| 1.4m cut up their credit cards
[01/18/2006 08:35 AM] |
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Annual spending on Visa credit cards has fallen for the first time as holders
turn on punishing interest rates and penalty charges and switch to debit
cards |
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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% |
| Market report: Weds preview
[01/18/2006 08:35 AM] |
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Retail will remain a key focus for London investors today, with trading
updates due from DSG International and Woolworths |
| Investors pushing for Euronext-DB
merger
[01/18/2006 08:35 AM] |
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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 |
| Energy complaints grow
[01/18/2006 08:35 AM] |
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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 |
| Pension D-Day near for KPMG
partners [01/18/2006 08:35 AM] |
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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 |
| Broker libel battle costs FT
£4.3m [01/18/2006 08:35 AM] |
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City broker Collins Stewart has emerged victorious in its long-running,
acrimonious libel battle with the Financial Times |
| All we hear is radio Google
[01/18/2006 08:35 AM] |
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Web search giant Google is continuing to flex its rapidly growing advertising
muscle by expanding beyond the internet into radio |
| Inflation eases back again
[01/18/2006 08:35 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 |
| Thousands miss CTF deadline
[01/18/2006 08:35 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 |
| British families' TV spending
'set to soar' [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
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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 |
| Top-level shake-up goes on
at ITV [01/18/2006 08:35 AM] |
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ITV boss Charles Allen continued his shake-up of the commercial broadcaster's
management with several key appointments |
| I'll sell easyJet if the price
is right [01/18/2006 08:35 AM] |
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EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has said he will sell low-cost carrier
easyJet if the price is right |
| Cairn may strike new oil finds
[01/18/2006 08:35 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 |
| NAB banks call time on final-salary
scheme [01/18/2006 08:35 AM] |
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Clydesdale and Yorkshire bank have become the latest companies to call time
on final-salary pension schemes |
| Good reception for O2's TV
on mobiles [01/18/2006 08:35 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 |
| Rate-cut hopes grow with lid
on wages [01/18/2006 08:35 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 |
| KPMG boss takes £3m despite
tax scandal [01/18/2006 08:35 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 |
| Somerfield supplies reach
end of shelf life [01/18/2006 08:35 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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| Branson acts whiter than white
[01/18/2006 08:35 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 |