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RIGHTMOVE, THE property website, has pulled the plug on its multimillion-pound plans to provide home information packs (Hips), reports The Times .

WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIRM, St James's Place has beaten City forecasts with a 52% increase in first-half operating profits, reports The Daily Telegraph .

KPMG HAS BECOME the latest big four accounting firm to expand its operations to include fundraising for private equity firms and hedge funds, The Times has learnt.

ABBEY HAS launched an ambitious plan to more than double its share of the investment and pensions market within the next 18 months.

GOVERNMENT TEAMS responsible for applying European Union laws are often under-engaged, poorly resourced and prone to making mistakes, companies have told a Treasury-commissioned survey.

SHARES IN companies preparing to be involved in Home Information Packs took a nasty knock after a government U-turn on what the packs will contain.

INCREASINGLY PESSIMISTIC fund managers are hoarding cash because they believe share prices are set to fall for the rest of the year, according to Merrill Lynch.

THE GOVERNMENT could force companies to pay higher levies to its £575m pensions lifeboat after a key finding yesterday by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

GENERAL ELECTRIC has revived plans to sell its UK life insurance arm, reports The Daily Telegraph .

AXA, THE FRENCH insurance giant, is understood to be in talks to buy Thinc Destini, the fast-growing financial advice group, for around £170m.