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British Gas owner's huge profits [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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The owner of British Gas today revealed record profits days after it announced the biggest ever energy price rise for domestic users
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Pensions shortfall 'could be £160bn' [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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The crisis in Britain's final salary pension schemes is much worse than previously thought, a report claims
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Market report: Thursday 11.15 [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Results from heavyweight stocks including Centrica and BAE Systems failed to win over investors during a flat start to trading
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Banks shut one in five doors [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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A study has revealed that banks and former building societies have closed one in five branches since 1995
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Pru's boost for with-profits savers [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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After years of famine, Prudential has increased the amount most of its with-profits plans will pay out when they mature
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Hilton backers to get bumper £4.2bn [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Hilton is to hand shareholders a massive £4.2bn springtime cashback as it returns the proceeds of selling its hotels arm
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Long road to recovery at Rentokil [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Rentokil has warned loyal shareholders that they are in for a long haul to recovery and should next expect profits until 2007
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Ofcom tackles free web phone services [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Ofcom has unveiled plans to regulate the burgeoning internet telephone market to prevent consumers being ripped off
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Buyout opens new chapter for Chorion [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Crime fans can celebrate today's £110m takeover of Chorion by a management team backed by private-equity giant 3i
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Rightmove valued at £400m [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Property website group Rightmove today priced shares in its upcoming flotation within a range of 240-315p
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Humiliation for TV boss Sugar [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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As his new TV series begins, the Amstrad boss has suffered the humiliation of scrapping the e-mailer and seeing group profits fall
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Scottish pair 'poised to tie knot' [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Scottish Power and Scottish and Southern Energy could be on the verge of a £20bn defensive merger to create a new British power champion
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Noble in court bid for trader's bonus [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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One of the world's biggest commodities trading houses is embroiled in a financial scandal involving one of its London high-fliers
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£2bn record for Anglo American [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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The mining giant is to return an extra $500m to shareholders and plans a London listing for its Mondi arm
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Bank voted 8-1 to hold rates [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Hopes of an interest rate cut receded today when it was revealed that only one MPC member voted in favour last month
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Bush vows to defy P&O sale critics [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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President Bush is set for a showdown with his party, vowing to veto any attempt to stop the sale of P&O Ports' to Dubai Ports World
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Sportingbet 'one-stop shop' winner [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Online bookmaker Sportingbet boasted its one-stop shop offering betting on a host of sports and casino games to Paradise Poker was paying off
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Clampdown after firms trip up on IFRS [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Britain's accounting regulator will clampdown after an investigation found one in four companies are falling short of financial reporting rules
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UK trio extradited to US on Enron charges [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Three British bankers are to be extradited to the US to face fraud charges linked to the Enron scandal
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Chinese mark Rover's return [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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A landmark deal has been signed today that could bring 1,000 jobs back to the former MG Rover site with car production returning
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Bellway and Woodrow win £1bn makeover [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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A £1bn revamp of one of London's worst legacies of 1970s social housing projects has gone to housebuilders Bellway and Taylor Woodrow
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China threatens to shut down Google [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Online search giant Google faces a shutdown of its new Chinese service for operating without a licence
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America draws a plumb line [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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It would be foolish to underestimate the power of Congress when it comes to P&O, says the Daily Mail City Editor
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End in sight for free banking [02/23/2006 12:33 PM]
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Much of the focus on the Barclays results will be on the size of the profits, the jump in penalty charges and the hefty pay packet of Bob Diamond
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