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Carphone buys AOL for £370m - Carphone Warehouse agreed today buy AOL's UK internet services from Time Warner for £370m, an effort expand its broadband presence Jamie's top tips boost Sainsbury's - Jamie Oliver's recipe advice has had sensational impact Sainsbury's sales, boosting sales of featured items by up tenfold



Carphone buys AOL for £370m  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Carphone Warehouse agreed today to buy AOL's UK internet services from Time Warner for £370m, in an effort to expand its broadband presence
Jamie's top tips boost Sainsbury's  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Jamie Oliver's recipe advice has had a sensational impact on Sainsbury's sales, boosting sales of featured items by up to tenfold
Market report: Wednesday 12.15  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Carphone Warehouse shares surged today after the company announced a deal to buy the UK arm of internet provider AOL for £370m
'High noon' for BA pension talks  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Crucial negotiations today on tackling the huge pension fund deficit at British Airways have reached 'high noon', unions are warning
TV quiz phone-ins face probe  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
TV quiz channels are facing a crackdown after claims that they are ripping off contestants with expensive phone-calls
Student's deadly debt  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
A student killed himself after his bank called in his £1,000 overdraft, an inquest heard yesterday
Inflation is still looming, warns King  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Inflation remains a serious threat to the UK, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King warned - sparking fears of a further base rate rise
Peugeot brings forward plant closure  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Unions have reacted angrily to Peugeot's announcement today that it will close its Ryton plant in January, six months earlier than it had promised
Newcomer pays savers 5.2%  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
An Icelandic bank has shaken up the UK savings market, launching a new online account paying a market-leading rate
Free mobile call revolution  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Free internet calls via a mobile phone are to be offered at thousands of London 'hot spots', in a move that could be copied across Britain
Banking costs hit small business  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Small companies are being hit by higher bank charges, with costs for overdraft borrowing rising by 10% to £8.8bn in 2005
VAT fraud continues to dent economy  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Half a billion pounds was added to the trade deficit today as the UK continued to count the impact of VAT fraud on the economy
Crooked share dealer shut down  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
An illegal share dealing operation exposed by columnist Tony Hetherington has been shut down by the High Court
Google buys YouTube for £880m  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Google is buying YouTube for £880m, indicating how important online video is expected to become as viewers and advertisers migrate from TV
Leading firms 'will flee UK taxes'  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The 'trickle' of companies abandoning Britain could become a 'flood' if the government does not reform its tax regime, the CBI has warned
Banking costs hit small business  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Small companies are being hit by higher bank charges, with costs for overdraft borrowing rising by 10% to £8.8bn in 2005
A quarter of critical illness claims rejected  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Norwich Union, the UK's largest insurer, has revealed that nearly a quarter of all claims on critical illness policies are turned down
Homes almost at £200,000 mark  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The cost of a home leapt further towards the £200,000 barrier according to official figures publishes by the Government today
Pensions alert over 'dumping' schemes  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The Pensions Regulator is to investigate deals that could lead to pension schemes being abandoned by employers, it was announced today
The cost of confusion  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Savings accounts and mortgages can be so concealed by smoke and mirrors that it is impossible to know how much you're earning or paying
The great Google gamble  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
There is something ludicrous about YouTube, a company that does not know how much profit it will ever make, being valued so highly
The right of first refusal  [10/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City team explain a rare sighting of a phenomenon not normally seen in British business deals