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Farepak's helpline horror [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Victims of the Farepak scandal have been paying 30p a minute to call a phoneline set up to help them
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Branson steps up ITV war [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Sir Richard Branson and cable giant NTL will table formal complaints to media and competition regulators BSkyB's ITV stake
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Market report: Friday close [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Close:Word coming out of Mumbai today was that Tata Steel may be prepared to dig deep and offer as much as 550p a share for Corus
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Police swoop in probe into shares fraud [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Serious Fraud Office has carried out a series of raids in Barcelona as it investigates an alleged international shares swindle
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Alarm at 'quickie' bankruptcy [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Debts of up to £15,000 could be written off after a year with no need to go to court under the 'quickie' bankruptcy
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MPs square up to quiz show chiefs [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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TV quiz show bosses face a rough ride on Tuesday when the Media Select Committee investigates controversial phone-in
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Is housing boom cooling off? [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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House price and mortgage lending figures due tomorrow will be scrutinised for signs that the property market is slowing
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AA jump-start for £3bn float [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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The AA has lit the touchpaper on a £3bn sale or float next year, which would launch it into the FTSE 100
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Fresh boost for Isa savers [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Savers with cash in Isas from previous years will be able to transfer their money into potentially more lucrative stocks-and-shares Isas
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Insurers to run new pensions [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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The insurance industry is to be handed the job of running of the new Personal Accounts designed to save millions from the risk of pension poverty
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Tax raid on cars and flights [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown will target air passengers and people who drive petrol-thirsty cars in next month's Pre-Budget Report
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One in ten have gambled online [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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One in ten people have been drawn into gambling on the Internet, a study has found - six times more than official government estimates
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US websites offer festive bargains [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's Christmas bargain hunters could save hundreds of pounds by buying from American websites.
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Cameron defends debt web ad [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Conservative leader David Cameron has defended a web-based campaign about debt which uses the word 'tosser' to get its message across
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Rip-off ruling rocks Sky TV firm [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Quoted Sky television channel operator TV Commerce was considering its future today after telecoms regulators found it guilty of ripping off its viewers
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Billionaire Britain [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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A new study reveals London as the world's top hotspot for billionaires. So what's the pull in Britain's capital city?
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Firms need to brush up on the internet [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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The internet is having a major impact on UK industry, a survey shows today, but most firms admit they still have a lot to learn
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Clampdown on travel insurers [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Travel insurers who fail to make clear their policies do not cover terrorist attacks face a regulatory clampdown by the Treasury>> TOOLS: Find cheaper travel cover
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Flat-screen boom boosts retailers [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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John Lewis and Comet became the latest retailers to benefit from the boom in demand for flat screen TVs today as sales continued their World Cup surge
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Bogus charity lottery alert [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Charity chiefs have warned the public to be on the alert for a bogus lottery that uses the names of two of two leading UK charities
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The City needs a light touch [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail editor argues that the City works more effectively when its regulator adopts a light-touch approach
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Making monkeys of us all [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Economics editor Dan Atkinson says Gordon Brown's future of a 'creative industry' boom is just a myth
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It's death by a thousand cuts at Lloyds TSB [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail's personal finance editor, Jeff Prestridge, attacks Lloyds TSB for cutting too many branches
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Hard to get NIS has solid future [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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This week the Financial Mail's top stock picker looks at Northgate Information Solutions, a company that has rejected several offers
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Tony Hetherington investigates [11/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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The ace investigator looks into the case of a pensioner that has lost £12,000 to United Land Holdings
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