| Pensions A-Day
is here [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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The biggest overhaul of pensions for 50 years comes into effect today. Young or old, read how the changes will affect your future
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| Bank won't break the ice on
rates [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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The Bank of England is today expected to leave interest rates on hold for an eighth month following mixed news on the economy
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| Market report: Thursday preview
[04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Leading shares are set to open marginally lower today as London looks ahead to the Bank of England's interest rate verdict due today
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| Average house price breaches
£175,000 [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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House prices increased slightly in March, pushing the average price above the £175,000 level for the first time
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| Which? warns over loans scam
[04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Consumer watchdog Which? has urged people who have taken out loans with North London Securities to check their contracts immediately
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| Lloyd's £103m in the red after
hurricanes [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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The Lloyd's insurance market today admitted it has made its first annual loss since the 9/11-struck year of 2001
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| A-Day 'good for economy, bad
for shares' [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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More than £8bn could be pulled from pension funds and injected into the economy under new rules introduced today
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| Debenhams float set to make
a splash [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Debenhams is planning a return to the stock market next month in what is likely to be one of the biggest flotations of the year
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| Victory on penalty charges
[04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Credit card companies have been ordered to stop ripping off consumers with 'unlawful' penalty charges
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| Dixons to exit High Street
[04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Dixons is set to disappear from the High Street after seven decades of dominance. Find out why
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| BP hit by third output slide
[04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Britain's largest company BP today admitted that its oil and gas production has declined for a third successive quarter
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| Stocks boom spurs cash dash
into Isas [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Sales of Isas are up more than 50% as investors rush to use their annual tax-free savings allowance by the deadline of midnight tonight
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| EasyJet slips as Icelanders
pull out [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Shares in low-cost airline easyJet slipped today after Icelandic investment group FL International shed its 16.9% stake
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| Sainsbury's back in second
spot [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Sainsbury's has regained its crown as Britain's second-biggest supermarket chain, having overtaken rival Asda
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| New trust fund tax hits 'millions'
[04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Lawyers have stopped writing wills and leading insurers frozen sales of life policies in the wake of a Budget clampdown on trust funds
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| Sell-off plan for Network Rail
[04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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The publicly-owned company which runs Britain's railway infrastructure is considering plans for a controversial part-privatisation
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| Price-fixing fraud inquiry
into drugs [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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The Serious Fraud Office today began criminal proceedings against five companies over alleged price fixing of blood-thinning drugs
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| Branson may pull out of Lottery
bid [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Sir Richard Branson today threatened to drop his bid to run the National Lottery if a deadline is not met for the unveiling of the rules
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| Euronext will put Boerse merger
to vote [04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Euronext will give investors the chance to vote on whether it should merge with Deutsche Boerse, the Frankfurt-based exchange
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| Turner's pension challenge
[04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Reform is vital and the Government faces tough choices on how to pay for it, says the head of the Pensions Commission in his final report
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| NTL seals Virgin Mobile takeover
[04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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NTL today agreed a £962.4m takeover of Virgin Mobile to create the first company to offer cable television as well as mobile phone services
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| Travel early and pay less
[04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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Rail commuters are to be offered discounted tickets if they travel outside the peak hour of 8am to 9am when overcrowding is at its worst
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| NTL steps into Virgin territory
[04/06/2006 09:14 AM] |
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When it comes to creating and branding new enterprises, few do it better than Richard Branson
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| Hats off to Hat Pin [04/06/2006
09:14 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 advertising recruitment group Hat Pin |