UK minimum wage rises to Â£5.52
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The national minimum wage is to rise by 17p - about 3% - from Â£5.35 to Â£5.52 an hour from October 2007.
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The Bank of England holds UK interest rates at 5.5%, but analysts say a rate rise later this year remains likely.
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The Bank of England has kept its key interest rate at a five-year high point of 5.00 percent, opting against a further rise after last month's quarter-point increase.
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Bangladeshi workers get paid as little as five pence an hour to make clothes for Tesco, Asda and Primark, says a report.
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With little fanfare, Congress yesterday approved the first increase in the federal minimum wage in nearly a decade, voting to boost wages for America's lowest-paid workers from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour over the next two years.
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The Bank of England raised its key interest rate Thursday by a quarter of a percentage point to 5.75 percent, the fifth increase this year, in an attempt to curb inflation.
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UK inflation rose to 2.2% in January, up from 2.1% in December, as transport costs rose, official figures show.
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The TUC general council calls for the minimum wage to increase by 50p an hour from next year.
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PRAGUE- The minimum wage in the Czech Republic will grow from 6,700 to 7,185 crowns a month in January, Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Affairs Minister Zdenek Skromach (senior government Social ...
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Wages rose faster than expected in the June-August period but analysts say the increases are still not high enough to cause inflation worries at the Bank of England.
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The Bank of England held its key interest rate at 5.25 percent for the second month in a row on Thursday, the central bank announced.
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Donations to political parties in the final quarter of 2007 increased by nearly Â£5m compared with the previous three months, the Electoral Commission revealed today
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Bank of England raises interest rates by a quarter point to 5.75%, their highest level for six-and-a-half years.
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The pound was well bid after the Bank of England raised interest rates for the fifth time in less than a year to stand at 5.75 percent.
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America's lowest-paid workers won a $2.10 raise Thursday, with Congress approving the first increase in the federal minimum wage in almost a decade.
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Media & professional: Â· Report shows corporation surpassed savings targets  Â· Group income goes up 5% on top of licence fee rise
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Research suggests employers would pay an extra Â£2,261 a year to staff with five good GCSEs.