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Growth surge shoos in rate rise [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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An interest rate rise appears almost certain next month as figures show the economy growing at its fastest rate for more than two years
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Corus assures workers on jobs [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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Upbeat bosses at steel-maker Corus reassured workers over pensions and jobs today after the firm agreed to a £4.3bn takeover offer
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Market report: Friday latest [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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11.45:The performance of Corus shares continued to suggest today that investors remained on standby for a rival approach to Tata's £4.3bn offer
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Brown racks up £25.4bn deficit [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Chancellor has racked up his worst budget deficit in more than a decade - and may be forced to cut spending as a result.
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Car costs motor ahead [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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The cost of motoring is soaring, with drivers spending an average of £5,500 a year to keep their car on the road
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Google clicks with £3000 per minute [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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Google has turned in another stellar performance, revealing it is making more than £3000 every minute of the day
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Homeloans hit another record [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners borrowed a record monthly amount again in September, but mortgage lending slipped back slightly from the previous month
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OFT closes net on rip-off PPI [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Competition Commission will now investigate payment protection insurance after the Office of Fair Trading found the product to be failing consumers
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Shock sales slip as High St feels heat [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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British shops suffered a shock decline in sales last month with clothes stores bearing most of the pain thanks to dull fashions and unseasonally warm weather
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Credit giants hit Russian music site [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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Credit card giant Visa has joined the battle against a Russian website accused of profiting by selling cut-price music downloads illegally
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O2 kicks off roaming price war [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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O2 is cutting its European roaming charges in a move that is likely to prompt a price war as mobile phone operators battle for customers
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Tories back off flights levy in tax plan [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Tories hurriedly backed away from slapping higher tax on cheap flights today after warnings that families would be outraged
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The Yes Car nightmare [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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It's nearly a year since Yes Car Credit closed its doors, but hundreds of customers' lives are still being made a misery
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7,000 hit by bank's blunder [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners have had their bank accounts cleaned out by Britain's biggest mortgage lender after it repeatedly withdrew repayments
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Outrage at Xmas club bosses [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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Around 150,000 furious families absorbing the news this week that they have lost their Christmas savings are demanding answers from the board of Farepak
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Family business valued at £340m [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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A family-run business which started life as a curtain stall in a Leicester market was today valued on the stock market at £340m
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Brown hints at business tax cut [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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Chancellor Gordon Brown offered an olive branch to the insurance industry by promising to review its tax burden
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Elderly need extra £100 for winter fuel [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Government should give pensioners an extra £100 in winter fuel payments to combat rocketing gas and electricity costs, according to Age Concern
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Top bosses' pay soars [10/20/2006 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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Brief honeymoon for banks [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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Just 24 hours after the good and the great of finance were lording it up on Downing Street, High Street banks are back in the doghouse
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30-second guide to ... Brown's debt pains [10/20/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's love affair with debt has gripped the Treasury - Chancellor Gordon Brown racked up his biggest deficit this year, at £25.4bn
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Post putting a hardman to the test [10/20/2006 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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