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BA faces 'cartel' investigation [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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British Airways and other UK airlines face an investigation by the OFT into alleged cartel practices relating to ticket pricing and fuel surcharges
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Debt crisis for the over-60s [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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An alarming new trend of rising debt among older people was reported today by the country's biggest debt charity
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Market report: Thursday 12.30 [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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A commodities-fuelled rally and a strong performance by Wall Street overnight led share prices in London to high ground today
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Bank of England man dies [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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A member of the Bank of England monetary policy committee that sets interest rates has died suddenly
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B&B sees mis-selling claims surge [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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The buy-to-let specialist lender forecasts a 6% rise in profits despite a big rise in endowment claims
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King: Beware share slump threat [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Share prices will plunge causing 'significant' damage to the economy, the Bank of England Governor Mervyn King warned last night
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Tube shambles hits Metronet [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Delays on delivering refurbished Underground stations is turning Tube maintenance group Metronet into a financial shambles
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Brazil stranded at World Cup [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Brazil's football team and fans could be stranded at the World Cup after the plug was pulled on ailing flag carrier Varig
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Mulberry delivers the goods [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Luxury leather goods group Mulberry delighted long-suffering shareholders with a tripling of pre-tax profits to £6.2m
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Asda staff vote to strike [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Workers at the supermarket giant's nationwide distribution centres have voted to strike in a row over pay and bargaining rights
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Packaging challenge to stores [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Women's Institute has challenged supermarkets to cut down on the unnecessary food packaging pushing Britons closer to a 'rubbish' tax
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EasyPizza founder wins fight over name [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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The boss of a small takeaway pizza operation has won a a three-year legal battle with easyGroup founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou
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Watchdog slams leaky Thames [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Thames Water was slammed by watchdog Ofwat today for missing its leak-reduction target while reporting a 31% increase in its profits
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Dixons sells Link stores to O2 [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Dixons group DSG International is to say goodbye to its weakest link by selling its mobile phone stores The Link to O2 for just £30m
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Interest rates likely to stay on hold [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Details of this month's rate-setting MPC meeting signalled that interest rates are unlikely to change in the coming months
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Sainsbury's sales growth betters Tesco [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Sainsbury's, the UK's third-largest supermarkets group, today delivered further proof of its continuing recovery
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HBOS on course for £5bn profits [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Halifax/Bank of Scotland said today that it was on course to deliver annual profits of more than £5bn
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City watchdog's role under scrutiny [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Services Authority is to be investigated by the National Audit Office to see if it is doing its job properly
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FSA gets retaliation in first [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Callum McCarthy has proved a very different chairman of the Financial Services Authority to his predecessor Sir Howard Davies
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Off the beaten track [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
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Goodby Mr Bolton, hello Mr Nobody. What are we to think about the star Fidelity fund manager's successor, Jorma Korhonen?
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Few friends but Misys has allure [06/22/2006 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 [06/22/2006 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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