The FTSE 100 will start the day at 58/25 after closing up 16 points yesterday.

A new study is claiming workers are 1-thousand 600 pounds worse off on average
than three years ago.

The TUC says the "dire" state of the economy has pushed down wages.

It thinks incomes have fallen sharply in real terms over the last three years
as wages have failed to keep up with the rising cost of living.

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A quarter of board-level and senior staff have admitted they would consider
breaching the Bribery Act to win business. 

Research has found more than 40 per cent of those questioned, believe the
current economic climate is encouraging risk taking.

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The chairty Shelter has found that there's been a 30 per cent increase in
complaints against landlords over the past year.

More than 85-thousand were made in 2011 alone.

Three in five related to serious or life-threatening hazards - including
dangerous gas and electrics. 

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And, Junior staff are feeling more pressure in the work place than CEOs and
senior execs.

A survey of 15-hundred workers has discovered that 9 in 10 staff believe the
majority of office stress falls on middle management and even those just
starting their careers. 

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