| Tesco growth stuns rivals
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Tesco has proved it reigned supreme over all rivals in the supermarket wars during Christmas, with sales surging by 5.7%
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| Inflation eases back again
[01/17/2006 11:50 AM] |
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Inflation eased back for the third month in a row in December, giving the Bank of England more scope to cut interest rates
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| Market report: Tuesday 11.00
[01/17/2006 11:50 AM] |
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The London market fell sharply today with Tesco was among the heaviest fallers, despite posting another strong Christmas sales performance
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| Thousands miss child fund deadline
[01/17/2006 11:50 AM] |
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Parents across Britain have lost the right to decide where to invest a cash handout intended to give children a financial start in life
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| Cairn may strike new oil finds
[01/17/2006 11:50 AM] |
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Oil and gas explorer Cairn Energy has indicated that more oil may be in place at its key Indian fields than previously thought
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| Somerfield supplies reach end
of shelf life [01/17/2006 11:50 AM]
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Somerfield is to strip hundreds of products from its shelves in a review of 'underperforming and unprofitable lines', following its £1.8bn takeover
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| I'll sell easyJet if the price
is right [01/17/2006 11:50 AM] |
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EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has said he will sell low-cost carrier easyJet if the price is right
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| NAB banks call time on final-salary
scheme [01/17/2006 11:50 AM] |
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Clydesdale and Yorkshire bank have become the latest companies to call time on final-salary pension schemes
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| Good reception for O2's TV
on mobiles [01/17/2006 11:50 AM] |
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Mobile phone group O2 said that the trials of broadcasting television footage to phones showed the majority of users would buy the service
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| Settlement 'close' in £37m
FT libel case [01/17/2006 11:50 AM]
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A landmark £37m libel claim by stockbroker Collins Stewart against the Financial Times is expected to be settled out of court
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| KPMG boss takes £3m despite
tax scandal [01/17/2006 11:50 AM] |
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The boss of accounting giant KPMG, who has spent the last year fighting a massive tax advice scandal in the US, has seen his pay top £3m
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| Rate-cut hopes grow with lid
on wages [01/17/2006 11:50 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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| Calls to debt lines up 40%
[01/17/2006 11:50 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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| Hotspots turned upside down
[01/17/2006 11:50 AM] |
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The property hotspot map has been transformed with traditionally trendy areas inching ahead while prices in Northern Ireland have rocketed
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| Insolvencies 'set to surge
after debt spree' [01/17/2006 11:50 AM]
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The number of corporate and personal insolvencies will soar this year and next, a leading bankruptcy firm has warned
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| Tills ring out a festive tune
in London [01/17/2006 11:50 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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| Britain to be 'sick old man
of Europe' [01/17/2006 11:50 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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| Tesco to sell Premium Bonds
[01/17/2006 11:50 AM] |
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Shoppers will be able to stock up on Premium Bonds while picking up their weekly groceries at 500 Tesco stores from March
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| A to Z of the Sunday newspapers
[01/17/2006 11:50 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
[01/17/2006 11:50 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' [01/17/2006 11:50 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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| Online sales boom boosts Sainsbury's
[01/17/2006 11:50 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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| Branson acts whiter than white
[01/17/2006 11:50 AM] |
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The Daily Mail City Editor analyses why Richard Branson might be prepared to personally top up the NTL's bid for Virgin Mobile
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