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Sunday Papers: Interest rates will stay low until 2014, predicts E&Y - other news

Equitable Life chief, Chris Wiscarson, damns Chadwick Report

The Sunday Telegraph

* Interest rates will remain at their current record low until 2014 as the economy staggers back to sustainable growth, the Ernst & Young ITEM Club said.

* Chris Wiscarson, Equitable Life chief, has written to the Treasury Minister, Mark Hoban, pointing out problems with the Chadwick Report, which suggested that victims should receive only a tenth of what they have lost.

* UK banks are poised to benefit from the result of Europe's stress tests by beating their weaker Continental rivals in the looming battle for wholesale funding.

* Marks and Spencer has begun selling "plus-size" clothing for children as young as three in an attempt to dress a new generation with bulging waistlines.

The Observer

* Indian miner Vedanta faces Avatar-style protest at its London AGM; make-up artists will paint protesters as Na'vi rebels to symbolise the plight of the Dongria Kondh tribe in Orissa.

* Seven more US banks collapse on day of Europe's stress tests; Georgia's Crescent Bank and Trust largest of seven to fail; number of US failures now expected to exceed last year's total.

The Independent on Sunday

* Owner of Spain's Riotinto copper mine plans move to the LSE's main board.

* The financial services committee of the US House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday on a bill to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

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