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The Prize Fund for Premium Bonds is set to fall to 1pc from 1.8pc for the February draw.
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Premium bond prizes are expected to fall to a record low. Here we explain what they are and how they work.
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Premium bonds 'worthless' as savers see their chances of prizes fall drastically as rate cuts hit UK's most popular investment.
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Premium bonds are less attractive than other types of investments and savers should consider cashing them in experts said.
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Rafael Correa, Ecuador's leftist president, announced the country's second foreign debt default in a decade, saying the debt was illegitimate and describing bondholders as 'real monsters'
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IBM Corp. sold $3.9 billion in bonds on Thursday, a sign that the stalwarts of the corporate world are still finding lenders.
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David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night. He also added an assist and finished at plus-2 in 15:53 of ice time.
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What McCain and Obama won't say: There's no money left for cutting taxes.
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Leicester Tigers captain Martin Corry says it is important his side get a good start in the Heineken Cup.
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Tammy Thomas, the former cyclist who was convicted in April in connection with the Balco investigation, will not serve time in prison, an encouraging sign for Barry Bonds.
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Tammy Thomas, the former cyclist who was convicted in April in connection with the Balco investigation, will not serve time in prison, an encouraging sign for Barry Bonds.
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NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Stocks plunged in early Friday trading in line with markets in Europe and Asia but then recovered some ground, with investors looking to an imminent G7 finance ministers meeting in Washington, D.C. for a further policy response to the deepening global credit crisis.
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Motormouth golfer believes he has got the mental side of his game right.
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WASILLA, Alaska (AP) -- The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office....
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DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Davey McKeever was down to his last bet slip of the night, crumpled in a sweaty fist, at the Shelbourne Park greyhound track. The remnants of McKeever's first unemployment check would rise or fall on the ironically named Nest Egg....
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Confrontation outside Giants ballpark following historic home run
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Lautenberg rallies with Bikers for Obama: Politicker photoWEST ORANGE - The leather-clad bikers roared into the parking lot, revving overtime - and they kept coming, motley in motion, mufflers drowning out the after effects of rhetoric, the noise near to deafening - as a senatorial figure with a shock of white hair practically broke from his handlers and strode down among them. He looked so senatorial, in fact, that - was it actually... Yes, it was definitely 84-year old U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-Cliffside Park) emerging from the opening of the Obama campaign’s West Orange headquarters and personally welcoming a newly formed Essex County club, Bikers for Obama, which this morning numbered about 200 strong. U.S. Rep. Donald Payne (D-Newark) joined the senator, jumping aboard a Harley as one of the bikers outfitted Lautenberg with a leather vest.
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Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets with an over to spare in their Twenty20 quadrangular series match in King City.
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Redruth keep up their 100 per cent National Two record with a 30-15 win at Blackheath.
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Capitals C Brooks Laich scored the eventual game-winning goal during Saturday's 4-2 win against the Blackhawks. With less than 4 1/2 minutes left and the game tied, Alexander Semin brought the puck in. Laich, knocked to the ice, somehow got his blade on the puck and tipped it past Nikolai Khabibulin, who also was down. "I couldn't tell if it crossed the line," Khabibulin said.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks surged, with Japan's Nikkei up more than 13 percent on Tuesday after governments around the world readied plans to take stakes in banks to keep the global financial system from collapsing.
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Roger Federer is back on the ATP tour after a five-week break, and he is confident he has what it takes to win this week's Madrid Masters.
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The state hasn't gone Democratic since '96, but a small army of Californians is trying to tip the scales again. Vanessa DiStefano knocked on an apartment door on the city's east side Saturday morning, and a small, frail woman answered. She was 98 years old, the daughter of a slave and, most importantly, an undecided voter.
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The Giants lost their undefeated record in this discombobulated embarrassment, and saw the end of an 8-game winning streak over two seasons and a 12-game streak of regular-season victories away from home.
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The House of Lords overwhelmingly rejected a Labor government proposal that would have allowed authorities to hold terror suspects for 42 days without charges.
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The Cleveland Browns may have flipped around their season.
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Pittsburgh D Kris Letang played 22 minutes on Tuesday against the Flyers in an overtime victory. Letang had two shots on goal and picked up two assists in the game. He picked up an assist in overtime as he combined with Brooks Orpik on Pascal Dupuis' game-winning goal.
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A new version of the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X, called the GSR Premium Edition, has been released in Japan. No different mechanically from normal Evo X, it adds a few nice luxury touches.
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In Wall Street's bargain-basement sale, here's what the smart money is doing.
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Papua New Guinea coach Adrian Lam says his team can cause a surprise at the World Cup, despite having Australia, New Zealand and England in their pool.
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ROGER Federer kick-started the final leg of his long 2008 season as he pegged back exuberant Czech Radek Stepanek 6-3 7-6 (8-6) to advance into the third round of the Madrid Masters.
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He sees it as a time to give young players a chance, tinker with lineups, challenge some veterans and see which players will round out the end of the bench this season. The Lakers are 1-2 in exhibition play, not that Phil Jackson is worried about it.
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The very characteristics that made British and German officials cringe about the French president have proved effective, even essential, in forging a swift European response to major crises.
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Actress and singer Edie Adams, the blonde beauty who won a Tony Award for bringing Daisy Mae to life on Broadway and who played the television foil to her husband, comedian Ernie Kovacs, has died. She was
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"Once," the indie film underdog that waltzed away with an Oscar for best original song in 2007, will become
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The baseball players' union says it has found evidence teams acted in concert against signing Barry Bonds but it reached an agreement with the commissioner's office to delay the filing of any grievance....
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Jelena Jankovic's 12-match winning streak was snapped Thursday by Flavia Pennetta, who beat the top-ranked Serb 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the Zurich Open.
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BCS buster: TCU gets ironic revenge, 32-7 over No. 9 BYU, ending 16-game winning streak
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The players union says it has found evidence that teams acted in concert against signing Barry Bonds, but will delay the filing of any grievance.
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Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Obama is Winning the Internet War; Content Promotion for Link Marketing; Google Releases Display Ad Builder; and more.
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The baseball players’ union says it has found evidence teams acted in concert against signing Barry Bonds but it reached an agreement with the commissioner’s office to delay the filing of any grievance.
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VICTORIAN captain David Hussey took a swipe at his South Australian counterpart Graham Manou declaring only one team was playing for a win in the Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Oval.
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The number of passengers traveling on premium airline tickets dropped 1.5 percent in August, according to the International Air Transport Association.
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Actress and singer Edie Adams, the blonde beauty who won a Tony Award for bringing Daisy Mae to life on Broadway and who played the television foil to her husband, comedian Ernie Kovacs, has died. She was 81.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ BYU can stop worrying about reaching the BCS. TCU made sure of that in an ironic twist of revenge.
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