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Online postage service launched - Postage stamps can be bought Internet printed envelopes at home under scheme unveiled by Royal Mail today Peanuts for package hols panic sale - Package holiday firms have launched panic sales amid disastrous trade slump, slashing cost of week Turkey as little as £19



Online postage service launched  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Postage stamps can be bought on the Internet and printed on to envelopes at home under a scheme unveiled by the Royal Mail today
Peanuts for package hols in panic sale  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Package holiday firms have launched panic sales amid a disastrous trade slump, slashing the cost of a week in Turkey to as little as £19
Market report: Tuesday 11.45  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Copper miner Kazakhmys raced higher today after it said earnings at the half-year stage had already exceeded its earnings for all of 2005SHARE TIPS: Sunday newspaper round-up
Toshiba laptop battery recall  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Toshiba is calling back and replacing 340,000 laptop batteries worldwide, the third recall of faulty batteries made by Sony in less than six weeks
Three vie with Virgin for rail franchise  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Virgin Rail will face tough competition from three rivals in its battle to carry on running the Cross Country franchise, it was revealed today
Managers braced for Beeb bung bombshell  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
The Football Association today faced calls to be investigated by Scotland Yard, amid allegations that the heart of football is corrupt
Potter spins sales magic for publisher  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Bloomsbury said the launch of the paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince helped it to a hike in revenues
YouTube signs landmark music deal  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Video-sharing website YouTube and Warner Music have signed a landmark deal allowing artists' videos to be shown
Return of the rate hike  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Britons are bracing themselves for further rate hikes after chancellor Gordon Brown hinted he would lift his growth forecasts.
Lib Dems want £2,000 extra council tax  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Families would be hit by a home and car tax bombshell amounting to £4,500 a year under the Liberal Democrats, it emerged last night
Bolton's fund splits in two  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
The UK's largest retail investment fund, Fidelity's Special Situations, has been split in twoDATA: The Special Situations fund
Bleak future for the 'IPOD generation'  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Today's under 35s risk becoming IPODs - Insecure, Pressured, Overtaxed and Debt-ridden - a new report warns today
North tops energy efficiency league  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Homes in the north of England are more energy efficient than those in the south, according to a survey released today.
House prices up £20,000 on year  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
The cost of the average home in Britain has risen by nearly £20,000 in a year, as prices have shot up by 10% over the last 12 months
ID theft costs British firms £50m a year  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Identity theft cost British businesses £50m in 2005 - and the figure is set to increase 1,300% by 2020, new research suggests
Funds discuss £40bn merger  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
The private equity firm that controls Gartmore, the investment group, is proposing a merger with Jupiter that would create a £40bn giant
TV quizzes under spotlight  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Ofcom is investigating TV craze participation quizzes which are infuriating viewers, with most money made from those who do not get through
Jeff Banks to launch menswear chain  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Designer Jeff Banks, former presenter of The Clothes Show on the BBC, is to launch a chain of own-label menswear stores
It's round one to gentle Benn  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Our own Hilary Benn, backed by the rest of Europe, has the neoconservative World Bank chief Wolfowitz on the ropes
Bermuda triangle for car sales  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mails investigator Tony Hetherington responds to readers' complaints - this week he looks at a firm targeting car sellers
Charter makes it mark  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's stockpicker Midas takes a look at Charter engineering and its interesting ride over the past few years
End this TV quiz disgrace  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Lucrative participation TV quizzes are the latest craze and for companies of the stature of ITV, Channel 4 and Five to perpetuate this con is unacceptable, says Lisa Buckingham
Millions should love Sharpe  [09/19/2006 01:17 PM]
Love or hate him, you can't accuse Robert Sharpe, the suave boss of Portman Building Society, of not being true to his word