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Lloyds writes off £1bn bad debts [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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Lloyds TSB today blamed falling profits on a huge increase in unpaid credit card and loan debt
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Upbeat WPP shrugs off legal worry [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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WPP chief Sir Martin Sorrell has played down legal actions against former Italian head Marco Benatti as the group reported forecast-busting profits
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Market report: Friday close [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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High Street favourite Next took a hammering today on concern over growth prospects
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Orange moves into landlines [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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Orange announced today it is to be the first mobile phone operator to move into the landline market in the UK
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Somerfield 'looking for a Kwik sale' [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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The new owners of Somerfield were today reported to have hoisted the for-sale sign above its loss-making Kwik Save chain
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Rising costs power up British Energy profits [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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The soaring price of wholesale electricity has sent earnings skyward at the nuclear generator
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Dubai delays taking control of US ports [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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Dubai Ports' £3.8bn takeover of P&O Ports hit a fresh snag today with the company saying it will delay plans to take control of six major US ports
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National Grid lines up £4bn New York buy [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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National Grid is in talks to buy KeySpan in a deal that would make it a major US energy player
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Blackberry faces US mail shutdown [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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The mobile email firm faces a courtroom showdown today in a patent case that threatens to close its US service
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Business spending at 40-year low [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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The money companies spent on equipment during the final three months of 2005 fell to its lowest share since records began in the mid-1960s
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L'Oreal mulls £600m Body Shop takeover [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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French cosmetics giant L'Oreal is pondering a £600m takeover bid for the Body Shop
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Takeover talks are over, says Lonmin [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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Platinum miner Lonmin today said that takeover talks, announced a week ago, are off.
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Firm's websites fall foul of FSA [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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Companies marketing financial products over the internet are falling foul of strict advertising rules according to the City watchdog
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Pensions shortfall 'could be £160bn' [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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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Banks shut one in five doors [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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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Hilton backers to get bumper £4.2bn [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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 [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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 [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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 [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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 [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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 [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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' [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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 [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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 [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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 [02/26/2006 06:42 AM]
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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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