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House details sold secret - Estate agents are secretly passing details of million of homes council tax inspectors under deal with property website Rightmove.co.uk EMI talks over 300p-plus takeover - EMI, home The Beatles Robbie Williams, could be sold private equity firm Permira for more 300p share, valuing group at about £2.4bn



House details sold in secret  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Estate agents are secretly passing on details of million of homes to council tax inspectors under a deal with property website Rightmove.co.uk
EMI talks over 300p-plus takeover  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
EMI, home to The Beatles and Robbie Williams, could be sold to private equity firm Permira for more than 300p a share, valuing the group at about £2.4bn
Market report: Friday close  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
17:00Siberian oil producer Imperial Energy revealed it will quit Aim for the main market next yearADVICE: The cheapest way to buy shares
Save in the US - not online from the UK  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
For those unable to enjoy a US shopping spree, is there a way in this internet-connected world to take advantage of the plunging dollar?
Tycoons courts £1bn sell-off  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Reclusive tycoon Mike Ashley is considering a sale or flotation of his Sports World International retailing empire
Is the $2 pound a good thing?  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
As the Bank of England meets this week to discuss borrowing costs, the strength of the pound has lengthened the odds on another rise in interest rates
Sales can wait, say High Street giants  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Shoppers' hopes that the High Street giants will launch a glut of full-blown sales in the run-up to Christmas have been dashed
Five win Premium Bond £1m  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Five Premium Bond holders - four of them women - became millionaires today in the biggest-ever giveaway by Ernie
Insurer wipes carbon footprint  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
insurance giant Royal & Sun Alliance today claimed to be the first carbon-neutral insurer in the country, having slashed its carbon emissions
£1.35-a-mile road toll proposed  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Pay-as-you-drive road charges of up to £1.35 a mile became inevitable today as they won the backing of Gordon Brown's transport guru.
Offy braced for email discount deluge  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Threshers off-licence chain was today braced for a rush of customers after a 40% discount offer was widely circulated via email
Flat fees for unlimited mobile calls  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Mobile phone bills will be based on a flat rate monthly charge within a matter of years, Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin has predicted
Way out of the property crisis  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Comment:Despite prices rising in the capital by 10% in a year, government can do more to resolve the chronic housing shortage
Buy-to-let prisons on the way  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
John Reid is to beg the public to buy shares in new prisons after failing to secure funding from the Treasury
Millionaire show makes Carrott £17m  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Comedian Jasper Carrott today emerged as one of the biggest winners of Who Wants To be a Millionaire? as he sold his stake in the business in a £112m deal.
If only had the cash I'd bid on it  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
More than 900 pieces of Hollywood memorabilia worth £1.7million are going under the hammer in a Christmas Internet auction.
Bank governor: Families face debt crisis  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Rising debts are causing 'serious' problems for families but are not yet weighing on economic growth, says the Bank of England10 steps to get out of debt
Royal Mail's 'first class' service  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Doubts were raised last night about figures published by Royal Mail showing a record-breaking performance delivering first-class post
Warning on goats for Christmas  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Critics claim that buying a goat, cow or half a dozen chickens through schemes run by Oxfam, Christian Aid and others do more harm than good
Pension rescue fund pays out  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
A small band of pensioners today became the first to receive payments direct from the fund set up to rescue failed company schemes
China gold move puts heat on dollar  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Sterling moved within touching distance of $2 today, as the US dollar continued to weaken against the pound, yen and euro
Housing market revs up  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
House prices jumped by 1.4% in November, nearly twice the pace in October, pushing up the rate of increase to its highest for nearly two years
£1.2m fund to tackle loan sharks  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Moves to crack down on loan sharks will be stepped up today with the creation of specialist enforcement teams to combat illegal lending
Keep dramas on screen, not the boardroom  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
In the ensuing euphoria over Michael Grade's appointment to ITV, shareholders are absolutely right not to lose sight of conventional corporate governance standards
Midas: Reits are still looking good  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
This week the Financial Mail stockpicker takes a look at how the change of tax status of property companies will affect share prices in the sector
Beware Murdoch machine  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
Attacking British broadcasting, regulators and No.10 is not always the best way to get what you want. But for James Murdoch, the best form of defence is attack.
30 Second guide to Doorstep Lending  [12/03/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail's City team look at the sharp suited lenders that are currently the subject of Government scurtiny.