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Tesco to spark PC price war [05/29/2006 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 [05/29/2006 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 [05/29/2006 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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A to Z of the Sunday papers [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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Here is This is Money's round-up of some of the bigger stories from the Sunday finance and business pages
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Vodafone to 500 jobs [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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Mobile phone giant Vodafone is to cut hundreds of jobs from its workforce when it announces record annual losses this week
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Giants set for big steps [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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With big changes on the horizon, we reveal that Portman almost took part in a 'mega merger' and Standard Life is set to unveil large profits
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BT to rise amid bid talk [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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Shares in BT are expected to be fired up this week by rumours that European rival Deutsche Telekom is mulling over a merger
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Ferrovial to up BAA bid [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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Spanish construction giant Ferrovial will table an increased takeover offer for BAA despite last week's shock competition announcement
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Aim hit hard by slump [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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The junior Alternative Investment Market, hailed as star performer of the recent bull run, has emerged as the worst loser in the recent slump
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Panama trees scandal develops [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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Warnings were sounded all over the place about a firm promoting teak tree investments in Britain but in some places they fell of deaf ears
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Insolvencies are 'mis-sold' [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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Rogue practitioners are keeping alive 'zombie' companies that ought to have been wound up so they can line their own pockets
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Aegis pair stand firm [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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Aegis chairman Lord Sharman and chief executive Robert Lerwill will not quit the British media firm even if French raid suceeds
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C&W chiefs face annual vote [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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Directors at telecoms group Cable & Wireless may have to face re-election to their jobs every year in return for a new pay plan
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Sanctuary under investigation [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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Music group Sanctuary, which dismissed its chief executive and co-founder Andy Taylor on Friday is still under investigation
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£4,000 bonus to beat post strikes [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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Royal Mail bosses are planning to give the 180,000 workforce an extra half per cent pay rise on top of the 2.9% offer to beat strikes
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The pensions shake-up verdict [05/29/2006 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 [05/29/2006 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 [05/29/2006 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 [05/29/2006 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 [05/29/2006 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 [05/29/2006 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 [05/29/2006 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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Pensions shake-up is more spin [05/29/2006 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 [05/29/2006 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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M&S revival deserves support [05/29/2006 01:17 PM]
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When two nightdresses cost £36 ten years ago, Financial Mail editor Lisa Buckingham knew M&S was in trouble but now it's back to its best
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