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House prices jump £3,500 [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Homebuyers already feeling the pinch of higher interest rates must find an extra £3,500 to purchase the average property
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Bank rate kept on hold [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged at 5% as borrowers digest the increased costs from last month's hike
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Market report: Thursday latest [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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10.30:Caffe Nero held steady at 265p despite receiving a bid approach from its own management worth 270p a share and valuing the company at £225m
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Backlash on Brown travel taxes [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Frequent fliers, drivers and travel and transport firms have reacted angrily to the raising of air and fuel taxes in yesterday's Pre-Budget Report
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Christmas snobs shun chocs [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Health fads and snobbery mean festive sweets such as bumper tins of Quality Street are no longer as popular as they were
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Cahoot loan hike angers customers [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Cahoot has angered its flexible loan customers by giving them just two weeks' notice of plans to raise their interest rate by 50%
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Inflation-busting council tax on the way [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Another wave of above-inflation council tax rises is being planned by local authorities, with rates expected to increase by 5.8%
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Brown carries on with state sell-off [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Household names such as the Met Office, Ordnance Survey and DVLA could be next on the block in Brown's State sell-off
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Gas guzzler sales in reverse [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Sales of gas-guzzling 'Chelsea Tractors' have slumped as 4x4 owners feels the effects of 'green' taxes from Government and local councils
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My £1m lottery shock [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Salesman Steve Moseley thought he'd won a jackpot prize and told his boss to stick his job - then he discovered the awful truth
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What happens when money gets tight? [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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PBR Comment:How much more comfortable would the Chancellor have been had he saved for the potential rainy days?
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Giants could set up shop on country sites [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds more out-of-town supermarkets and shopping centres could be built under the proposed planning shake-up
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BA slams plans to raise Heathrow fees [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Plans to increase airline charges at Heathrow by 50% into the next decade, forcing up air fares, have been shot down by British Airways as completely unjustified
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NTL abandons ITV bid [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Cable operator NTL has abandoned its £4.7bn bid for ITV. Its decision comes after Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB bought a 17.9% stake in the broadcaster
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Customs warn on US shopping [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Bargain-hunting Brits flocking to New York have been warned they will be met with a Customs crackdown when they fly back with their goods
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Piggy bank saving as you spend [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Lloyds TSB customers will be given the opportunity to automatically save their small change in a 21st century piggy bank
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Woolies warns of Xmas crisis [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Woolworths today sent shockwaves through the retail world as it issued an emergency Christmas profit warning and said sales were down more than 6%
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Banned property firm took £10m [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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A property investment business exposed by Tony Hetherington took £10m from nearly 200 people who believed they could earn 30% interest on their cash
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Dubai closes in on Liverpool FC [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Liverpool are on the verge of becoming the sixth Premiership club in foreign hands after a Dubai state firm confirmed they are in exclusive takeover talks
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HSBC sees debt-crisis worsening [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest bank sees more consumers choosing to go bankrupt or apply for individual voluntary arrangements rather than pay off their debts
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£183m to be spent online today [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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If you're planning to do a spot of Christmas shopping on the internet after reading this, you won't be alone
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£50,000 plasma TV is world's biggest [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Viewers can watch life-size action on a screen that is more than 8ft wide - but only Premiership footballers may be able to afford one
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Homeowners hit by dual tax [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Millions of homeowners face a 'double whammy' of taxes from the soaring property market, with stamp duty and inheritance hitting hard
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Budget squeeze puts Brown on the ropes [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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Selling off public assets is never easy - But if Gordon Brown wants to sell of the Met Office and others, he should open it to private investors as well.
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30 Second guide to Pre-Budget Report [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail's City team explain why the financial world takes so much notice of the Chancellor's Autumn statement.
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Take note... this is a sticky business [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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The ace investigator takes a closer look at an American-based scheme that claims to offer help with Government Assistance Programmes
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Midas: Reits are still looking good [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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A robust bequest from Brown [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
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We may never know when or why Brown came down against abolishing the pound. The fact that he did may well be his most enduring legacy
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