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Another rate hike on the cards [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners are facing a further rise in borrowing costs after the Bank of England predicted it faces a challenge to keep inflation in check
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ID theft hits one in ten [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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Up to one in ten Britons claim they have been victims of identity theft - but many remain reckless with their personal financial details
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Market report: Wednesday 12.30 [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's second-biggest company BP slipped to its fourth consecutive day of losses amid signs that the City is beginning to turn against the oil giant
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ITV shake-up to find the X Factor [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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ITV announced a dramatic shakeup of its programming today following a disastrous slide in advertising over the summer
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£30,000 income for first home [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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First-timers have made a substantial return to the property market but high prices are stretching new buyers further than ever
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Aviva plans foreign buy as profits surge [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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Fresh from its £1.6bn purchase of an American insurer, Aviva has promised massive growth in both the US and European markets
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Online spending to hit £40bn [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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The number of people shopping over the internet is expected to soar by 10m by the end of the decade to nearly 25m
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McDonald's growth slowest in two years [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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Healthier menus, better coffee and new breakfast menus have failed to re-ignite growth in US sales at McDonald's, the world's biggest burger chain
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Borrowing soars to pay school fees [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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Soaring numbers of parents are taking out bank loans to send their children to private school
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Fed ends two years of rate rises for US [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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An uninterrupted two-year run of interest rate hikes has ended in the US, as clouds gathered around the world's largest economy
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Flat-pack Asda has Ikea in its sights [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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Asda is to take on Ikea in the furniture market.
The supermarket chain will roll out a range of flat-pack designs at low prices
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Sage splashing out £297m in US foray [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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Sage is spearheading an attack on the US market, reversing a long history of UK computer firms falling prey to US players
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BP bid to keep oil flowing eases prices [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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Oil prices levelled off today after BP said it was striving to keep almost half its troubled Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska open
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£75m shares pot to reward BA's bosses [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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BA is setting aside 20m shares currently worth £75m to reward its top brass, headed by chief executive Willie Walsh.
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Tesco bets on Las Vegas for US adventure [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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Tesco is to gamble on Las Vegas as it extends plans to open a chain of minisupermarkets in America
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Immigration 'to force up' council tax [08/09/2006 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 [08/09/2006 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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The £200,000 average home [08/09/2006 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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Fed up with rate increases [08/09/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Federal Reserve has taken a rest from its rate hiking - but it may only be a brief one. The buoyancy is ebbing out of the world's biggest economy
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FKI a bargain buy - despite the challenges [08/09/2006 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 [08/09/2006 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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