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Robot targets eBay tax dodgers

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Robot targets eBay tax dodgers - The taxman is clamping down e-traders who should be paying VAT by hunting them down using £250,000 'web robot' Work till you're 68 for £3 more - Workers now late twenties will not be able retire state pension until they are 68, yet they will hardly be any better off



Robot targets eBay tax dodgers  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The taxman is clamping down on e-traders who should be paying VAT by hunting them down using a £250,000 'web robot'
Work till you're 68 for £3 more  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Workers now in their late twenties will not be able to retire on a state pension until they are 68, yet they will hardly be any better off
Market Report: Friday 12.15  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Food giant Unilever sprang into life today as the Footsie improved for the second day in a row
Ladbrokes profits from favourites' loss  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Ladbrokes has profited from the failure of a string of favourites at the Grand National and the Cheltenham jump-racing festivals
Enron bosses guilty  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Enron bosses Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling face spending the rest of their lives behind bars after they were convicted last night
Insurers lose out in pensions shake-up  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The insurance industry will lose £3bn-worth of business under plans to abolish part of the state pension
Rates relief as spending slows  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The prospect of an imminent UK rate hike receded after a report showed consumers reined in spending earlier in the year
Wolves eyes acquisitions  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Brewer and pubs chain Wolverhampton & Dudley could soon be back on the acquisition trail after saying today it was 'well positioned' for deals
Live football on the web  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
BT is to screen FA Premier League football matches on its new pay-per-view television service
Soaring cost threat to wind farm plan  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
A £1.5bn wind farm planned to supply electricity for a quarter of London could be scrapped because it is too expensive
Arcelor's Russian deal blow to Mittal  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal today faced the toughest test yet in his battle to buy European steel champion Arcelor for €22.2bn
Blow for Sanctuary as chief is ousted  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Sanctuary was plunged into fresh turmoil today as its new chairman ousted chief executive Andy Taylor
Ferrovial 'still on course' to bag BAA  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
A knockout bid for BAA from hostile bidder Ferrovial could come as early as next Friday
Barclays hit by bad debts  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Rising levels of bad debt continued to trouble Barclays, after it reported further growth in the number of customers in difficulty
BAA faces break-up threat  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
BAA's London monopoly is under threat after the OFT said it is to launch an investigation into the UK airports market
Sir Ken sets checkout date for 2008  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Veteran grocery kingpin Sir Ken Morrison has finally set the date for his departure from the helm of supermarkets group Wm Morrison
Shares boom is over, says guru  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Anthony Bolton, one of the UK's greatest ever stock pickers, has called the end of the stock market's bull run
Scot Power to hike prices again  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
As it unveiled a 47% jump in pre-tax profits, Scottish Power warned customers that further price hikes are inevitable
Network Rail makes £232m loss  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Network Rail has revealed that it lost £232m last year, but its bosses maintain it is on course to make a profit
Floats hit as Footsie troubles worsen  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The London market was today heading toward the long holiday weekend in a state of turmoil with a string of flotations pulled or in doubt
BAA investors must be brave  [05/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Stock market turbulence and a competiton inquiry could put the wind up the airports operator's major shareholders