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QinetiQ win for private investors

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QinetiQ win for private investors - Private investors won stake worth nearly £80m military research group QinetiQ today first privatisation by Labour Government Royal Mail fined £11m for lost letters - Royal Mail has been handed record £11.7m fine for disastrous failings one of worst years its history



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