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Crackdown on TV quiz shows [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Television quiz shows could be curbed drastically after watchdogs launched investigations into the programmes that make millions at the expense of viewers
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Exposed: High Street spying secrets [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Colin Shaw, a specialist in 'extreme mystery shopping', believes many chief executives are unaware of how customers respond to their stores or the quality of service
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Market report: Friday close [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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The momentum of this week's commodity-shares-driven rally lifted the FTSE 100 index above 6000 points today for the first time since MayREADER SERVICE: Share dealing
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New age laws are threat to tribunals [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Age discrimination laws - in force today - will cause the employment tribunal system to collapse unless the Government injects huge amounts of cash
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Save a pound, get one free [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain is on course to introduce a lavishly subsidised savings scheme where every pound put away is matched by a pound from the state
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New energy price rise blow [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Seven million homes will see their gas and electricity bills rise after Scottish & Southern Energy confirmed details of another price hike
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The Apprentice splits with Sir Alan [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Apprentice winner Michelle Dewberry is quitting Sir Alan Sugar's company to set up her own business consultancyGUIDES: Your employment rights
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BA staff to work 10 years longer [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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The airline has revealed plans to tackle its 'massive' pension deficit by making staff work until 65 for a smaller payout
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Agents snub new customer code [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Homebuyers and sellers will benefit from clearer information from this weekend - but 40% of agents are not signed up to the scheme
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Trapped by a never-ending loan [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Millions of homeowners are being caught in a never-ending-mortgage trap and will still be making repayments in their 70s
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Firms breaking rules on age [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Many businesses have not changed practices that will be outlawed by 'confusing' new anti-age discrimination laws that come into effect this weekend
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Water firms keep £1bn leak funds [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Water companies have banked £1bn which should have been spent fixing leaks and upgrading the systemDEAL FINDER: Cut your water bills
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Mortgage lending starts to slow [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Signs that the August interest rate hike may have dampened the property market were seen today as figures show that lending slowed in August
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On your roof for £1,500, B&Q's windmill [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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They have a wingspan of almost 6ft, hum in the breeze and could be landing soon on a rooftop near you - whether you like it or not
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Better wages but worse off [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Families' disposable incomes have fallen this year thanks to the rising tide of tax, Government figures have confirmed
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Lenovo recalls 500,000 batteries [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Lenovo Group and IBM are recalling more than half a million notebook computer batteries made by Sony after a computer caught fire
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Emap suffers lads mag blues [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Media group Emap - publisher of Closer and FHM - said a strong performance by womens glossies had offset the poor sales of lads mags and car titles
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Homes cost extra £13,000 [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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The cost of the average home has increased by £35 every day over the past 12 months - leaving buyers searching for an extra £13,000
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Ikea profits slide on image problem [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Ikea, the home furnishings retailer everyone appears to love to hate, has seen its profits in the UK plunge by a third
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Maternity pay boost for mums [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Mothers of babies born next year will be entitled to an extra three months' maternity pay under changes announced today
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Jessops pictures poor sales [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Photographic retailer Jessops today said its sales performance had been hit by a surprise softening in its market over the past two months
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EU threatens to break up the energy giants [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Europe's energy giants risk being broken up because of their refusal to submit to greater competition, a top EU official has warned
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Credit pushers no different to drug dealers [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Like drug dealers skulking at schoolyard gates, the worst advertisements for credit target the vulnerable
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Two basic rules worth heeding [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Midas looks back on the past 15 months to see which shares have been the best bets, with BP and Vodafone both proving solid investments
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Leopards of Labour pounce on business [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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Business has a major role to play in tackling climate change, but they should not be unilaterally be subjected to onerous and costly new rules
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Save the London Stock Exchange [10/01/2006 01:17 PM]
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It is too important to allow a group of fly-by-night investors hoping for a quick killing to decide its future
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