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Repossessions up but outlook improves 11:37am GMT

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people losing their homes to repossession rose slightly in the third quarter but there was a drop in the number of households in arrears and courts ordered fewer homes to be seized.  Full Article

 
A demonstrator dressed as a leprechaun takes part in a protest organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions protesting against the treatment of workers and the vulnerable in society in Dublin November 6, 2009.   REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton
Irish anger at bank bailout

A winter of discontent is in store, as the Irish fume at a bailout plan which they say is way too generous to the banks who lent so freely when the "Celtic Tiger" was roaring.  Full Article 

Workers walk through the Canary Wharf financial district of London on September 30, 2008. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico
Bulk annuities won't revive
Richard Jones

Successive government statutes have made defined benefit pension schemes increasingly frightening for companies to manage on their balance sheet.  Commentary 

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