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Holiday mobile charges slashed [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Consumers can look forward to lower holiday mobile bills as the European Commission has ordered mobile networks to slash roaming charges
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Microsoft hit by €280m EU fine [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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The European Commission has fined Microsoft £193.4m as punishment for its failure to correct anti-competitive aspects of its Windows operating system
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Market report: Wednesday 13.00 [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Platinum prices have come a long way in the past year and look set to continue rising, which should be good news for FTSE 100 newcomer Lonmin
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Home-seller packs uproar [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Ministers have ordered an urgent review of the home-sellers' pack scheme after warnings it could leave the housing market in crisis
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Suicide over £100,000 loan and card debt [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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A bank worker who ran up debts of £100,000 on eight credit cards and two loans without his wife's knowledge killed himself
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Mortgage fees rocket by 22% [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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The cost of applying for a mortgage has soared by almost a quarter as banks and building societies squeeze more cash out of borrowers
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Premier Foods pays £460m for Campbell [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Premier Foods claimed victory today in the battle to buy Campbell Soup's British and Irish operations. It is paying £460m
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Online gamers face US crisis [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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The US Congress has made a step towards passing legislation that could block access to the gambling websites of British companies
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Troubled Tunnel is hours from failure [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Eurotunnel today resumed debt talks with creditors, with both sides knowing the company is only hours from going into administration
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Argos buoyed by gadget demand [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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A surge in demand for consumer electronics buoyed catalogue business Argos today after it reported a 7% rise in like-for-like sales
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Nuclear project fallout threatened [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Government is set for a highstakes power struggle with British Energy over rights to build new nuclear stations
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£1bn bill for tax credit fiasco [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown's flagship tax credit system is riddled with fraud and error totalling about £1bn a year
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Burberry lifts sales in fine style [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Burberry's new chief executive today said global sales were up 12% in the spring and early summer
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Rosneft float gets FSA green light [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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The FSA is understood to have approved Russian energy giant Rosneft's plans to list despite calls to block the IPO
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From a paperclip to a home [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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The final step in an ambitious quest to turn a paperclip into house has been achieved by an enterprising wannabe homeowner
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M&S eyes new overseas push [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose today declared 'the time is right' to start pushing overseas again
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Airports see long-haul boom [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Strong demand for long-haul flights helped airports operator BAA to report a 3.9% improvement in passenger numbers for June
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Plummeting orders hit Airbus [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Orders for Airbus planes have plunged by more than half in the wake of production delays and the scandal at parent company EADS
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Standard Life lifts London debutantes [07/12/2006
01:17 PM]
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Bankers on the Standard Life float deserve credit for forging ahead despite turbulent market conditions in the run-up to its debut
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Teach them a lesson! [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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How can the Government expect children to manage their CTF money if they don't receive financial education at school?
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Begbies Traynor going for broke [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
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Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report includes Begbies Traynor
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