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Ministers to blame for gas crisis [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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A damning report by one of the world's leading energy consultants blames the Government for creating the gas crisis and soaring fuel charges
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Banks to write off £4bn as debt soars [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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The staggering scale of Britain's debt mountain will become clear this week when top banks write off billions in bad loans
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Market report: Friday close [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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The recent rally in leading shares continued with the FTSE 100 edging higher, despite disappointing corporate news
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Whitbread 'to sell £100m Pizza Hut stake' [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Hotels and leisure group Whitbread was under the spotlight today following a report it is in talks to sell its stake in Pizza Hut for £100m
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Profits at BA to leap after cut in prices [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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British Airways will this week announce sharply higher profits for the first quarter, thanks to a boom in cut-price ticket sales
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Labour facing MPs' fury over lost pensions [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Labour must pay compensation for failed company pension schemes or face the wrath of all sides of the House of Commons
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£351m House of Fraser deal [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Icelandic retail group Baugur is on track to table a formal £351m offer for House of Fraser by mid-August
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'Quit' call to SMG chairman [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Chris Masters, chairman of embattled Scottish Media Group, is under pressure from institutional investors to step down
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Free cash machines victory [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Some of the country's poorest communities are to benefit from plans to install hundreds of no-charge machines
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Credit cards set for summer boom [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Consumers are preparing to splash out on their credit cards this summer despite fears about UK debt levels, new research shows
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Charges and churn hold BSkyB at £798m [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Fresh from launching its onslaught on the broadband high-speed internet market last week, BSkyB announced profits have remained static
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Xstrata clinches Canada takeover [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Shares in the Anglo-Swiss mining giant soared as it won a three-month bid battle for nickel miner Falconbridge
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£80m takeover battle looming for Everton [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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An £80m takeover battle for Everton looks set to break out just ahead of the kick-off of the Premiership season
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Suitor raises McCarthy bid [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Permira and Barclays Capital consortium moved swiftly today to try to land its agreed bid for the retirement homes builder
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Loans slowdown hits A&L [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Alliance & Leicester, the UK's seventh-largest bank, today admitted a slowdown in demand for personal loans had hit its profits
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£355m raider knocking at House of Fraser [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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A £355m bid for stores chain House of Fraser could come as early as Monday from Icelandic raider Baugur
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Microsoft admits nervy vista [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Microsoft has conceded that concerns over the release of Windows Vista and the giant's ability to compete with web-focused rivals might be justified
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GNER stunned by court decision [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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The train operator's future has been left in the balance by a High Court ruling to allow a competing service on the East Coast Main Line
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Labour should feel the heat over this crisis [07/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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The shortages that have plunged tens of thousands into miserable fuel poverty can be traced back four years or more
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