year after the election if it is to meet Chancellor Gordon Brown&#39;s economic rules, business leaders have warned.
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Britons are on average giving more to charity than a year ago, according to a report.
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Foreign students contribute Â£3bn to the British economy. Not all are happy with what they get.
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Business & money: Young London couples spend more than half of their pay on their mortgage, writes Lisa Bachelor.
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Britain's public finances chalked up a deficit of 17 billion pounds (22.8 billion euros, 33.1 billion dollars) in December, the highest ever level for the month, official data showed Monday.
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Britons are saving Â£57 billion a year too little to pay for the costs of retirement, a government-commissioned report is expected to warn today.
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The UK's current account deficit narrowed to Â£9.1bn in the three months to June, official figures show.
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In fact, more than half of people in a recent survey (51 percent) said they&#39;d done holiday gift shopping while on vacation, spending an average of $2,000.
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A rosier economic outlook will boost US holiday spending by up to 5 percent this year despite a firm resolution by many consumers to spend less, a consumer group said on Monday.