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Spectre of £5 a gallon looms [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Motorists face the prospect of paying £5 for a gallon of petrol after oil prices reached a record high yesterday
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Low-cost housing schemes slammed [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Government housing schemes to help key workers onto the housing
ladder were branded 'wasteful and inefficient' today
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Market report: Friday close [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Fears of an all-out war in the Middle East and its impact on petrol prices rocked international equity markets today but the Footsie held fairly firm
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Bankers cash in on Rosneft float [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Rosneft, the biggest initial public offering in London's history, kicked off trading on the Stock Exchange today
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Benjys collapse leaves bad taste for backer [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Sandwich bar chain Benjys looks set to collapse into administration amid spiralling losses and franchise disputes
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Lottery firm trebles charity charge [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Struggling new lottery operator Chariot today upped the charge it makes to participating charities threefold in a bit to raise revenues
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FSA pair hold key to bankers' defence [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Two top Financial Services Authorities executives could be called as key defence witnesses in the NatWest Three fraud case
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Babcock confident of future prospects [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Engineering firm Babcock today said current trading was in line with expectations after the financial year started 'very satisfactorily'
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Enodis considers new offer [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Enodis today said it was considering a revised £892m takeover proposal from US-based food services equipment company Manitowoc
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Oil soars, shares plunge [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's top-ranking shares took a battering today as political tensions intensified around the globe and oil prices crept to record highs
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High noon for cowboy agents [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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In a major clampdown on cowboy estate agents announced today, all agents will be forced to join an Ombudsman scheme or be banned from trading
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Two new rate-setters appointed [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Chancellor Gordon Brown today finally filled the gaps in the interest-rate setting Bank of England monetary policy committee by with two appointees
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NatWest Three extradited to US [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Three British bankers were searched and stripped of their possessions today as they were extradited to the US to face fraud charges
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Shock court ruling on Sony-BMG deal [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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A European court has torn up the European Commission approval of the 2004 merger between Sony Music and BMG
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Surge in water firm complaints [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Customer complaints about their water companies are up 10% overall on last year, figures out today show- CALCULATOR: Should you have a water meter?
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Insult added to ID theft injury [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Victims of identity theft are suffering 'appalling' treatment from banks and the police, a consumer group claims
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Court takes charge of Eurotunnel's future [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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The future of Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel was placed in the hands of the French legal system today
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Divi rise promise as Aviva buys in US [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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insurance giant Aviva today announced a £900m share placing as it agreed the £1.6bn takeover of US life insurer AmerUs
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Goodbye to fat government [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
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Next year's Comprehensive Spending Review, when it comes, will mark the end of the Government's spending explosion
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Teach them a lesson! [07/15/2006 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 [07/15/2006 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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