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Carphone 'could lose Orange too' [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Mobile phone operator Orange looks likely to follow Vodafone and adding to Carphone Warehouse's troubles by cutting off supplies
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Boom times for 'ethical' food [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Sales of 'ethical' food goods will hit £2bn this year, as consumers try to shop with a clear conscience, according to a report out today
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Market report: Friday latest [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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12.30pm:The FTSE 100 Index traded at its highest level for more than five years today following a record-breaking performance on Wall Street overnight
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Internet sales soar 56% to £102bn [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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The increasing importance of e-commerce was shown today as figures revealed the value of internet sales soared by 56% last year to £103bn
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Royal Mail chief's snub to public [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Royal Mail's chairman provoked outrage yesterday with an astonishing claim that 'the people we deliver to are not our customers'
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Lenders to blame for bad debts [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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High Street banks' calls for tough controls on debt firms have been dismissed by the Government, which says lenders are to blame for the problem
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Shoppers to pay for plastic bags [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Consumers could be charged for plastic bags at supermarket and shop checkouts in a crackdown being urged by ministers
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Prices rise as gazumping returns [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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House prices have risen at the fastest rate in more than four years, with gazumping returning as more buyers chase fewer properties
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Airport charges for picking up friends [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Friends and family collecting passengers from one of the UK's biggest airports will no longer be able to wait a few minutes free of charge
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Alert over loan cover bandits [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Concerns that claims companies are set to profit from targeting customers mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) were aired today
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Watchdog warns on struggling post offices [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's post offices are struggling to survive because of a lack of direction and support from the Government, the network's watchdog has warned
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Northern Irish Big Four slammed [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Northern Ireland's Big Four banks were condemned today for imposing higher charges and paying lower levels of interest to personal customers
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OFT to investigate fewer cases [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Office of Fair Trading is to cut back dramatically on its competition probes and investigations into cartels
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Windfall tax on banks ruled out [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Labour's Chancellor-in-waiting, Ed Balls, has said he will not seek to put the heat on profiteering banks
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Shell trumpets green opportunities [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Tackling climate change could create a market worth £30bn for UK business in the coming decade, according to research released by fuel giant Shell today
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Oil at year lows as Opec dithers [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Oil was remains near its 2006 low this morning, as Opec deliberates on how much to cut output in order to stop prices falling further
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The UK's credit card boom [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Booming credit means that we have been putting more on our plastic than ever before, according to figures released today
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Massive hacker attack on Britain [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Scotland Yard today issued an urgent alert over a mass attack by an online crime gang targeting banking and credit card details
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Fading fame for Prudential [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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As its influence wanes in the City and suburbia, the insurer's chairman may have no choice but to accept a takeover offer
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Visa joining the stock market [10/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail City team explain why the brand on millions of credit cards plans to sell shares in a public offering
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