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Vodafone chief sets out defence

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Vodafone chief sets out defence - Beleaguered Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin today confirmed that world's biggest mobile phone company is suffering growth slowdown Rates prediction cheers borrowers - A forecasting group has said is enough slack UK economy allow Bank of England keep interest rates at 4.5%



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

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