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Tesco spark PC price war - Tesco is set spark price war personal computer market by offering permanent range of major brand products Drained of £26bn by water firms - As threat of standpipes looms again, we reveal astonishing profits water giants have made since privatisation - staggering £26bn



Tesco to spark PC price war  [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Tesco is set to spark a price war in the personal computer market by offering a permanent range of major brand products
Drained of £26bn by water firms  [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
As the threat of standpipes looms again, we reveal the astonishing profits water giants have made since privatisation - a staggering £26bn
Market report: Friday close  [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Share prices ended another difficult week on a firm note with the FTSE 100 enjoying a late surge, closing up 113 points
The pensions shake-up verdict  [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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)
Work till you're 68 for £3 more  [05/28/2006 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
Robot targets eBay tax dodgers  [05/28/2006 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'
Ladbrokes profits from favourites' loss  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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
Furse makes declaration of independence  [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
The boss of the London Stock Exchange says she will only succumb to a takeover if it boosts growth
Arcelor's Russian deal blow to Mittal  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
A knockout bid for BAA from hostile bidder Ferrovial could come as early as next Friday
Barclays hit by bad debts  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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  [05/28/2006 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
Pensions shake-up is more spin  [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Thursday's landmark White Paper was heralded in Government circles, but it's more spin than fact says the Financial Mail personal finance editor
Even sex doesn't sell without ads  [05/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Tony Hetherington looks at a website get-rich-quick scheme, car hire deposit sneakiness and insurance issues