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Top bosses' pay soars [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Top bosses' pay rose by 43% last year, with the chief executives of the UK's 100 largest listed companies earning an average of £2.9m
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Postmasters march on Westminster [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of postmasters will demand urgent action from the Government today to safeguard the country's post offices
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Market report: Wed latest [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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11.30am:Stronger mining stocks were again the major factor in a rise for the Footsie after the open
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Ryanair forced to offer fairer terms [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Competition chiefs have forced budget airline Ryanair to change its contract terms 'to give air travellers a fairer deal'
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Brown and Cameron battle for business [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown and David Cameron went head to head today to win the City's support. The Chancellor will cut red tape while the Tories might axe tax on share buying
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Inflation bonus for state pension [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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The basic state pension is to rise by £3 a week on the back of the highest inflation rate for six years
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Jobless total at six-year high [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Unemployment jumped by 45,000 to its worst level for six years, even though more people are in work, new figures revealed today
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UK 'failing over white-collar fraud' [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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The FSA today admitted Britain's attempts to convict white-collar fraudsters through the criminal courts are failing
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Card applications 'dent' credit ratings [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Credit card customers could risk damaging their credit ratings by applying for the best deals on the market
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Monday lottery could go under [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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A lottery which promised better odds and higher contributions to charity is facing administration - just five months after its launch
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160,000 hit by broadband cut [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Around 160,000 people across the UK have lost their internet broadband service after a network equipment failure
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New single voice for consumers [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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The National Consumer Council, Postwatch and Energywatch will be abolished and brought under a single scheme, the government has announced
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Equitable swaps gags for cash [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Pensions provider Equitable Life is allegedly slapping 'gagging orders' on customers pursuing mis-selling cases in return for compensation
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Thames Water sold for £8bn [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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New fears about the future of Thames Water have been raised after the UK's biggest water company was sold by its German owners to an Australian bank
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Xmas hamper club goes bust [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Up to 170,000 families are suddenly facing a bleak Christmas as the hamper firm to which they have paid contributions all year goes bust
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Chocolate prices to jump [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Chocolate prices are set to rise following mass strikes by cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast, the country that produces 40% of the world's supply
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Inflation drops on petrol dip [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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The rate of inflation dropped last month as the price of petrol at the pump fell and the Bank of England's August interest rate rise reined in consumer spending
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Adviser firm punished for pensions advice [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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A Peterborough financial adviser has been censured by the FSA for the advice it gave to people to withdraw their pensions early
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Brown's pension raid 'cost savers £100bn' [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown's ruthless raid on pension schemes has cost the country's savers at least £100bn, a report claimed yesterday
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The 'real' inflation will push up rates [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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Not everyone is going to be complaining about the September inflation figures, even if they do make an interest rate rise next month more certain
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30-second guide to .... stagflation [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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It was big in the 1970s, although not one of the highlights of the disco, big hair and Raleigh Chopper era, what is Stagflation?
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Post putting a hardman to the test [10/18/2006 01:17 PM]
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From politics, according to Jane Austen, it is an easy step to silence. That lesson would be well learned by many of our leading businessmen, says Lisa Buckingham
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