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Goldman
leaves BAA to Spanish [06/08/2006
01:17 PM]
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The £15bn battle for BAA is officially over, after the Spanish group Ferrovial scooped up more shares and Goldman Sachs quit the battle
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Bank of England holds base interest rate at 4.5% [06/08/2006
01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England froze interest rates for a 10th month today as it emerged the struggling manufacturing sector has suffered a fresh setback
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Market report: Thursday 11:30 [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Mining companies led another bloodbath for the FTSE 100 Index today as it plummeted by more than 100 points in the first hour of trading
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House prices 'will rise 7%' [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Lenders say house prices will rise more than three times faster than predicted this year because of fierce competition among buyers
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Lib-Dems target super-rich in tax review [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Sir Menzies Campbell today declared war on the super-rich as he announced a major shake-up of the Liberal Democrats' tax policies
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Halfords gets Britain on its bike [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Halfords has enjoyed a pick-up in sales as Britain's get on their bike for summer and politicians promote green travel
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BP could face oil spill charges [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Oil giant BP may face criminal action over an oil spill in Alaska after receiving a subpoena from a federal grand jury
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Alliance & Leicester: Complain and you're out [06/08/2006
01:17 PM]
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Alliance & Leicester is kicking out customers who have complained about unfair bank charges and successfully reclaimed them
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Heineken man takes the reins at Morrisons [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Sir Ken Morrison has been forced to take even more of a back seat at the troubled supermarkets chain ahead of his full retirement in 2008
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Google hints at China U-turn [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Google admitted it may have compromised its 'don't be evil' conscientious principles by helping Chinese government internet censorship
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Top manager cheats bank out of £21m [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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A bank boss carried out one of Britain's biggest frauds as his unsuspecting employers, Royal Bank of Scotland, showered him with honours
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May getaway boosts easyJet [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Budget airline easyJet flew almost 3m passengers in May as its new routes helped it follow up a strong Easter performance
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Abbey's zombie fund snapped up [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Zombie fund king Resolution Life has agreed to take over Abbey National's life business for £3.6bn
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Energy costs put the bite on Cadbury's [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Dairy Milk-to-chewing gum giant Cadbury Schweppes today admitted it will not hit its current-year profit-margin targets because of high energy costs
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NeuTec bows to the Swiss at £305m [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Swiss drugs giant Novartis today made an agreed 1050p-a-share takeover bid for NeuTec Pharma, valuing the British biotechnology firm at £305m
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Wake-up call for the zombies [06/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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ZOMBIE predators are taking over the world of life assurance and two safeguards are needed to protect policyholders
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