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Gas profits spark bills row [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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British Gas owner Centrica will face massive pressure this week to signal a cut in energy bills when it predicts record profits
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Massive Post Office closures leaked [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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Royal Mail chiefs were locked in a furious row with the Government last night over its controversial plans to close thousands of post offices
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Market report: Friday close [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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Pressure grew today on London Stock Exchange boss Clara Furse to open up the company books to would be buyer Nasdaq
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Supermarkets' sweatshop shame [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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Workets are paid just 5p an hour to churn out cheap clothes for major High Street chains and supermarket giants, a charity has claimed
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Family tax bill rises by £200 [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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The tax burden on a typical family will be £200 a year higher than last year as a result of the Pre-Budget Report, says a leading think tank
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Windfarms 'wide of generating targets' [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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Some onshore windfarms are falling woefully short of their electricity generating targets, throwing into doubt Government targets
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Nintendo Wii on eBay at treble-price [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds of Nintendo consoles have already appeared on eBay at nearly three times the retail price, as problems with the remote are recorded
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Heathrow to get third runway [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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A third runway is set to be approved at Heathrow, increasing the number of daily flights by 500 a day - but it faces fierce opposition
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Gamers rocked by football blow [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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Online gambling companies were delivered another hammer blow today as it emerged they could be stopped from advertising on football shirts
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Tax blow to family holidays [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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Families who have already paid for holidays next year will be hit by Gordon Brown's rise in air tax
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Online shoppers taking risks [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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Christmas shoppers have been abandoning the High Street and turning to the web but many are ignoring basic online safety rules
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Flat-screen makers battle it out [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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The latest salvo in the flat-panel TV battle has been fired - by plasma screen makers trying to regain lost ground from LCD makers
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NatWest hikes overdraft rate [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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NatWest has hiked its interest rate for agreed overdrafts for the second time in the space of three months
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Bank rate kept on hold [12/10/2006 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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Stop your nuisance calls [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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Five businesses that pestered people in their homes have been ordered to leave them in peace or face prosecution
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Cahoot loan hike angers customers [12/10/2006 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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Christmas snobs shun chocs [12/10/2006 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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House prices jump £3,500 [12/10/2006 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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Inflation-busting council tax on the way [12/10/2006 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 [12/10/2006 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 [12/10/2006 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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Brown carries on with state sell-off [12/10/2006 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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Backlash on Brown travel taxes [12/10/2006 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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Giants could set up shop on country sites [12/10/2006 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 [12/10/2006 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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A tarnished Golden Rule [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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Judged on his own criteria of prudence and an end to spin, the Pre-Budget Report must be regarded as a low point of Gordon Brown's decade at the Treasury.
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30 Second guide to... the output gap. [12/10/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail's City team take a closer look at the measure that helps set interest rates and marks the end of the economic cycle.
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Take note... this is a sticky business [12/10/2006 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 [12/10/2006 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 [12/10/2006 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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