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Get ready for light bulb tax - A light bulb tax families is being planned by Government as part of its tough campaign lower household carbon emissions Matalan £780m bid - Matalan chairman John Hargreaves has secured boardroom support for planned takeover bid for discount fashion chain



Get ready for the light bulb tax  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
A light bulb tax on families is being planned by the Government as part of its tough campaign to lower household carbon emissions
Matalan in £780m bid  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Matalan chairman John Hargreaves has secured boardroom support for a planned takeover bid for the discount fashion chain
Market report: Friday close  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
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
Phone fight commissioner speaks  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
I'm so happy, says the feisty EU boss delighted to have slashed your holiday mobile phone bills, but angry telecoms cheifs are on the warpath
Vodafone calls in headhunters  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Vodafone has hired a top headhunting consultancy to beef up its top executive team following a boardroom cull this year
BAE ready for £3bn deal  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
BAE Systems is this week expected to announce orders worth about £3bn to supply the MoD with new aircraft
Fraud officials move in on Severn  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Fraud officials have begun interviewing Severn Trent staff - a move that signifies it is stepping up its investigation of the company
TNS a private equity bid target  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
International market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres is thought to have received bid approaches from private equity firms
Whitbread sales gloom knocks bids  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Whitbread is facing substantially lower bids for its 235 Beefeater and Brewers Fayre pubs after news of continued weak sales
Low-cost housing schemes slammed  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Government schemes to help key workers onto the housing ladder were branded 'wasteful and inefficient' today
Spectre of £5 a gallon looms  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Motorists face the prospect of paying £5 for a gallon of petrol after oil prices reached a record high yesterday
Bankers cash in on Rosneft float  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Rosneft, the biggest initial public offering in London's history, kicked off trading on the Stock Exchange today
Benjys collapse leaves bad taste for backer  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Sandwich bar chain Benjys looks set to collapse into administration amid spiralling losses and franchise disputes
Lottery firm trebles charity charge  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Struggling new lottery operator Chariot today upped the charge it makes to participating charities threefold in a bit to raise revenues
FSA pair hold key to bankers' defence  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Two top Financial Services Authorities executives could be called as key defence witnesses in the NatWest Three fraud case
Babcock confident of future prospects  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Engineering firm Babcock today said current trading was in line with expectations after the financial year started 'very satisfactorily'
Enodis considers new offer  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Enodis today said it was considering a revised £892m takeover proposal from US-based food services equipment company Manitowoc
Oil soars, shares plunge  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's top-ranking shares took a battering today as political tensions intensified around the globe and oil prices crept to record highs
Goodbye to fat government  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Next year's Comprehensive Spending Review, when it comes, will mark the end of the Government's spending explosion
Teach them a lesson!  [07/16/2006 01:17 PM]
How can the Government expect children to manage their CTF money if they don't receive financial education at school?

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