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Gas bills set rise again - Britain's energy crisis is threatening 1.4m manufacturing jobs Britain is about spark another round of household power bill rises Standard Life customers miss out - Up 140,000 Standard Life customers will be denied full allocation of shares because the offer is three times over-subscribed



Gas bills set to rise again  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's energy crisis is threatening 1.4m manufacturing jobs in Britain and is about to spark another round of household power bill rises
Standard Life customers miss out  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Up to 140,000 Standard Life customers will be denied the full allocation of shares because the the offer is three times over-subscribed
Market report: Friday close  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Online poker group PartyGaming crashed 9½p, or more than 8%, to 105¼p today as investors cashed in their chips
Matalan boss 'should reveal bid details'  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
John Hargreaves, chairman of Matalan, will come under increased pressure to give shareholders details of his plans to bid for the company
Burberry checks out male market  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Angela Ahrendts, the new boss of the iconic brand Burberry is planning 'men-only' stores in a move to reach a wider audience
New fears over US bank spies  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's privacy watchdog is to investigate whether personal information from payment clearing system Chaps has been handed to the US authorities
EMI joins battle for songs giant  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
EMI is expected to join most of the world's major music groups and table a first-round bid tomorrow for £800m song rights giant BMG Publishing
Four left in John Lewis search  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
John Lewis is down to a shortlist of four in its search for the first two external non-executive directors ever to join the group
EU row over mobile costs  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
European Commissioner Viviane Reding will put herself on a collision course with Ofcom and phone operators over charges for using mobiles abroad
EBay shaken by PayPal chief's exit  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
The boss of PayPal, eBay's payment system, has announced he is leaving, just as the online giant faces a threat from Google's new service
Top performing shares revealed  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
New research has revealed that the best performing stocks of the past decade have largely been those exposed to Britain's property boom
Redrow bullish on housing market  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Redrow Homes reinforced optimism in the housing market today after it said it expected to see further growth over the coming year.
EasyJet announces profit boost  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Low-cost airline easyJet upgraded its profits forecast today on the back of rising revenues- REPORT: Holiday firms in rip-off row
Worries grow as iSoft haggles on loans  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Troubled NHS software supplier iSoft was fighting for survival today after it delayed publication of full-year figures
Warner 'considering' raising EMI bid  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
The takeover battle between two of the world's biggest record labels intensified today amid reports that Warner Music will improve its bid for EMI
Homeowners cash in £12.5bn  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Renewed confidence in the housing market value has led homeowners to release more cash from their properties
Aviva to launch US raid  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Fresh from its failed attempt to buy the Prudential, Aviva is attempting another megabucks deal for US life assurer AmerUs
AHG's Village vision for De Vere  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Property magnate Richard Balfour-Lynn is planning a massive expansion of De Vere once his hotel group completes its £767m purchase
Oil giants in India gas hunt  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Oil and gas majors Royal Dutch Shell, BP, BG Group and Exxon Mobil are bidding to buy up to 30% of a giant Indian gas field.
Firms not ready for new terror attack  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
A year on from the 7/7 bombing London's businesses are woefully under-prepared to deal with another terrorist atrocity
House prices in surprise fall  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
The fear of rising interest rates and the knock-on effect of higher bills has led to the biggest monthly fall in house prices in six years
Opportunities abound during Ashtead lull  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock-picker takes a closer look at plant hire company Ashtead Group, and says it's time to buy
Is creme egg all over Cadbury's face?  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Cadbury's management should realise that it's failure to deal effectively with crises that undermine confidence
Begbies Traynor going for broke  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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Don't pass the ports just yet  [07/09/2006 01:17 PM]
There is a tendency to dismiss Parliamentary inquiries as toothless wonders. But government and business ignore them at their peril

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