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Rightmove blow for seller packs - Britain's largest property website today drove another nail into coffin of Government's plan for home information packs Standard Life payouts blunder - Up 10,000 with-profits policyholders have been underpaid, possibly by thousands of pounds, company has revealed



Rightmove blow for seller packs  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's largest property website today drove another nail into the coffin of the Government's plan for home information packs
Standard Life payouts blunder  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Up to 10,000 with-profits policyholders have been underpaid, possibly by thousands of pounds, the company has revealed
Market report: Wednesday 13.00  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The sharp rise in the price of copper is reaping rich dividends for the big mining companies that dig the metal out of the ground
Glaxo claims bird-flu breakthrough  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline claims to have created the most effective vaccine so far against the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu
Amazon profits slump 58%  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Online shopping company Amazon said earnings plunged nearly 58% as it invested in new technologies and its toy business
New bureau to takle insurance fraud  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The insurance industry launched a new investigation bureau today to clamp down on organised fraud
Thames Water 'top UK polluter'  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Thames Water has paid out more in fines for causing pollution than any other UK company, an Environment Agency report said today
Upbeat Reuters rolls out a bigger dividend  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Media giant Reuters cheered the market today as it raised its growth forecasts for the year and increased the half-year dividend
TV and fridge prices to rise  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Electrical goods such as televisions and fridge-freezers will cost more as the result of a new EU recycling law
Woolies on a World Cup sales loser  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Woolies' woes have continued apace with sales dropping even more sharply in the past six weeks as it missed out on the World Cup boom
BMI pilots vote on pay strike  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
A pay row affecting budget airline bmibaby could lead to chaos at airports around the August bank holiday
Cairn's Indian IPO hopes  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Scottish oil explorer Cairn Energy has no plans to sell its Indian assets and hopes to make an initial public offering in the country
'Wild West' taking over travel industry  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The confusion surrounding financial safeguards for people taking foreign holidays is 'profoundly worrying', a report warns today
Vodafone boss fends off critics  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin today rode out the storm of investor disapproval that came to a head at the company's annual meeting
Pensions lifeboat for MG workers  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The Pension Protection Fund is set to ride to the rescue of former MG Rover staff made redundant when the car company went bust last year
Shares fall as 888 loses a few hands  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Shares in online casino 888 plunged 6% today after the business reported a drop in active members and revenues short of expectations
Browne to stay 10 months more  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
BP chief Lord Browne has pushed his retirement date back by almost a year in a compromise deal revealed alongside a massive surge in profits
Loose talk costs us all dearly  [07/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The impact of the failure of the world trade talks will be felt the moment stockmarkets start to stutter
Pension funds bet on fools gold  [07/26/2006 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
Dogs open lead over FTSE  [07/26/2006 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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