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Nokia and Siemens mobile phone operators hook up [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Mobile phones giant Nokia has agreed with Germany's Siemens to combine their telephone equipment arms in a deal worth about £17bn
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South sees property mini-boom [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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House prices in the West Midlands have suffered a knock in the past month, despite a mini-boom in southern regions, figures showed today
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Market report: Monday 13.00 [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Mining outfit Vedanta Resources took its place alongside the elite today when it joined the companies that make up the FTSE 100 index
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Royal & SunAlliance to cut 1500 jobs [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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insurance group Royal & SunAlliance plans to axe 1550 jobs worldwide - more than 1000 of them in Britain
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DSG set to sell Link stores to O2 [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest electrical retailer is on the verge of selling The Link chain of High Street stores to mobile phone group O2, a report claims
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CBI downplays inflation threat [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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The CBI has called for calm amid fears of higher inflation, insisting the Bank of England can meet its targets without raising interest rates
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Majestic revels in fine wine sales boom [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Warehouse chain Majestic Wine was today toasting a profitable year boosted by a 30% increase in the sale of fine wines
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Sugar on £1bn property spree [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Apprentice star Sir Alan Sugar is gearing up to spend up to £1bn more on commercial property
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World Cup bookies on target [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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The amount of money gambled on the World Cup is will equal or surpass pre-tournament forecasts of £1bn but results have hit bookies
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OFT warns of new lottery scam [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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The OFT has warned consumers to be wary of a new lottery scam that uses counterfeit cheques to make people believe it is genuine
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Brambles in record Cleanaway sale [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Anglo-Australian logistics firm Brambles has sealed a £706m deal for the sale of waste disposal company Cleanaway
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Sacked power chiefs get 'obscene' pay-off [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Four directors who lost their jobs with energy firm Scottish Power cost the company nearly £11m in severance payouts, it emerged today
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Predator weighs up ITV [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Private equity giant KKR, which is fronted by media chief Lord Hollick, is believed to be plotting a new bid for troubled broadcaster ITV
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Lloyds TSB to plug £2bn pensions hole [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Lloyds TSB, the British High Street bank seen as vulnerable to takeover, today said it will eliminate its £2bn pension fund black hole
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BAE fury over Airbus sale [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Investment bank Rothschild has been called in to mediate in a row over the sale price of BAE Systems' 20% stake in Airbus
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [06/19/2006 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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Macquarie set to spark bids battle for ABP [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Australian bank Macquarie could table a bid for Associated British Ports as early as next week after spending the next few days studying the books
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BSkyB baulks at £600m AOL price-tag [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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BSkyB is understood to have balked at a £600m-plus price tag suggested by America's Time Warner for its internet provider AOL UK
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Few friends but Misys has allure [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's top stock-picker turns an eye to software group Misys and, in the light of the ABP saga, Forth Ports
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A chancy name to have in Wales [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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This week Financial Mail's ace investigator he looks at a phantom debt and some shoddy practice from Expedia and a van hire firm
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That's enough stupidity in the sunshine [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Borrowers with N&P standard variable loans should make it their mission to move to a better lender as soon as possible
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Unlikely hero emerges in pensions battle [06/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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BAE has set a standard whereby the miserable fallout of the pensions crisis can be overcome
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