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Battle over Tesco towns begins [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The power of Tesco to put local shops out of business and stifle competition is highlighted in an official report today
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10m families to pay death tax [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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A record 10m families face massive inheritance tax bills, a report has warned, as rising house values see soaring numbers caught in the 'death tax trap'
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Market report: Tuesday latest [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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12.15:US value investor Brandes Investment Partners, which called M&S's resurgence, has turned its attention to another struggling retailer - HMV
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4x4s are least reliable cars [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The 'Chelsea tractor' brands Jeep and Land-Rover come bottom of a reliability league table for manufacturers published today
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M&S moves to plug pension gap [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Marks & Spencer has acted to plug the £700m hole in its pension scheme by handing part of its property empire to the retirement fund
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Energy customers facing £32bn green levy [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Households are handing hundreds of millions of pounds in excess subsidies to green power generators every year, the energy watchdog warned
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Pension poverty warning [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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A former pensions adviser to the Government says 80% of people may not have enough money to live on in retirement
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'Big names' to face PPI fines [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Ten 'big name' lenders face million pound fines from the financial watchdog and thousands of claims for compensation for mis-selling loan insurance
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Rate rise can't halt house prices [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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A property shortage is driving up house prices despite the recent rises in interest rates, a report warns today
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UK economy 'in rude health' [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The UK economy is in 'rude health' but wage demands must be kept under control, an independent analysis of Treasury figures suggested today
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Council tax to go up 3.5% [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Council tax bill rises will be kept down to around 3.5% this year but elderly people could pay the price in reduced services, a survey claimed today
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Revealed: Secret casino plan [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Government plans for Las Vegas-style casinos were dealt a blow with Tony Blair's casinos chief admitting they could lead to an increase in gambling addiction
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Big beasts are key to stock market growth [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Monday view:Just how good value is the UK stock market? On the face if it, one can make a good case for it being cheap, says Simon Rubinsohn, senior strategist at Barclays Wealth
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Insurers' £2bn storm bill [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Insurers could face a bill approaching £2 bn after the violent storms that shook Britain last week
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Women too ashamed to go broke [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of women advised to declare themselves bankrupt refuse because they see it as a sign of shame and failure
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [01/23/2007 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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Royal Mail loses big business deals [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Royal Mail has 'lost' 2.bn business letters - one in eight - to private competition in the past 12 months, raising fears of a slump in profits
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Nurse strike threat over pensions gap [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Staff at the country's biggest nursing union have voted for strike action after discovering a £51m black hole in their pension fund
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'Protect TV quiz viewers' [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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MPs will this week publish a damning report into TV quiz shows that is expected to call for tighter regulation of the controversial games that one said were 'tantamount to theft'
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America raises the stakes [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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As much as we are a nation which enjoys a flutter, it would be nice to think that our skills base reached beyond gambling
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30 Second guide to...ACAS [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail City team to a look at the body that steps into dispute between employers and trade unions
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Brand-hungry Premier set for strong growth [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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There are some things for which supermarket own brands just wont do - Midas takes a look at Premier Foods, manufactuer of Branston pickle, Bird's custard and Ambrosia creamed rice
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Fund boss emerges with a warning on markets [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fund managers are usually reluctant to talk down markets. So when someone such as Jorma Korhonen puts his head above the parapet, investors should sit up and listen
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I'm incredibly wealthy, so send me £24 [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's ace investigator Tony Hetherington tackles the protection racket that has branched out into an bogus prize give-a-ways
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Cameron's in a tailspin with the City's grandees [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Possibly because he spent so much time as a public relations executive, Conservative leader David Cameron appears to hold such a distinctly jaundiced view of business
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Green growth is a shade false [01/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Marks & Spencer is going green, as is Tesco. HSBC has gone green. You may conclude the new fashion is not so much deeply green and deeply phoney
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