| Calls to debt lines up 40%
[01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Record numbers are calling debt advisory services as Christmas spending threatens to send them bankrupt, with calls to the National Debtline up 40%
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| Rate-cut hopes grow with lid
on wages [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Hopes that the Bank of England will cut interest rates in coming months have been boosted by signs that pay settlements are holding steady
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| Market report: Monday 11.00
[01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Leading shares are expected to open slightly lower this morning, weighed down by Friday's unconvincing performance by Wall Street
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| Woman sues bank for £10m
[01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Claire Bright claims that despite being in charge of £140bn in assets, she was suspended by a sexist HBOS manager dubbed a 'mini Hitler'
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| Britain to be 'sick old man
of Europe' [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Britain is in danger of inheriting the title of the 'sick old man of Europe', as UK taxes overtake Germany for the first time in a generation
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| Gender gap highlighted in City
firms [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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The City has a long way to go to shake off its boys' club image, with women making up just 4% of equity traders
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| Tills ring out a festive tune
in London [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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London's retailers enjoyed their best Christmas for at least three years and performed better than their peers in the rest of the country
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| Monsoon hit by New Year sale
hangover [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Fashion chain Monsoon was forced into a larger than usual January sale after same-store sales fell in the run-up to Christmas
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| F&C seeks curbs on political
funding [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Investment firm, F&C Asset Management, is calling for massive curb on public companies' funding of political organisations
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| A to Z of the Sunday newspapers
[01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Every weekend we bring you our round-up of the top business stories in the Sunday newspapers
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| NTL raises bid for Virgin Mobile
[01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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NTL and Virgin Mobile are in talks this weekend about a revised offer from the cable company worth 360p a share
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| Post Office 'at risk of going
bust' [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Royal Mail is in danger of going bust because the Treasury is reluctant to throw it a £2bn which would help plug its growing pensions deficit
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| DIY chain buys time with £200m
deal [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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DIY giant Focus has averted a financial crisis by renegotiating its bank loans - but at the cost of a big increase in its interest bill
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| Online sales boom boosts Sainsbury's
[01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Sainsbury's is to relaunch its online grocery service to capitalise on a 45% rise in internet sales during the last quarter of 2005
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| French to pull out as LSE price
soars [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Euronext, the Paris-based market, is believed to have ruled itself out of the bidding for the LSE because the price has risen too high
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| The clash in Court 13
[01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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The most famous libel courtroom at the High Court will prove unlucky for someone tomorrow when Collins Stewart Tullett takes on the FT
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| ITN looks for new horizons
[01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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ITN has hired PR firm Brunswick to raise its profile internationally and market services that including access to its news archive
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| Creditors turn on Unwins directors
[01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Two major creditors of Unwins have contacted the failed off-licence chain's administrators to demand an inquiry into the behaviour of directors
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| French to cash in with nuclear
UK [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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French energy giant EDF is targeting Britain with a multi-billion pound programme to build nuclear power stations
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| More forced to work beyond
65 [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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The pensions crisis will forced an extra one-third of people to work beyond retirement age, with 775,000 over-65s predicted to be working in 2020
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| Iran crisis to bring soaring
oil costs [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Rapidly deteriorating relations between the West and Iran could see energy prices hit record highs in coming weeks
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| Watch out for this fool's platinum
[01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Capital One's shabby card trick earns the condemnation of the Mail on Sunday Personal Finance Editor
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| Go-Ahead - it's a low-risk
play [01/16/2006 11:15 AM] |
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Financial Mail's top stockpicker takes a at Go-Ahead Group, one of the transport groups exploiting the liberalisation of the bus and train market
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