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Murdoch wary despite Sky wins [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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James Murdoch's drive to attract subscribers to BSkyB gave the satellite broadcaster a bumper Christmas as it added 215,000 new customers
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Blair to back retirement at 67 [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Tony Blair is pressing ahead with plans to raise the retirement age to 67 as part of sweeping changes to the pensions system
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Compass under fire in UN deals scandal [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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An internal investigation by catering giant Compass into a procurement scandal involving bids for UN work has found 'serious irregularities'
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Market report: Wednesday 11.30 [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Bid speculation surrounding banking group Lloyds TSB helped the FTSE 100 Index break through a key milestone today
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Greenspan swaps Fed for Treasury [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Newly-retired US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan is to advise Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown on global economic change
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Portman continues swift growth [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Building society Portman has maintained the pressure on its bigger rivals by revealing a 15% rise in assets in 2005
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Takeover talk gives Lloyds a lift [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Fresh bid speculation sent shares in high street bank Lloyds TSB surging to its highest level in three years today
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Advisers eye £55m fees in Mittal battle [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Banking, legal and PR advisers are set for a bonanza in Mittal's hostile bid for rival steelmaker Arcelor
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Wolfson cashes in on gadget mania [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Strong demand for iconic gadgets such as the iPod have helped chipmaker Wolfson Microelectronics to a 156% increase in annual profits
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Investors invited to have a pop [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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A novel investment vehicle launched today will enable people to back live music events
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Kate Moss peps up Virgin figures [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Virgin Mobile, one of the few advertisers to support 'Cocaine Kate' Moss, said the troubled supermodel's ads helped it to a good Christmas
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United grabs share of Thus in £59m deal [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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United Utilities has secured a slice of telecoms business Thus after selling its Your Communications division in a deal worth £58.8m
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The £25,000 price of happiness [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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It can't buy you love but it will get you happiness - a study claims that £25,000 is all people need to be content
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Saudi prince plans $1bn London hotels float [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is floating part of his international hotels empire on the London Stock Exchange
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Google under fire for 'no forecasts' policy [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Disappointing fourth-quarter results at Google have raised questions over its policy of not making any revenue or profit forecasts
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Petrol prices drive stretch limo firm to wall [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Britain's biggest limousine hire company has gone bust after petrol prices made its six-miles-to-the-gallon stretch Hummers too expensive to run
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Another jewel falls from Regal's crown [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Regal Petroleum investors are taking a beating after a new attack of 'vanishing assets' syndrome
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Troubled Tinsley is hit by cash crisis [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Fears grew for the future of DIY hardware maker Eliza Tinsley today as a cash crisis forced it to suspend trading in its shares
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Greenspan 'to bow out with rate rise' [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Alan Greenspan will mark his swansong as Federal Reserve chairman tonight by raising US interest rates for the 14th meeting in a row
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GSK hunting Swiss biotech [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Britain's biggest drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has resumed talks to buy Swiss biotech firm Serono
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Demand for shop space plummets [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Weaker consumer spending at the end of 2005 left its mark on the property market as inquiries to lease shops dived
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Abbey offers baby £20k loan [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Banking giatn Abbey has apologised for sending a letter addressed to a one-year-old girl inviting her to take out a £20,000 loan
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I'm not in it for the cash, says £26m QinetiQ boss [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Sir John Chisholm assured a Parliamentary select committee he was not motivated by money as he prepared to lead the firm's privatisation
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Boots planning economy drive [02/01/2006 12:48 PM]
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Boots is planning a further cost-cu
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