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Banks face 'illegal' fees squeeze [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Financial watchdogs are to crack down on 'illegal' bank overdraft charges that cost customers billions of pounds a year
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BP shutdown sends oil rocketing [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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BP's closure of its massive Alaskan oilfield operations has sent the global oil price soaring $1.19 to $75.95
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Market report: Monday 13.00 [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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City investors were hit by a triple whammy today that saw shares extend last week's losses
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Crackdown on eBay phone crooks [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Police have carried out a major operation against criminals using online auction site eBay to sell stolen mobile phones
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Consumer anger over phone queues [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Customers are voting with their feet by ditching companies over poor service, especially being kept on hold, according to a new survey
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MPs demand higher tax on flights [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Government should raise taxes on air travel and high-polluting cars in order to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a committee of MPs said today
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Caudwell rings up £1.5bn from Phones4U [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Mobile phone retailing pioneer John Caudwell has sold the business empire he founded 19 years ago to a pair of private-equity firms for £1.46bn
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Demand pushes up easyJet prices [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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EasyJet customers are paying 17% more for their tickets than a year ago, latest figures reveal
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Premier Foods delivers sizzling figures [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Soaring sales of vegetarian sausages and healthy ready meals helped Branston Pickle owner Premier Foods deliver a sizzling set of half-year figures
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Taxman investigates Candy brothers [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Two of London's hottest young property entrepreneurs, Nick and Christian Candy, are under Government investigation over their tax affairs
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Post Office managers face chop [08/07/2006 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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Mondeo Man facing 1,500 a year car tax [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Motorists who drive 'gas guzzlers' should pay a whopping £1,800 a year in car tax, a committee of MPs says today
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Mirror 'unwanted' in Trinity titles race [08/07/2006 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 [08/07/2006 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 [08/07/2006 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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Talks aim to create fitness giant [08/07/2006 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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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Our summary of what the Sunday business pages are reporting from the financial world this week
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Zoom set to spread its wings [08/07/2006 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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Labour sneers at the thrifty and prudent [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Pensions Minister James Purnell has mounted an alarming attack on prudence, thrift and self-provision, writes Richard Dyson
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FKI a bargain buy - despite the challenges [08/07/2006 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 [08/07/2006 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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