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House prices slip back £3,400 - The property mini-boom is running out of steam sellers are cutting asking prices, says survey of estate agents Royal Mail postage row - Business leaders consumers have launched an attack new postage prices coming into force today



House prices slip back £3,400  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
The property mini-boom is running out of steam and sellers are cutting their asking prices, says a survey of estate agents
Royal Mail postage row  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Business leaders and consumers have launched an attack on the new postage prices coming into force today
Market report: Monday 12.15  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Mining giant Anglo American was the focus of attention amid claims it will soon become the target of an £42 break-up bid
Inheritance tax here to stay, says Brown  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
The Chancellor has reacted angrily to a Blair ally's public challenge to scrap the unpopular 'penalty on hard work, thrift and enterprise'
Middle class inflation at 10%  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Living costs for the middle classes are rising at more than four times the official rate of inflation, an economist warned yesterday
Going bust, the wannabe WAGs  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Women who yearn for the life of a footballer's wife are causing a surge in female bankruptcies
Biggest City bonuses ever  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
City staff are to share in a record £21bn of bonuses, with new research revealing who is making the money| Ideas on making money
School leavers 'unfit for work', say firms  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Too many school leavers turn up at work looking scruffy and unable to write or add-up properly, business leaders have warned
The great airport parking con  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
The promise is to take your car to a high-security compound. The reality is the car is dumped on a poorly lit street
India giant wants UK lottery  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
India's biggest lottery company plans to challenge Camelot to run the British game and is already in detailed talks with UK partners
Ryanair accused of profiting from fear  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Michael O'Leary was accused by Whitehall sources last night of boasting that he is making money out of the airport terror crisis
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this week
Bank's phantom interest fees  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
A computer glitch has left up to 15,000 Morgan Stanley credit card customers out of pocket
2,000 Eurolife savers in fear for their cash  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Controversial financial services company Eurolife Assurance Group has plunged into administration, fuelling fears for investors
A new deadline for BAA inquiry  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Top airlines have won an 11th hour extension to submit evidence for a watchdog's investigation into beleaguered airport operator BAA
The solar salesmen in hot water  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
We are told solar panels will cut our energy bills and help save the planet. But the complaints are already starting to roll in
Homebuying is hotter than July  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Summer homebuyers continue to set new borrowing records, taking out £30.4bn worth of mortgages in July - almost a fifth more than a year earlier
Cap threat for doorstep lenders  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Doorstep lenders could face price caps on the interest they charge borrowers unless they open up the market to competition
Tory tax will hit second-home owners  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
A proposed tax on stag parties leaving UK airports would penalise owners of second homes who regularly fly to the Continent
Inflation eases but rate pressure remains  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Inflation remained above the Bank of England's 2.0% target last month as higher gas and electricity bills continued to take their toll
McAlpine riding high on outsourcing  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Midas looks at Alfred McAlpine - a company that can boast it has won £1bn of new business in just six months
A paradise mystery and dirty deeds  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Ace investigator Tony Hetherington reports on a strange broker registered in St Lucia in the Caribbean
Savers lose out in rates disgrace  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Thirteen days have passed since the base rate was increased to 4.75%. Yet the event continues to be overlooked by most savings institutions
Interactive Gaming bets on Tote boss  [08/21/2006 01:17 PM]
Tips & tactics: Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report includes Interactive Gaming, Metrodome and Torex
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