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Shares pip property in 2006 [12/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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The stock market just shaded residential property in 2006, but it was an excellent year for both asset classes
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2006: Business year in review [12/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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A year of frenetic takeover activity has helping the FTSE 100 Index to rise by 10%. Here are some of the highlights from a rollercoaster few months
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Market report: Friday close [12/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Will Quintain Estates and Development still be a stock market-quoted company by this time next year?
>> Top 2007 share picks and predictions
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Record levels for bad debts [12/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Banks wrote off a record £1.4bn of customers' bad debt in 2006 as thousands of consumers took advantage of debt-relief tools like bankruptcy and IVAs
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Mortgage lending hits new record [12/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Mortgage lending by banks hit record levels in November but consumer credit remained subdued, new figures today indicated
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Massive rail fare rises slammed [12/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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A chief passenger watchdog has launched a stinging attack today on massive public transport fare increases.
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Crush hour in the sales [12/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Spending in the sales is predicted to be up 50% on last year as the post-Christmas shopping boom continues
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Pensions gap cut by half [12/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Pension deficits of the UK's top firms fell by almost half in 2006, according to figures out today
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Women race into top business league [12/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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For the first time, women make up about one in four on an annual list of Top 100 Entrepreneurs, a 25% increase on the 2004 figure
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Householders face 4% hike in council tax [12/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners face council tax rises of more than 4% in April because of an increasing reliance on private sector contracts
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House prices up 10.5% in 2006 [12/30/2006 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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Little Chef on brink as bid fails [12/30/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Little Chef roadside restaurants chain was today on the brink of collapse and expected to call in the administrators
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Shopping at £800 a second [12/30/2006 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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The public sector pension burden [12/30/2006 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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Fat cat bosses pile on the pounds [12/30/2006 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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US grounds Branson's low-cost airline plan [12/30/2006 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 [12/30/2006 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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Property boom set for 2007 [12/30/2006 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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Energy price wars ahead in 2007 [12/30/2006 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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Holiday firm axes 'fuel charge' [12/30/2006 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 [12/30/2006 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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Barclays hit by Xmas email scam [12/30/2006 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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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [12/30/2006 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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30 Second Guide to Chinas currency basket [12/30/2006 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 [12/30/2006 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 [12/30/2006 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 [12/30/2006 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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