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QinetiQ win for private investors [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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Private investors won a stake worth nearly £80m in military research group QinetiQ today in the first privatisation by the Labour Government
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Royal Mail fined £11m for lost letters [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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Royal Mail has been handed a record £11.7m fine for disastrous failings in one of the worst years in its history
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Market report: Friday close [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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Investors were digging deep for Anglo-Swiss copper producer Xstrata as it was named the cheapest miner in the sector
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Asda guilty of anti-union bribes [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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The supermarkets group faces a bill of £850,000 after an employment tribunal ruled it had discriminated against trade union members
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BA faces strike over pensions [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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British Airways is facing the renewed threat of industrial action over the company's £1.2bn pension deficit
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Budget airline pioneer Laker dies at 83 [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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Without Sir Freddie Laker, air travel as we take it for granted today simply wouldn't exist
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Singapore group drops out of P&O race [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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The battle for control of ports group P&O looked to be over today after the Singapore-based company PSA declined to improve its offer
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'City Slicker' Hipwell jailed [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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A former Daily Mirror journalist was today jailed for six months for his role in the City Slickers share dealing scandal
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Compass bosses get a tongue-lashing [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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Compass chiefs faced a barrage of abuse from hundreds of shareholders angered by profit warnings, bumper boardroom pensions and UN corruption allegations
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Spanish raider may face BAA battle [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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Private Equity giant Star Capital Partners is reported to be looking at busting into the £8.4bn battle for airports operator BAA
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PartyGaming settlement on the cards [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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Empire Online is close to winning a large payout from rival PartyGaming in a cyberspace poker room row
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The greenest car...but try filling up [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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The greenest car in Britain has gone on sale - but there are only two places in the UK to buy its environmentally friend fuel
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De Vere margins under pressure [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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De Vere's like-for-like sales over the autumn and winter increased by 3.3%, but it warned of 'significant pressure' on profit margins
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Pensions row as ICI forced to sell plant [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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The crisis in company pensions has deepened after ICI said it was selling its last operation on Teesside to top up its pensions fund
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House prices slip in January [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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House prices fell for the first time in eight months in January as the number of first time buyers fell to levels not seen since 1980
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Soaring gas prices boost BG profits [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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Stellar Footsie performer BG has reported stunning growth earnings for the end of 2005 as it took advantage of soaring gas prices
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DMGT 'to stay public' [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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Lord Rothermere, chairman of DMGT, has said he has 'no plans' to take the publisher private once it has sold off its regional newspapers
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70,000 Brits make eBay living [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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There has been a huge increase in the number of Britons making 25% or more of their income from buying and selling on the auction website
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Interest rates pegged at 4.5% [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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The Bank of England has kept rates on hold at 4.5% for the sixth month in a row, as widely predicted by City experts
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BT braves broadband battle [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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BT seems to be adapting successfully as more people switch from traditional landlines to mobiles, broadband and rival fixed-line services
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Terrace Hill lining up growth [02/11/2006 02:45 PM]
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Our small caps experts reveal minnow stocks that are set to fly, or dive. This week the spotlight falls on property developer Terrace Hill
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