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Matalan founder takeover bid - The chairman of discount clothing chain is launch an audacious cut-price bid of up 180p share Bank's role debtor's suicide - BBC's Panorama team is investigate how suicide victim was allowed amass £130,000 of debt with 22 different credit cards



Matalan founder in takeover bid  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
The chairman of the discount clothing chain is to launch an audacious cut-price bid of up to 180p a share
Bank's role in debtor's suicide  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
BBC's Panorama team is to investigate how a suicide victim was allowed to amass £130,000 of debt with 22 different credit cards
Credit card price-fixing probe kicks-off  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
Mastercard is under investigation by the EU for allegedly fixing minimum prices retailers must pay for accepting MasterCard and Maestro cards
England Wags to make a fortune  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
England's wives and girlfriends (Wags) are expected to earn more than £5m on the back of their high-profile World Cup holiday
Charles's charity chief paid £310,000  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
Prince Charles's US charity is embroiled in controversy as figures reveal its boss earned almost as much as it handed to good causes
Five years on: 10% worse-off  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
British households are 10% worse-off financially than five years ago as taxes, utility bills and car running costs have soared, according to a study
Margaret's earrings on eBay  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
Princess Margaret's jewellery is being hawked to the highest bidder on eBay following the controversial sale at Christie's last month
OFT to probe BAA monopoly  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
The London airports monopoly could be forcibly split up after a full-blown investigation into the market was ordered by the Office of Fair Trading
Apple in stock options scandal  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
Apple has become the biggest corporate name so far to become implicated in the brewing stock-options scandal in the US
Holiday firms in 'rip-off' row  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
Tour operators face accusations that they are raising fuel surcharges even though they are not paying more themselves
Macquarie leaves ABP to Goldman  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
The £2.8bn takeover battle for Associated British Ports looked to be near its conclusion today after a rival bidder pulled out of the running
Buffett lunch auction raises £341,000  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
A lunch date with Warren Buffett, the billionaire Sage of Omaha, has raised $620,000 (£341,000) in a charity auction
Cleanaway UK in £595m sale  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
Anglo-Australian logistics company Brambles is to sell its Cleanaway UK business to Veolia of France for £595m
Australian firm to make play for UK lottery  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
Australian lottery operator Tattersall's plans to bid to run the UK National Lottery for 10 years from 2009
Fed's rate noise is music to market ears  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
After two years and 17 consecutive interest rate increases, the Federal Reserve is hinting that it might finally be finished raising rates to fight inflation
Germans could make £1.7bn on Thames  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
Thames Water's German owner RWE could make more than £1.7bn profit from its investment in the beleaguered company, it emerged yesterday
Google launches Checkout at last  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
Google today has at last launched its new payment service - a long-anticipated challenge to eBay and Paypal
Accused of making a buck from US poor  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
Analysis:British oil giant BP has been accused of making a quick buck from poor Americans. Reporter Sam Fleming examines the allegations
Asda strike is called off  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
A strike that threatened to empty shelves 'within days' at supermarkets giant Asda was called off today
Exposed: Rail fares rip-off  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
A new row over 'rip-off' rail fares erupted today, as new research reveals the ticketing mess
Let's hope Barclays can be trusted this time  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
When it comes to closing branches, Barclays' record is far from wonderful. But its latest closures seem to make more sense
Threat to Mervyn's kingdom  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
The Chancellor needs to streamline the Monetary Policy Committee selection process
That work-from-home trick just got dearer  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
This week the ace investigator looks at the return of a bogus home-working offer, over-priced car advertising and the fate of television shopping channel OneTV
NatWest Three betrayed by craven Labour  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
White collar crime shouldn't go unpunished but thanks to the Government these men are being treated like terrorists
Griffin solid despite volatile metal markets  [07/02/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock-picker unearths value in the zinc and gold digger

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