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Vodafone chief sets out defence [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Beleaguered Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin today confirmed that the world's biggest mobile phone company is suffering a growth slowdown
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Rates prediction cheers borrowers [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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A forecasting group has said there is enough slack in the UK economy to allow the Bank of England to keep interest rates at 4.5%
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Market report: Monday 12.30 [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Leisure group Whitbread served up a 7% rise in its share price today amid reports America's Starwood Capital is working up a takeover bid
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Capital Radio takes a World Cup kicking [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Capital Radio today told investors it looks as if advertising revenues dived during the World Cup
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Shops facing World Cup hangover [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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British retailers who made hay during the World Cup with record sales of flat-screen TVs and lager are fearing a major hangover
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Sanctuary considering Mama offer [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Troubled music management group Sanctuary said it is thinking about an all-share takeover approach from smaller Aim-listed rival Mama Group
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High gas prices give BG lift [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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BG Group grabbed another 100,000 square kilometres - in Alaska, Madagascar, Nigeria and China- to explore for gas in the second quarter
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BP boss Lord Browne to name quit date [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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BP chief executive Lord Browne is expected to announce tomorrow that he will step down after almost 13 years at the helm
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New products put a shine on Reckitt [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Household hygiene group Reckitt Benckiser cleaned up with a 5% rise in second-quarter profit to £151m
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Markets turmoil hits London growth [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Economists today cut back projections for London's economic growth following the spring turmoil in world stock markets
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Dairy Crest in £33m delivery buy [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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The maker of Clover and Country Life today announced plans to acquire doorstep delivery business Express Dairies in a deal worth £33m
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Record British Gas loss [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Gas bills could be on the rise again as British Gas prepares to announce record losses of up to £200m after soaring wholesale prices
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Whitbread is £3bn target of US giant [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Starwood Capital is in talks with advisers about launching a £3 bn plus takeover bid for leisure group Whitbread
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Investors may sue over BetonSports [07/24/2006
01:17 PM]
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The thousands who lost cash on BetonSports shares were kept in the dark about founder Gary Kaplan's past
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Fresh raids over £10m mortgage'fraud' [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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A third wave of raids has been carried out by the Serious Fraud Office as part of its investigation into a suspected mortgage valuation fraud
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Red faces over 'green' bulb tax [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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A spectacular U-turn by the Government will see it drop its five-year support of EU tariffs on cheap energy-efficient light bulbs
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NTL slams Sky 'hot air' [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Cable TV group NTL is launching a broadside at rival BSkyB, slamming the satellite broadcaster's free broadband offer to subscribers
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A-Z of the Sunday newspapers [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this week
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All deals are risky with this broker [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's ace investigator outlines his concerns with stockbroker Pacific Continental Securities and readers' problems with the company
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Pension funds bet on fools gold [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Tracker funds have to buy into the companies of the indicies they track. It's a risky strategy says the Financial Mail on Sunday editor
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New Star shines bright [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Three cheers - or should that be five - to New Star Asset Management on its fifth anniversary, with £18bn of funds under its belt
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Dogs open lead over FTSE [07/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Mail on Sunday Midas updates readers on its Dogs fund and how it is starting to outperform the market
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