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Summer holiday homes rush [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The summer holidays have failed to halt the halt homebuyers with the cost of the average home rising by £700 during the month
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BA 'dirty tricks' storm [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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A row has broken out between BAA and British Airways after it accused the airline of using the recent security crisis to cancel unprofitable flights
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this week
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Ratner plots £200m High Street return [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Gerald Ratner, Britain's 'king of bling', is preparing a £200m offer for Signet's UK division, including H Samuel, Ernest Jones and Leslie Davis
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Joke wars - but no-one's laughing [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Have you heard the one about the text-messaging company that sends unwanted jokes to unsuspecting mobile phone users and then charges them a fortune?
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Brown's £1bn fuel bills tax grab [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown is in line for a record £1bn-plus tax payout from domestic energy bills this year, as millions of households struggle in fuel poverty
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Royal Mail to copy Unipart share scheme [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Royal Mail plans to model its controversial employee share scheme on one that has delivered thousands of pounds of profit to workers at Unipart
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New focus on saving energy [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Almost a third of UK households have carried out energy saving home improvements over the last year as gas and electricity prices continue to rise
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BT cuts off broadband firm [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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More than 5,000 broadband internet users have lost their service as a result of a row over unpaid bills between their provider and BT
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Ryanair sues Government for £3m [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Irish budget airline Ryanair is to sue the UK Government for £3m compensation for delays and cancellations caused by anti-terror measures
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Friendly society fined over adverts [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The FSA has fined Foresters Friendly Society £55,000 for 'substandard' and misleading adverts for some of its products
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Co-op and Spar to fight Tesco [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Convenience store rivals Co-op and Spar joined forces today in a bid to take on the increasing power of supermarket giants such as Tesco
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Apple recalls fire-fear batteries [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Apple recalled almost two million laptop computer batteries last night, warning they could be a fire hazard
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Buffett starts to give away his billions [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The famed US investor has donated stock worth £868m to the charitable foundation run by Bill Gates and his wife Melinda
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Gas bills 'could fall' this winter [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Hopes for lower energy bills were raised today after the chairman of regulator Ofgem said UK gas supplies could be under less pressure this winter | Fuel bills calculator
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Supermarkets pump up petrol price war [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The petrol price war reignited today as Sainsbury and Tesco promised to match Asda'a 2p-a-litre cut
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Court dissolves shares-swindle firm [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The High Court has dissolved stockbroker STT for helping overseas 'boiler rooms' to promote and sell dud shares to UK investors
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First-time buyers face impossible task [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Couples must save 75% of earnings to raise the cash to get on the housing ladder, say property experts
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Apple pays out to end iPod spat [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Apple Computer is to pay $100m (£52.8m) to Creative Technology to settle all patent litigation over the iconic iPod music player
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Who's got the best credit record? [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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People living in the south west and south east of England have the best credit ratings in the UK. How does your area perform?
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Labour fails victims of pension scandal [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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One of the biggest financial injustices of recent times has been inflicted on those workers who have suffered the implosion of their company pension funds
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Coins you can spend in Tristan da Cunha [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Ace investigator Tony Hetherington reports on a coin offer that is costing consumers more than they bargained for
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These minnows have great potential [08/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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This week the Financial Mail's top stock picker takes a look at companies - like StatPro - for investors who don't mind a bit of risk
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