| Lack of homes boosts prices
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Buyers hunting for homes in London and the South East are driving up house prices - with the value of the average home jumping £1,000 in April
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| EMI trains spotlight on Warner
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Britain's EMI is preparing to make a takeover bid for US rival Warner Music in a deal that would create the second-biggest music group in the world
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| A to Z of the Sunday newspapers
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Our summary of what the business pages are reporting from the financial world this weekend
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| Retail crisis may force rent
cut [05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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A deepening crisis in the retail industry could see owners of out-of-town shopping centres and High Street outlets slashing rents
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| Are there more profits at Debenhams?
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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This week Debenhams announces the price at which shares will be sold to institutional investors. The suggested range implies a value between £1.68bn and £1.95bn
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| Russian 'skeletons' alert
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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William Browder has warned that all 11 Russian companies listed on the London Stock Exchange have major corporate governance issues
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| Property value fraud hits major
lenders [05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Two of the country's biggest lenders, Nationwide Building Society and HBoS, have become embroiled in a suspected multi-million pound fraud
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| Premier eyes up £2bn UB
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Premier Foods plans a takeover bid for United Biscuits in a deal that would value the business at more than £2bn
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| Another windfall for Hands
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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City financier Guy Hands is set to reap a second windfall from last year's £450m acquisition of utilities giant East Surrey Holdings
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| Net protest delays grocery
inquiry [05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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An internet campaign by supermarket protest groups has forced a delay to the OFT decision to refer the £95bn-a-year grocery market to the Competition Commission
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| Sky wins half live football
deals [05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Football fans will see a huge shake-up in televised top-flight football after BSkyB won just half of the six live packages
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| Friends beats sales forecast
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Friends Provident today became the latest insurer to find that Britons had regained their appetite for saving
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| Watchdog warns of pension peril
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Hundreds of company retirement schemes are at risk of collapse, the Pensions Regulator has warned, attacking the incompetence of some fund trustees
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| ID fraud on the increase
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Identity theft soared by 17% in the first three months of the year, according to the UK's fraud prevention service
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| Tesco fails in bid for South
Korean stores [05/01/2006 01:38 PM]
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Tesco has failed to pick up the South Korean operations of Carrefour, with local clothesmaking and distribution firm Eland taking the prize
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| Asda showdown with unions
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Unions were today staging a showdown with Asda boss Andy Bond amid allegations the supermarkets giant reneged on a union recognition deal
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| Rebel shareholders bid to oust
Arcelor duo [05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Two powerful investment groups will today lead efforts by shareholders in Arcelor to kick the company's chairman and deputy off the board
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| Yell moves into Spain
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Telephone directories business Yell has bought 60% of Spanish directories publisher TPI for €3.1bn (£2.13bn).
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| M&B gets its bid defence into
place [05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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M&B has outlined its defence strategy against a bid from tycoon Robert Tchenguiz, promising shareholders £500m
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| Doorstep lenders slammed
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Doorstep lenders are ripping off their customers to the tune of £100m a year, the competition watchdog warned today
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| XBox costs to hit Microsoft
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Software giant Microsoft has delivered a 16% rise in third-quarter profits but warned that rising costs will erode earnings
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| Asda takes on estate agents
[05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Shoppers can add another item to their grocery list - a new home - after supermarket giant Asda announced plans to take on estate agents
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| Mortgages to break £1 trillion
barrier [05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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The value of homeloans in the UK will burst through the £1 trillion barrier early next month - but Briton's homes are worth much more
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| OFT to investigate online
shopping [05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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The OFT is launching a new study into online shopping, following a 350% rise in internet sales in the past five years
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| Holding building societies
to account [05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Building societies reveal more than they used, but there's still a lot of room for improvement
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| The perils that lurk in foreign
firms' listings [05/01/2006 01:38 PM]
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The FSA will need to keep up to speed to ensure that London does not appear to be offering a gold standard to investors
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| Insurer makes a break with
past [05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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Financial Mail's top stock-picker takes a closer look at SVB Holdings and advises investors not to be put off by the complexity of its reinvention
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| I lost with Win but it won't
pay me back [05/01/2006 01:38 PM] |
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The ace investigator takes a closer look at Win Investing's verbal moneyback guarantee that seems almost impossible to claim
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