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The £200,000 average home [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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The cost of the average home in England and Wales is knocking on the door of £200,000, according to official figures released today
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Clasper in wings as Allen quits ITV [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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The smart money is backing former BAA boss Mike Clasper to land the top job at ITV, as Charles Allen confirms he is stepping down
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Market report: Tuesday 13.00 [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Prospects are looking a lot brighter these days at that old takeover favourite Rank Group under new chief executive Ian Burke
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Student homes boom [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Increasing numbers of parents are cashing in on the housing boom by buying houses for their student children to live in
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Immigration 'to force up' council tax [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Council tax will have to rise because of Labour's failure to get a grip on immigration, town hall chiefs have warned
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Oil to top $80 as BP's shutdown bites [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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The price of oil was predicted to top $80 a barrel after it emerged that BP's major Alaska oilfield could be shut for months
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Southern motorists face garage rip-off [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Garages in London are charging the highest hourly rates for car service labour, with an average of £116.53 an hour, it has been revealed
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Thirst for cider lifts S&N to £187m [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Soaring sales of cider helped the UK's biggest brewer, Scottish & Newcastle, turn in better-than-expected profits in the first half of the year
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Accounting probe puts iSoft in crisis [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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An accounting scandal has hit the deeply troubled NHS software supplier iSoft, prompting the immediate suspension of one of its top executive directors
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Friends optimistic after strong half [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Insurer Friends Provident reflected optimism in the pensions market today after it reported a strong first six months of the financial year
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All eyes on the Fed for US rate result [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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City traders were on tenterhooks today waiting to see whether the Federal Reserve will hold US interest rates at 5.25%
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Google signs £472m News Corp deal [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Google said today it will provide search and advertising on MySpace.com and other websites owned by News Corporation's Fox Interactive Media
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Banks face 'illegal' fees squeeze [08/08/2006 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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Crackdown on eBay phone crooks [08/08/2006 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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Caudwell rings up £1.5bn from Phones4U [08/08/2006 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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Merrill fined £150,000 for trades failures [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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The City's financial watchdog has fined US giant investment bank Merrill Lynch for reporting failures in its massive trade in European equities
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Demand pushes up easyJet prices [08/08/2006 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 [08/08/2006 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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Oil giant is baked in Alaska [08/08/2006 01:17 PM]
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Shell's reputation was trashed but financially it emerged virtually unscathed. The outcome is likely to be similar for BP
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FKI a bargain buy - despite the challenges [08/08/2006 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 [08/08/2006 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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