| Personal bankruptcies soar
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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More than 23,000 people were made insolvent in the first three months of the year - a massive 73% increase on the same period in 2005
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| Alliance & Leicester back in
bid spotlight [05/05/2006 04:58 PM]
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Alliance & Leicester was the focus of fresh bid speculation today amid reports it was in takeover talks with the Spanish owner of rival Abbey
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| Market report: Friday 16:00
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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Banking shares jumped as speculation resurfaced about the UK takeover ambitions of Abbey National owner Banco Santander
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| Customers loyal to Body Shop
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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Body Shop consumers showed no sign of losing faith with the ethical stores chain, despite its £625m takeover by L'Oreal
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| Morrisons to loosen Sir Ken's
grip [05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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Supermarket chain Morrisons denied talk that chairman Sir Ken Morrison had resigned - but directors hope to agree a timetable for departure
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| The great green car myth
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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They have become the vehicle of choice for celebrities and politicians keen to show off their green credentials
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| Britain sold on cheap gadgetry
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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They were once luxury items, but plummeting prices have put sophisticated electrical goods within almost everyone's reach
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| Trinity leaves door open for
carve-up [05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror's new chairman left the door open for a carve-up as advertising revenues continue to head south
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| Richmond Foods agrees £182m
takeover [05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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One of the UK's biggest ice-cream makers looked set to join forces with a European counterpart after agreeing to a £182m takeover today
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| Warner: no need for EMI merger
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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Warner Music does not need to merge with its UK rival EMI, Edgar Bronfman Jr, chief executive of the US music giant, said last night
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| Homes shortage fuels London
boom [05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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The London housing market boom is getting stronger thanks to soaring demand and a chronic shortage of properties
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| 5m broadband users confused
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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Nearly five million households think they are on the wrong broadband package but are confused about how to switch provider
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| Orange to cut 2,000 jobs
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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Mobile phone giant Orange is to axe between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs under a review of its operational costs, it was announced today
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| Shell coins in £1.5m an hour
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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Shell has unveiled record winter profits running at £1.5m an hour, days ahead of the next round of petrol price rises
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| Spring house prices up £4,000
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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The cost of the average home leapt up by almost £4,000 in April as Britain was gripped by a spring house price boom
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| Taskforce to investigate charging
ATMs [05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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A new taskforce has six months to report back to MPs on cash machine fees and the impact they have on UK consumers
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| The million-pound plumber
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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A former apprentice who envied the local plumber's Ford Zephyr and now drives a Bentley has become the first million-pound plumber
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| Debenhams in cut-price float
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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Debenhams sent a shudder through the stock market today as its return to a listing was priced at the very bottom of the expected price range
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| M&B spurns Tchenguiz £4.6bn
formal bid [05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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Mitchells & Butlers today rebuffed a formal £4.6bn cash offer worth 550p per share from Robert Tchenguiz
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| The only way is up for rates
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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One of the great frustrations about the way the monetary policy committee operates is that it leaves a black hole of information
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| Is this banking or bullying?
[05/05/2006 04:58 PM] |
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Charges appear to be used as a heavy-handed way of punishing those least able to fight back
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