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House prices up 10.5% in 2006 [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The typical cost of a home rose by 10.5% last year after another sharp jump in December house prices
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Fat cat bosses pile on the pounds [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Executives' earnings are rising 17 times faster than the pay of the people who work for them, says the TUC
>> ARCHIVE: Best-paid jobs revealed
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Market report: Thursday latest [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Far from petering out, the number of leveraged buyouts are set to grow by at least a further £18bn in 2007. So says US broking house Goldman Sachs
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The public sector pension burden [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Gold-plated public sector pensions cost every family an average of £900 a year, it emerged last night
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Shopping at £800 a second [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Retailers enjoyed their busiest day in history yesterday as bargain-hunters besieged shops in search of savings
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US grounds Branson's low-cost airline plan [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Sir Richard Branson's US plans have suffered another setback, with regulators throwing out an application by his budget airline
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Brawling over the bargains [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Angry scuffles marred the start of the first full day of the sales as huge crowds of bargain hunters jostled for the massive discounts
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Barclays hit by Xmas email scam [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Conmen have targeted Barclays customers over Christmas by trying to persuade them to hand over their account details.
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Property boom set for 2007 [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's unprecedented property boom looks set to continue with one in three people expecting house prices to power ahead in 2007
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Holiday firm axes 'fuel charge' [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest tour operator is scrapping fuel supplements on its holidays - a month after a watchdog called for action against 'false holiday prices'
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Christmas PCs in virus threat [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of computers given as Christmas presents are creating a computer virus timebomb, experts warned today
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Energy price wars ahead in 2007 [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britains big six energy suppliers are poised to launch a price war in the coming weeks that should send household bills tumbling by the spring.
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First-time buyers at record low [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The number of first-time buyers has fallen to its lowest level since records began, with the average house price approaching £200,000
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Pensions black hole shrinks by £20bn [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The combined pension deficits of the UK's biggest companies fell dramatically in 2006 thanks to an improvement in equity markets and higher contributions
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
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Boom goes on for Brown [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The economy is growing at 2.9%, its fastest pace in two years, the latest Government figures show
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Firm sells kayaks to eskimos [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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A UK firm is enjoying an unusual export success by selling sea kayaks back to the people who first created them
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Licence fee to rise less than inflation [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The BBC's income is to go up less than 2.5% a year on average in a six-year deal hammered out by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell
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DVLA sells 8,000 names in six weeks [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The DVLA has sold the names and addresses of nearly 8,000 drivers to clamping and car park companies in just six weeks
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Ofcom boss to get tougher on broadband [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Ofcom boss Ed Richards has promised to 'up the ante' in the war against dodgy telephone and broadband suppliers, which could mean hefty fines for mis-sellers
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Quarter of our pay goes to Chancellor [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown is grabbing almost a quarter of the average person's salary - the highest proportion for almost two decades
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Bank's £51m bonus king revealed [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The latest name connected to Goldman Sachs' jackpot bonus is French-born trader Pierre-Henri Flamand who heads the successful in-house hedge fund
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EU to slap emissions quotas on airlines [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The European Commission today unveiled proposals to add civil aviation to an EU emissions trading scheme which already puts a cap on CO2 output from heavy industry
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30 Second Guide to Chinas currency basket [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail's City team examine the mechanism that keep Chinese manufacturers compared with their US counterparts.
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Fashionably indebted Brits [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Debt is at a record level, personal bankruptcies are soaring, houses are being priced out of reach, but still we can't resist splashing out on top brands
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Small cap share tips: Growth ahead for Invocas [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Tips & tactics: Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report includes Invocas, Concurrent Technologies and Micap
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A worrying invitation [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
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Tony Hetherington investigates another boiler room swindle and the case of a disappearing jeweller.
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