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Tesco to spark PC price war [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Tesco is set to spark a price war in the personal computer market by offering a permanent range of major brand products
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Drained of £26bn by water firms [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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As the threat of standpipes looms again, we reveal the astonishing profits water giants have made since privatisation - a staggering £26bn
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Market report: Friday close [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Share prices ended another difficult week on a firm note with the FTSE 100 enjoying a late surge, closing up 113 points
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The pensions shake-up verdict [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Millions working longer, more help for women...we assess the pensions shake-up and grade the key points amber or red (sorry, there's no green)
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Work till you're 68 for £3 more [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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Robot targets eBay tax dodgers [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The taxman is clamping down on e-traders who should be paying VAT by hunting them down using a £250,000 'web robot'
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Ladbrokes profits from favourites' loss [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Ladbrokes has profited from the failure of a string of favourites at the Grand National and the Cheltenham jump-racing festivals
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Enron bosses guilty [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Enron bosses Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling face spending the rest of their lives behind bars after they were convicted last night
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Insurers lose out in pensions shake-up [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The insurance industry will lose £3bn-worth of business under plans to abolish part of the state pension
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Rates relief as spending slows [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The prospect of an imminent UK rate hike receded after a report showed consumers reined in spending earlier in the year
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Wolves eyes acquisitions [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Brewer and pubs chain Wolverhampton & Dudley could soon be back on the acquisition trail after saying today it was 'well positioned' for deals
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Live football on the web [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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BT is to screen FA Premier League football matches on its new pay-per-view television service
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Soaring cost threat to wind farm plan [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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A £1.5bn wind farm planned to supply electricity for a quarter of London could be scrapped because it is too expensive
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Furse makes declaration of independence [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The boss of the London Stock Exchange says she will only succumb to a takeover if it boosts growth
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Arcelor's Russian deal blow to Mittal [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal today faced the toughest test yet in his battle to buy European steel champion Arcelor for €22.2bn
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Blow for Sanctuary as chief is ousted [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Sanctuary was plunged into fresh turmoil today as its new chairman ousted chief executive Andy Taylor
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Ferrovial 'still on course' to bag BAA [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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A knockout bid for BAA from hostile bidder Ferrovial could come as early as next Friday
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Barclays hit by bad debts [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Rising levels of bad debt continued to trouble Barclays, after it reported further growth in the number of customers in difficulty
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BAA faces break-up threat [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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BAA's London monopoly is under threat after the OFT said it is to launch an investigation into the UK airports market
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Sir Ken sets checkout date for 2008 [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Veteran grocery kingpin Sir Ken Morrison has finally set the date for his departure from the helm of supermarkets group Wm Morrison
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Shares boom is over, says guru [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Anthony Bolton, one of the UK's greatest ever stock pickers, has called the end of the stock market's bull run
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Scot Power to hike prices again [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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As it unveiled a 47% jump in pre-tax profits,
Scottish Power warned customers that further price hikes are inevitable
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Network Rail makes £232m loss [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Network Rail has revealed that it lost £232m last year, but its bosses maintain it is on course to make a profit
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Pensions shake-up is more spin [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Thursday's landmark White Paper was heralded in Government circles, but it's more spin than fact says the Financial Mail personal finance editor
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Even sex doesn't sell without ads [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Tony Hetherington looks at a website get-rich-quick scheme, car hire deposit sneakiness and insurance issues
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