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Victory in care fees fight [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Campaigners today welcomed a major victory in the fight over who pays care home fees, but warned many families would not benefit
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Xmas fuels insolvency numbers [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Up to 30,000 personal insolvencies are expected in the first three months of the year, with a third caused by Christmas excess
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Market report: Wednesday latest [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Another year of impressive growth is in prospect for Britain's high-flying grocers in 2007 and that, in turn, should be good news for stock market investors
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Scale of rail rip-off exposed [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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The row over rail fares grew today as it was revealed that long-distance travel in Britain is three times more expensive by train than by plane
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Bonuses lead to tax 'Inquisition' [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tax inspectors are being offered bonuses of up to £2,000 to squeeze money out of workers, earning up to 3% of their salary if they track down more unpaid tax
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Rescue on menu at Little Chef [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Little Chef was last night cooking up a last-ditch deal with a new investor to rescue the majority of its roadside restaurants
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Lloyds boss to face iPod music [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Lloyds TSB has struggled to sign up customers to its 'free iPod' student account, leaving about 44,000 machines gathering dust
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Online Christmas sales hit £7.5bn [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Online retail sales topped £7.5bn at Christmas, an increase of 50% on 2005 and higher than already-strong industry forecasts
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Barclays pays savers 12.5% [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Barclays has again upped the stakes in the savings war, raising the rate on its linked Regular Saver account by 25% to 12.5%
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Branson 'to create a world budget airline' [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson is teaming up with easyJet and a south-east Asian airline to create one of the world's first global budget carriers
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House price boom cooling off [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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The rate of house price inflation in England and Wales slowed in November, official statistics indicated today
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Houses most overvalued in 15 years [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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House prices are at their most overvalued for 15 years, according to a new study that says costs are moving beyond the means of many families
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Rail fares rise again to 'cut overcrowding' [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Commuters returning to work today face rail fare rises for the fourth year running, with some increasing by as much as 7.3%
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Two more £1m bond winners [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Two women will be enjoying a very happy new year after winning the first £1m Premium Bond prizes for 2007
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Net tightens on cross-border scams [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fraudsters and rip-off merchants who run scams from abroad have 'nowhere to hide' as a result of regulations that have just come into effect
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Grow your roof and cut your tax [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners could soon slash their council tax bills and help the environment by planting 'green roofs' on their homes and offices
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Credit crunch hits Visa diners [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousand of people found their credit cards were refused on New Year's Eve after the Visa authorisation system went into meltdown
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Strike threat to tax rush [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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The processing of millions of tax returns could be hit by a nationwide strike of civil servants at the end of the month
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2006: Business year in review [01/03/2007 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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Banks clean up on overdrafts [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banks are sharply increasing the interest they charge on overdrafts. RBS-NatWest is putting up its average rate to 17.44% from today
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Web raffle falls flat [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tony Hetherington investigates a web raffle for a flat in Liverpool that he says is unlawful and will fail
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Brown packs his bags for Number 10 [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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After a decade in the wings, delivering ever longer, rapid fire, budgets, 2007 should be the year when Gordon Brown moves into Number 10
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Midas' top picks for 2007 [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Our top stockpicker chooses five shares to shine in the coming 12 months, including Barclays, Halfords and Biffa
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The risk of costly deals [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail on Sunday editor says the wave of mergers will continue in 2007 but that the risks will rise
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Winds of change at the Treasury [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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Economics editor Dan Atkinson looks at the prospects for the Department of Trade and Industry when Brown steps down
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2007 - a year for justice [01/03/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail's personal finance editor wants justice for thousands of pension victims in 2007
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