| $1m homepage hijacked
[01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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A hacker has hijacked the website that earned $1m for its British student owner by hosting 'micro-advertisements', demanding a $50,000 ransom
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| MP3's sales music to the ears
of retailers [01/18/2006 01:54 PM]
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Dixons, PC World and Currys had a lucrative Christmas, fuelled by the nation's passion for digital music players
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| Market report: Wednesday 12.00
[01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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Shockwaves from another share price plunge in Tokyo reverberated throughout the Square Mile as the FTSE 100 index dipped below the 5700 support level
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| Festive treat for homeowners
[01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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House prices are on the way up again after an upbeat December delivered a boost to a market that spent most of 2005 in the doldrums
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| Tokyo chaos as market suspended
[01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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The Nikkei stock market closed early for the first time in its 57-year history on Wednesday after a second day of chaotic trading
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| Investors pushing for Euronext-DB
merger [01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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Euronext is coming under mounting pressure to ditch its bid for the LSE in favour of a tie-up with Deutsche Borse
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| Energy billing errors blight
consumers [01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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Energy companies have been blasted for failing to address the problem of bad billing, despite being ordered to get their house in order
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| Pension D-Day near for KPMG
partners [01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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KPMG partners are facing an £88m cash call if the firm fails in a landmark appeal on the status of its staff pension scheme
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| Cost of dying hits £3,307
[01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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The cost of dying has soared in the past five years, with an average burial now priced at £3,307, according to research
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| Inquiry into hospital patient
calls costs [01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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Ofcom has ordered the Department of Health to review rip-off charges made for phone calls to hospital patients by friends and family
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| All we hear is radio Google
[01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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Web search giant Google is continuing to flex its rapidly growing advertising muscle by expanding beyond the internet into radio
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| Russians eyeing British power
firms [01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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Gas and electricity suppliers are on takeover alert today after Russia's Gazprom said it is ready to buy a big chunk of the UK market
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| Broker libel battle costs FT
£4.3m [01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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City broker Collins Stewart has emerged victorious in its long-running, acrimonious libel battle with the Financial Times
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| City trader sacked for overstating
profit [01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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A trader has been sacked from Deutsche Bank after being accused of exaggerating his profits by £30m over a two-month period
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| Tesco growth stuns rivals
[01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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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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| Thousands miss CTF deadline
[01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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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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| Workers' IDs stolen in £16m
tax fraud [01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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Criminal gangs have used the identities of thousands of rail workers to steal millions of pounds from the Treasury
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| British families' TV spending
'set to soar' [01/18/2006 01:54 PM]
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Household spending on television in Britain is set soar by 50% from £140 a year in 2005 to £210 a year in 2010
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| Top-level shake-up goes on
at ITV [01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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ITV boss Charles Allen continued his shake-up of the commercial broadcaster's management with several key appointments
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| I'll sell easyJet if the price
is right [01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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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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| Cairn may strike new oil finds
[01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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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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| NAB banks call time on final-salary
scheme [01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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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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| Smith's hubris and nemesis
[01/18/2006 01:54 PM] |
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The real losers out of the battle between the FT and Collins Stewart Tullett are Terry Smith and the freedom of the press, says the Daily Mail City Editor
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