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Global markets rallied today after fiscal cliff talks between President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders stepped up a notch over the weekend.

The government is considering nationalising the 316 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) branches currently up for sale with a view to creating a new business lender, the Sunday Times reports.

The country's rich face a further coalition tax raid 'in the next few weeks', according to business secretary Vince Cable.

RSM Tenon's financial management division has returned to a normal relationship with the FSA after a period of heightened supervision, it has reported.

The UK's accounting rules are distorting bank profits and leading to confusion over executive pay, some of the country's largest investors have have warned.

The Bank of England still has the 'firepower' to boost the economy through another round of quantitative easing (QE), policymaker David Miles had said.

A plan to merge National Insurance (NI) with income tax would increase wages, create jobs and help reduce costs, business leaders have said.

The government is considering nationalising the 316 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) branches currently up for sale, with a view to creating a new business lender, the Sunday Times reports.

A double-digit stock market correction will prove the wake-up call to spur policymakers into action on the eurozone crisis, and could prove the perfect time to buy European stocks, according to Justin Oliver.

Fears over future inflation spikes and the ability of the Bank of England to control rising prices have led bond managers to take cover in protective instruments.