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Rate rise shock for borrowers [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Mortgage borrowers were hit in the pocket today as the Bank of England made a shock decision to raise interest rates a quarter-point to 4.75%
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Barclays unfazed by bad debts [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Barclays Bank today outstripped its High St rivals with a massive surge in first-half profits despite continuing problems at Barclaycard
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Market report: Thursday 12.30 [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England's surprise quarter-point increase in interest rates to 4.75% and a clutch of disappointing results had investors on the run today
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Britain's most reliable new car [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Japanese cars have swept the board in a natiowide reliability survey based on the experience of more than 35,000 owners
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Halifax ups house price prediction [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest mortgage lender increased its forecast for house price growth in 2006 - admitting the market had gathered more momentum
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Bidders in wings as ITV's Allen goes [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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ITV's board will meet next Tuesday to rubber-stamp the departure of chief executive Charles Allen amid growing talk of renewed takeover bids
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£18,000 to give your child a head start [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Nearly half of all parents feel responsible for helping their children on to the property ladder by loaning or giving them money
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Prices of country homes soar [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Russian and Middle Eastern buyers lured by the attractions of rural living are sending the value of homes in the English countryside through the thatched roof
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Fraud epidemic worsening [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Major fraud has greatly increased in the past few months and is heading for record levels, according to the latest report by KPMG
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PartyGaming puts £70m on Gamebookers [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Online gambling group PartyGaming moved into online sports betting for the first time today by buying Antigua-based Gamebookers
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Unilever sales and profits climb [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Unilever, maker of Hellmann's mayonnaise, Lipton tea, Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream, lifted turnover by 6% to £13.5bn in the first half
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Shell shaken by Sakhalin dictat [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Shares in Royal Dutch Shell slipped today on reports that it has been ordered to suspend construction of a pipeline on Russia's Sakhalin island
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Recovery gathers pace at Morrisons [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Sir Ken Morrison, chairman of Britain's fourth-largest supermarkets group, Wm Morrison, today hailed a 6.6% rise in like-for-like sales
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Powerhouse electricals chain collapses [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Powerhouse electrical stores across the country closed today and workers were sent home after being told the firm was going into administration
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Eurotunnel wins bankruptcy protection [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Anglo-French Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel was today granted protection from its creditors under French law
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Salmonella scare to cost Cadbury's £20m [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Cadbury Schweppes said today that the salmonella scare which led to the recall of more than a million chocolate bars will cost the firm £20m
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Pensions gap stands at £36bn [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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The black hole in the UK's largest company pension schemes stands at £36bn, the same as a year ago, a study showed today
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Xstrata boss confident on Canada buy [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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The boss of acquisitive Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata said today he was confident shareholders would support a massive looming rights issue
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Drax poised for a surge in earnings [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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This week Financial Mail on Sunday's stock picking expert Midas looks at coal-fired power station owner Drax
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Find the cash for victims like Fred [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Labour's idea of a long-term solution to the pensions problem is far from perfect
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Warning, this is just bull [08/03/2006 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's ace investigator warns against falling for share 'boiler room' price Stone's hard sell tactics
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