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Barclays to unveil record profits [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Barclays will unveil record profits this week of £5.2bn - 39% higher than the year before
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US storm grows over Dubai's P&O coup [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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A leading US security chief has launched a bitter attack on the takeover of P&O Ports by Dubai Ports World
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Market report: Monday 09.00 [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Northern Rock and Kingfisher moved in opposite directions today as takeover speculation drove deals
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Average home 'now costs £200,000' [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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A lack of buyers has pushed the average house price to £200,000, prompting new claims of a property boom
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New council tax blow for households [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Households are facing another inflation-busting rise in council tax this year, according to a survey
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Euro push for mobile charge cuts [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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The EC is to force mobile phone firms to price international calls at the same level as domestic ones
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Wembley goes deep into extra time [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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The new Wembley will not be ready for the FA Cup Final, official sources confirmed today amid claims of cost-cutting by contractor Multiplex
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Customer-focused NTL keeps Virgin boss [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Virgin Mobile's chief executive is to remain in the group when it is taken over by cable giant NTL
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Insider probe target Jabre 'quits GLG' [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Hedge fund manager Philippe Jabre has reportedly quit as a director of the secretive Mayfair investment house GLG Partners
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AIM success pushes WH Ireland ahead [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Regional stockbroker WH Ireland's profits leapt 22% last year after the company floated 25 companies on AIM
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A-Z of the Sunday newspapers [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Here is This is Money's round-up of some of the bigger stories from the Sunday broadsheet finance and business pages
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Standard dismisses £5bn takeover report [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Standard Life today tried to dispel speculation it may be taken over before its planned flotation this summer
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Fears for jobs as MFI moves upmarket [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Hundreds of jobs were under threat today after troubled MFI was said to be planning the closure of up to 20 stores
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£1bn VAT ruling blow for companies [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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A landmark court ruling this week is expected to grant tough new powers to the taxman that could see businesses pay up to £1bn a year extra in VAT
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Germans swallow BOC with £8bn bid [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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BOC Group will announce an agreed £8bn takeover this week by smaller German rival Linde, creating the world's biggest industrial gases group
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Severn admits accounts scandal [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Water giant Severn Trent has admitted in internal documents seen by Financial Mail that there was 'deliberate manipulation' of its regulatory accounts over several years
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Euro price-fixing puts £200 on gas bills [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Households will have to pay nearly £200 extra on gas bills this year because of market-rigging by suppliers
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Power bills to surge 22% [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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British Gas, the UK's largest power supplier has revealed plans to hike gas and electricity bills by 22% for 13m customers
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Lonmin spurred by bid approach [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Miner Lonmin's market value soared to almost £4bn today after the company admitted it was on the receiving end of a bid approach
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Royal Mail hit with second fine [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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The Royal Mail has been hit with another fine by the industry's regulator after being accused of securing 'unfair commercial advantage'
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Go-Ahead running for trains [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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The trains and buses group is launching a bid to win more lucrative commuter rail franchises after admitting bus profits are being killed by fuel costs
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'Our small shops are dying fast' [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Supermarkets are a menace and are destroying local communities, say Financial Mail readers in a survey into the power of the retail giants
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We need help say building society chiefs [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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A shake-up of building societies is threatened unless laws governing them are overhauled, say their bosses.
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Nike accuses Adidas of selling its sole [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Sports gear giant Nike is suing German rival Adidas-Salomon for alleged patent infringement on several of its leading lines
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LSE doubles cashback to fight Macquarie [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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The London Stock Exchange is offering more than £590m to shareholders to back its plea to remain independent
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Meet Mr Brown, the mis-seller [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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The Financial Mail's ace investigator turns his sights on the misery caused by the Chancellor's U-turn on the Sipps property rule
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Fuel cards power a new boom [02/20/2006 09:58 AM]
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Stock market tales of boom to bust do not come much worse than Retail Decisions, says the Financial Mail's top stock picker
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