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A&L soars on bid talk [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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Shares in Alliance & Leicester rose sharply today after French banking giant Credit Agricole confirmed it is considering a bid
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Firms hit by £2.6bn pension bill [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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Firms face a £2.6bn bill to boost their employees' pensions, according to a leak of this week's reforms
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Market report: Monday 11.30 [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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London share prices are on a rollercoaster ride again this morning, the footsie having regained most of the 115 points it lost this morning
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NYSE bids for £11bn Euronext merger [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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The New York Stock Exchange today unveiled its bid for the pan-European bourse Euronext, in a deal that values the merged exchanges at £11.2bn
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Middle-class 'lifestyle' debts soar [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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Record numbers of middle-class families are being swamped by debt after chasing the dream of a designer lifestyle
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Punch to auction Spirit pubs [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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Pub operator Punch Taverns today said it will sell 380 of the outlets it bought from Spirit group in December for £2.7bn
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Chrysalis records ad revenue jump [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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The owner of Heart and Galaxy today offered signs of a trading revival after advertising revenues jumped 10% since March
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Cleanaway sale sparks waste sector frenzy [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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Unprecedented takeover action in the UK waste disposal market could kick off with a £600m offer for the Cleanaway bin men group
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Indian exchanges halt as stocks plunge [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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The Indian stock market, a recent target for thousands of UK investors, halted trading this morning after shares fell more than 10%
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Watchdog's Thames Water fury [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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Thames Water is set to miss key targets for reducing its massive leakage problem for the third successive year, Financial Mail can reveal
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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This is Money reads the Sunday papers so you don't have to. Here is this week's round-up of the bigger stories from the financial pages
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Turner pension scheme gets MPs' backing [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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MPs said today that Lord Turner's proposed pensions scheme offers a 'great and unique opportunity' to reverse the pensions crisis
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Centrica in EU plea over French gas merger [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, is demanding that the European Commission halts a proposed merger between two French energy giants
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EMI threat to pull out of Warner bid [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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EMI will report strong annual results this week and tell investors it is prepared to walk away from the bid for Warner
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High Street 'is tearing itself apart' [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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The British Retail Consortium, the voice of the High Street, is being torn apart by bitter infighting among members
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Abbey says sorry over fee blunder [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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Abbey has apologised after thousands of customers had their overdrafts cancelled, leaving many with hefty charges
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'King Canute' LSE stranded by tide [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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The London Stock Exchange was last night looking the loser in the great world reshuffle of stock exchanges
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BAA plans sweetener for investors [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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Airports operator BAA will this week announce a plan to return capital to shareholders as part of its defence against Ferrovial's takeover bid
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Homes mini-boom set to slow [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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The property mini-boom - which has delivered a half-year run of record mortgage lending - could be about to slow down
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This is the one show you should switch off [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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The Financial Mail's ace investigator tells TV shoppers to beware a shambles of a channel
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Labour spin on pensions can't mask its follies [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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Until proper compensation is paid to the victims of failed pension schemes, talk by Labour of a new dawn for pensions is highly misleading
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Who will pick up the tab if Equitas fades? [05/22/2006 12:21 PM]
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You thought all of the rich and famous who risked their fortunes in the burlesque of the Lloyd's of London insurance market were dead and buried?
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