| Supermarkets 'monopoly' probe
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Britain's four largest supermarket chains are to be probed by the Competition Commission over their alleged monopoly of the grocery market
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| Interest rates kept on hold
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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The Bank of England has disappointed millions of homeowners by voting to keep interest rates on hold
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| Market report: Thursday 12.30
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Tesco was hit hard by the combined effect of a Competition Commission probe and disappointing market share figures
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| Tesco juggernaut slows
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Tesco recorded its worst performance in at least three years, according to the latest retail statistics
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| BA eyes £450m savings
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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British Airways today announced plans to reduce costs by £450m over the next two years in a move likely to lead to further job losses
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| Umbro expects a kick from World
Cup [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Football kit maker Umbro is looking for a big boost to sales this year as England take their place in the World Cup Finals in Germany
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| Motor cover drives Royal &
Sun profits [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Royal & Sun benefited from rising motor and household cover profits to beat market expectations for annual profits today
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| National Express hits profits
trail [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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National Express, owner of the Silverlink rail network, made £64.2m profit last year from its train business - a 5% increase
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| JJB and Rangers team up in
£50m deal [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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JJB Sports is to design and sell all Rangers Football Club merchandise, in a deal worth £50m announced today
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| Threat grows of crippling Asda
strike [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Supermarkets group Asda is facing potentially crippling industrial action at its distribution centres across the UK
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| Pendragon in £260m bid for
rival Lookers [03/09/2006 12:47 PM]
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A month after riding down Reg Vardy, motor dealer Pendragon today made a formal £260m offer for Looker
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| Centre Parcs to be sold for
£205m [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Holiday village operator Center Parcs is set to be sold to private equity group Blackstone
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| Millions switch off ITV1
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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The failure of programmes such as Celebrity Love Island has led to millions of viewers deserting ITV1 - at a cost of £50m in lost advertising revenue
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| Vodafone sacks marketing boss
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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The turmoil at Vodafone deepened today as Arun Sarin fired its global marketing boss - the last remaining member of the executive board old guard
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| Verdict on final-salary pensions
crisis [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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The results of a 16-month investigation into whether the Government misled company scheme members, will be published next week
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| House sellers back in charge
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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House prices bounced back in February as one of the UK's leading banks said the balance of power between buyers and sellers is shifting
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| Alarm grows as we rein in spending
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Optimism about the state of the economy has crashed to its lowest level for nearly three years, Nationwide has said
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| Utility deals power Balfour
profits [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Balfour Beatty said its major markets remained healthy today after annual profits jumped 25%
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| That extra bedroom could cost
you £131,000 [03/09/2006 12:47 PM]
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Families are squeezing into tiny homes without enough bedrooms because of the cost of moving to a bigger house
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| RBS poised to buy £1bn of hotels
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Royal Bank of Scotland is said to be in exclusive talks with leisure group Whitbread to buy hotels worth £1bn
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| Yes closure sparks Provident
slump [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Doorstep lender Provident Financial has revealed an 80% slump in profits following the closure of Yes Car Credit
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| Opec to carry on pumping full
blast [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Oil cartel Opec will agree to continue pumping at full tilt when it meets in Vienna today
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| Soaring bills bring Drax £264m
profit [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Drax Group, operator of Britain's largest power station, has confirmed a stunning turnaround in its financial health
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| Bonus buyers send Savills soaring
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Staff and shareholders at property agency Savills are to feast on a £101m payout
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| Travis Perkins pensions blow
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Builders' merchant Travis Perkins has closed its generous final-salary pension scheme to new members
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| Airport focus lifts Restaurant
Group [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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The owner of the Garfunkel's restaurant chain is confident for 2006 after trading the High Street for out-of-town sites
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| First-timers hit on higher
ground [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Buyers struggling to make headway in the housing market are being penalised by hefty charges - costing them thousands of pounds
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| Water firm admits fiddling
bills [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Three million households have escaped being overcharged £40m after Severn Trent admitted it had fiddled its books
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| Republicans snub Bush in P&O
battle [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Defiant Republican congressmen have vowed to push on with their plan to block the takeover of P&O's US ports operation by Dubai
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| Card fraud losses down 13%
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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The introduction of chip and Pin cards has contributed to a drop in the cost of card fraud, from £504.8m in 2004 to £439.4m in 2005
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| Microsoft faces new EU competition
battle [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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The European Commission plans to open a probe into suspected abuse by the software giant, this time focused on its dominance of office products
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| Picture bright as Sotheby's
posts 15-year high [03/09/2006 12:47 PM]
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Auctioneer Sotheby's has turned in its best year in a decade and a half, with revenue of £294m
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| Severn washes dirty laundry
[03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Can we trust anything the water companies tell us? asks the Daily Mail City Editor
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| Telephonetics dials up good
numbers [03/09/2006 12:47 PM] |
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Our small caps experts reveal minnow stocks that are set to fly, or dive. This week the spotlight falls on speech recognition business Telephonetics
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