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Post Office managers face chop [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Post Office has written to 4,000 senior managers - a third of the workforce - asking for volunteers for redundancy to help reduce losses of £2m a week
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Talks aim to create fitness giant [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Tycoons Ian and Richard Livingstone are talking with the owner of Esporta about an asset swap that could make them among the largest gym owners in the country
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Market report: Friday close [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Shares in pubs chain operator Mitchells & Butlers were riding high today, propelled by talk that another bid for the company may be on the way
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Mirror 'unwanted' in Trinity titles race [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Trinty Mirror is being stalked by private equity firms planning break-up bids for the £1.5bn group after it admitted it was reviewing its business
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£19bn plan for high speed rail link [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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The company behind the high-speed Channel Tunnel rail link is working on plans for a similar line between London and Scotland
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Well-heeled rift at Jimmy Choo [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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A boardroom bust-up between star designer Sandra Choi and boss Tamara Mellon threatens to engulf the celebrity shoe firm Jimmy Choo
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Zoom set to spread its wings [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Bank of Scotland has taken a 7.5% stake in budget carrier Zoom Airlines, in a deal that values the airline at £131m
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Bankruptcies hit new record [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's addiction to debt is biting, with a record number of people going bankrupt this spring. Not even pop stars The Cheeky Girls are immune
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BA flies to £195m as business travel soars [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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British Airways' operating profit soared by nearly 20% to £211m in the first quarter, boosted by a strong rise in business passengers
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RBS profits leap 23% [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's second-largest bank turned in thumping first-half profits today with a surge in income from its overseas operations
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Travel agents warned on cover [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Travel agents have been warned they could face watchdog regulation after claims that holidaymakers are getting a poor deal on insurance
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Green customers to bag a bonus [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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The UK's largest retailer aims to cut the four billion plastic bags it dishes out annually by 25% within two years, it said today
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Ratner eyes H.Samuel deal [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Gerald Ratner re-ignited speculation today that he could be eyeing a return to the jewellery business that once carried his name
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The great mileage rip-off [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Fuel-economy figures issued by car manufacturers are miles off the mark - with the 'green' Toyota Prius the worst offender, a new survey shows
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Marconi pension fund safe for moment [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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US private-equity house Fortress has failed to buy telecoms supplier Telent and gain control of the £3bn former Marconi pension fund
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Anglo American to boost buyback [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Mining colossus Anglo American plans to return a further £2.6bn to shareholders after a strategic review
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Apple warns on accounts in options probe [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Apple Computer, maker of the iPod and the Apple Mac computer, warned last night that its accounts for the past four years were unreliable
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Rate rise shock for borrowers [08/06/2006 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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FKI a bargain buy - despite the challenges [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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The news at FKI isn't all good. But is it sufficient to justify the rock-bottom rating that the market is giving its shares? We think not
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Hypocrisy from the hand-wringing banks [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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While the banks' are handwringing over bad debts they should remember that they were the ones who who bombarded these people with cards and loans offers
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Bank's own goal on rates [08/06/2006 01:17 PM]
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Is Mervyn King merely getting his retaliation in first, or are there more interest rate rises on the way?
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