| Households owe £2.6bn
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Spiralling household bills will hit consumers in the pocket hard this year - equivalent to nearly a penny on income tax
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| Green's Bhs sale comes to nothing
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Philip Green has been touting his Bhs clothing chain for sale, as it battles with falling sales
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| Market report: Friday preview
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Leading shares are expected to open modestly higher, despite falls on Wall Street last night
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| European interest rates rise
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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As expected, the European Central Bank has raised its key interest rate to 2.5% to counter the threat from inflation
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| £3m raid jacks up insurance
costs [03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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The armoured van and cash transit industry is set to see insurance premiums rocket by as much as 50% in the wake of the £53m Tonbridge robbery, Lloyd's underwriters said today
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| Trinity Mirror still struggling
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Trinity Mirror chief Sly Bailey has warned that the advertising market remains difficult, after the newspaper group reported falling revenues
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| Sour taste at Britvic over
warning [03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Shareholders in the drinks group felt like they had been Tango'd today by a profit warning just two months after flotation
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| Super-rich paid in wine and
hay [03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Bonuses paid in fine wine and hay are some of the ways used by the super-rich to avoid tax, while more middle earners are hit in the pocket
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| BOC ready to hand over to the
Germans [03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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The industrial gases firm is finalising an agreed £8.4bn takeover by German rival Linde
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| Intercontinental hands back
£500m [03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Intercontinental Hotels Group is handing back £500m to shareholders, making a total return in the past two years of £2.75bn
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| Millions 'ignorant of pension
law change' [03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Investment bank JPMorgan has warned that millions of Britons are failing to take advantage of pension law changes that could provide up to 66% more cash in their retirement
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| Momentum strong, says Standard
Chartered [03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Standard's chief executive refuses to be fazed by suggestions that the international bank is a likely takeover target
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| Google in advertising row
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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A squabble has broken out between Google and advertising marketers as the online search giant answers questions on where it is heading
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| Deutsche knocks £1.3bn off
T-Mobile [03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Deutsche Telekom today became the second major telecoms group to write down the value of its mobile business
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| William Hill gets a kicking
at the races [03/03/2006 08:28 AM]
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Bookie William Hill today cautioned that while football results were going in its favour, punters were getting the upper hand in horse racing
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| Water meters made compulsory
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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A water company hit by the drought has been authorised to force its customers to accept water meters in a landmark ruling
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| British Gas could lose £2.3m
customers [03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Inflation busting price rises could cost Britain's largest energy supplier up to 2.3m of its 17m customers
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| Silent callers face £50,000
penalty [03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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The maximum fine on companies that plague consumers with silent calls has been increased from £5,000 to £50,000
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| Upbeat HBOS branching out
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Britain's fourth biggest bank is to reverse the trend for shutting branches and open 100 new Halifax outlets in the next five years
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| January mortgages' £29bn high
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Mortgage lending hit a January record of £29bn as the housing market surged ahead, according to official figures
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| Pensions win for part-timers
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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A Law Lords ruling on pensions and sick pay in favour of retained firefighters could benefit every part-time worker in Britain
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| Crackdown on credit card cheques
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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New laws are needed to protect consumers from rip-off rates and hidden charges, says the official watchdog
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| HSBC in spotlight over £5m
gay sacking claim [03/03/2006 08:28 AM]
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HSBC will face a potentially explosive examination of its working practices next week when its former global head of trading will accuse the bank of sacking him because he was gay
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| Card fraud set to fall
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Official figures next week will show that card fraud at the tills is on the wane, but online and telephone crime is a growing menace
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| Google bids to repair growth-alert
damage [03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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The online search giant has been forced into an embarrassing contradiction of its chief financial officer after he issued a growth warning that sent the company's shares tumbling by 13%
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| Ferrovial primes its big guns
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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The boards of too many UK companies retreat at the first smell of cordite in a takeover battle, says the Daily Mail City Editor
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| View looks good at Hill Station
[03/03/2006 08:28 AM] |
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Our small caps experts reveal minnow stocks that are set to fly, or dive. This week the spotlight falls on ice-cream maker Hill Station
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