| House sales leap by a third
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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The mini-boom in the property market saw the number of homes sold leap by more than a third during the first three months of 2006
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| Chip and Pin scam is spreading
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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The chip and Pin fraud problems exposed at Shell petrol stations extend to other garage chains, hole-in-the-wall cash machines and restaurants
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| Market report: Tuesday close
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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DIY is back in fashion, and B&Q owner Kingfisher is back in favour, as retail figures for April stunned investors today
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| Pru to time-bar complaints
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Financial giant Prudential has broken with its previous policy and announced it will set time-bars on endowment mis-selling claims
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| Credit union chief's secret
deal [05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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The chairman of a 'people's bank' has been banned for approving an illegal property deal from which he secretly made £55,000.
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| Super probe into big stores
starts [05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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The biggest investigation of supermarkets and their impact on Britain's ailing High Streets is launched today
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| NTL axes 6000 workers
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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NTL chief executive Stephen Burch has told 6000 staff at the cable TV giant that they are to lose their jobs
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| Police act over Glaxo fear
campaign [05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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The drugs giant today sought to reassure shareholders worried by a new campaign of intimidation launched by animal rights fanatics
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| Hurricanes warning to insurers
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Hurricanes this year could be as violent as last year's catastrophic worst season on record, climatologists are warning Lloyds insurance
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| Boost for High Street as sales
increase [05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Retail analysts gave a cautious welcome today to an upturn in high street sales boosted by the late timing of Easter
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| Man's US arm denies hedge fund
fraud [05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Man Group's US brokerage arm is facing a fraud and racketeering action to recover assets lost a £124m Philadelphia hedge fund collapse
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| Overseas mobile costs to fall
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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The cost of using a mobile phone abroad could plummet after two major operators announced price cuts
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| Shell hit by chip and Pin scare
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Hundreds of Shell petrol stations have suspended chip and Pin services, as eight people are being questioned by detectives over a fraud racket
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| Beatles lose Apple court battle
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Stars' record label faces £3m in costs as judge backs iPod-maker Apple Computer in a dispute over the famous logo
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| Premiership result rattles
Sky shares [05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Shares in BSkyB slipped after the satellite broadcaster has won only four of the six Premier League live football rights packages up for grabs
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| World Cup cash-in for websites
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Tickets for this summer's World Cup matches in Germany are selling on unauthorised websites for more three times their face value
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| PFI 'rip-off ' bosses get £10m
payday [05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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The bosses of Britain's largest PFI investor in the health service saw their pay nearly double last year
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| Mitchells shares fall after
bid failure [05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Shares in the owner of All Bar One and Harvester fell back today following the failure of a takeover attempt by tycoon Robert Tchenguiz
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| Nuclear industry sell-off heating
up [05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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The sell-off of the nuclear industry is firing up as plans emerge for the disposal of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
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| Buffett wants son to take Berkshire
chair [05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Warren Buffett says his son, Howard, would be 'a double-protector of the culture' as the company's future chairman
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| Change in air if Mittal's wins
Arcelor bid [05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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London-based steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal is hoping the annual meeting of his Mittal Steel in Rotterdam tomorrow will be the last of a kind
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| NTL to axe a third of workforce
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Cable company NTL is set to axe up to 6,000 jobs - about a third of its entire workforce - following its merger with Telewest
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| Mobile player rings up gains
[05/10/2006 01:29 AM] |
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Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly, or dive. This week the spotlight
falls on E-pay Asia
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| Glaxo investors should not
bow to threats [05/10/2006 01:29 AM]
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Campaigns of intimidation threaten the health, livelihood and wealth of the nation
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