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Big firms ready flee over tax - Dozens of major companies are working with accountancy firms plans move headquarters overseas escape tax avoidance war. Trim cost of health cover - Cheaper health cover will be offered for people who agree wear an electronic gadget that monitors how much exercise they take



Tax news - Big firms ready to flee over tax  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Tax - Dozens of major companies are working with accountancy firms on plans to move their headquarters overseas and escape the tax avoidance war
Trim the cost of health cover  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Cheaper health cover will be on offer for people who agree to wear an electronic gadget that monitors how much exercise they take
Market report: Friday close  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
McCarthy & Stone injected some much-needed oomph into the midcap market today as it confirmed that it is in takeover talks
Americans to make £10.2bn move for BAA  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Airports operator BAA is this weekend considering a new takeover approach from giant US investment bank Goldman Sachs
Rivals in dash to buy AOL  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Vodafone and O2 are likely to be frontrunners in the race to buy the UK arm of AOL, which was put up for sale last week
Coal lights up the market  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Drax will return to the top flight of business this week when the power station owner joins the FTSE 100 index of Britain's biggest companies
Morrisons gets its new boss  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Morrisons' hunt for a new chief executive should finally end this week with the appointment of Marc Bolland to head the supermarket group
Bloodshed set to continue at Vinci  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
More heads could roll at French building giant Vinci after the spectacular boardroom revolution that toppled cash-hungry chief executive Antoine Zacharias
Interest rates 'on hold for nine months'  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
The cost of borrowing is not expected to rise until at least March next year, according to a poll of economists
Stock exchanges deal to boost London  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
London is poised to be a major beneficiary from last night's agreed $20bn (£10.7bn) merger of the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext
Fears of US rate hike ease  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
The chances of US interest rates hike at the end of this month decreased dramatically after figures showed the crucial job market weaker than expected
Council records are ID fraud gift  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Councils are publishing sufficient details on people applying for planning permission for fraudsters to be able to takeover their identities
Warning on foreign homes risk  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Buying a home abroad is full of pitfalls that are rarely mentioned by TV presenters, the consumer body Which? warns today
Power failure shuts down Abbey  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Abbey customers were unable to access cash machines, online banking or branches today as a systems failure caused chaos across the country
Goldman Sachs mulls joining chase for BAA  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
The prospect of a Goldman Sachs white knight bid to protect BAA from hostile Spanish bidder Ferrovial came closer today as the bank refused to rule itself out of the dogfight
New deal to cut European roaming costs  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
The cost of making mobile calls overseas is set to fall after a deal between Europe's leading mobile phone operators
Britain's favourite cars revealed  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's beleaguered motor industry got a boost today when four UK-built cars made it into a top 10 list of most-satisfying models
Water firms face tide of protests  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Directors are on the defensive as they report big profits against a background of rising bills and chronic leakages
Hi-tech fun speeds Hornby to growth  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
The new hi-tech Scalextric racing car game propelled maker Hornby into its seventh successive year of profit growth
Glaxo to up stakes in Pfizer race  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline is to bid more than $15bn (£8.2bn) for the much sought-after consumer healthcare business of US rival Pfizer
Six join queue for Brambles' Cleanaway  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Brambles is believed to have attracted up to six bidders for waste disposal firm Cleanaway UK, which could fetch £650m
Dyson cleaners suck, says survey  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Dyson vacuum cleaners are the least reliable on the market, according to new research
Top two out of tune at Sony  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Two veteran music industry executives have quit Sony BMG as a result of a power play between Sony and Bertelsmann
RBS in Chinese bonus  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Royal Bank of Scotland made another £55m in Hong Kong from the stock market float of Bank of China
The same old names in shares offer  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Ace investigator Tony Hetherington takes a closer look at broker Bishop & Perkins, and their offer of Sensitron shares
My, but what big teeth you have Gordon  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown is right to clampd down on tax evasion but his recent tactics risk alienating corporate Britain
Standard Life news - At last, benefits in sight at Standard Life  [06/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Standard Life's demutualisation will provide the ideal backdrop for policyholders to benefit, something they haven't done for many a year