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New flight tax 'could be illegal' - Gordon Brown faces legal challenges from airlines tour operators over controversial doubling of air passenger duty which comes into effect today AstraZeneca shed 3,000 jobs - Pharmaceuticals group AstraZeneca said today plans cut 3,000 jobs from its workforce over next three years, as announced 28% rise profits



New flight tax 'could be illegal'  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown faces legal challenges from airlines and tour operators over a controversial doubling of air passenger duty which comes into effect today
AstraZeneca to shed 3,000 jobs  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Pharmaceuticals group AstraZeneca said today it plans to cut 3,000 jobs from its workforce over the next three years, as it announced a 28% rise in profits
Market report: Thursday latest  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
13.00:A rise of almost 100 points on Wall Street overnight and strong support for shares in Asian markets this morning spilled over into London
Shell reports record £13bn profit  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Royal Dutch Shell today slashed its production targets because of ongoing problems in Nigeria and its recent dust-up in Russia - taking the shine off record profits
Gadget firms 'ripping off' Britons  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
British consumers are being ripped off by gadget-makers who charge higher prices here than anywhere else, it was claimed today
Google pulls in £3,400 an hour  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Online search giant Google has again surged past expectations, trebling net profits in the last three months of 2006 to more than $1bn
John Lewis is the nation's favourite  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
With its emphasis on quality and being 'never knowingly undersold' John Lewis is the nation's favourite store, according to Which?
Money is our biggest worry  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain is in the grip of an epidemic of stress with half of us saying we are more stressed than five years ago and one in five saying they are under strain every day
Uninsured cars to be clamped  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Drivers who fail to renew their car insurance could be fined £100 - even if they have stopped using their car
Energy group to cut prices  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) today signalled its intention to cut prices for the first time in six years
Triple risk alert to firms and consumers  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Terrorist attacks, a flu pandemic and spiralling debts are the three main risks facing UK firms and consumers the Financial Services Authority warned today
Union fears as Tata wins Corus  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of British steelworkers were today left pondering their future under new Indian masters after Tata Steel won the shootout for control of Corus
BA in hot water over director perks  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
BA was today accused of gross insensitivity after it was revealed that the airline is planning to offer senior directors unlimited free first-class travel worldwide
Over 1m bill payments missed  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Consumers have failed to pay over one million bills in January as the extravagant spending over Christmas hit home
Property repossessions soar  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
New figures show the number of families suffering the misery of mortgage repossession and the threat of homelessness has risen sharply
Refunds for store card holders  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Holders of store cards from most leading High Street retailers could be in line for compensation after a card company was fined £610,000
Manchester gets supercasino  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Manchester was today announced as the shock choice to host Britain's first supercasino, after Blackpool and Greenwich had been billed as clear favourites
Microsoft Vista finally goes on sale  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Microsoft's much-delayed new version of Windows was launched today to the British public
Carphone fined over silent calls  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Carphone Warehouse was one of four firms fined by the telecoms regulator today for making silent autmated calls
BAA scales down Stansted plan  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
The airports operator hopes to win support for its £1.4bn expansion plan by cutting the amount land it will need for a second runway
Varin's Indian rope trick  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
One can understand why the management at Corus were so enthusiastic about this deal at 608p - But you have to question why it was willing to throw in the towel at a much lower price
30 Second Guide ToFiscal Drag  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team examine how Gordon Brown is allowing more and more of us to fall into paying more tax
PDS and Orpery exposed  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
This week ace investigator Tony Hetherington follows up on tha case of the PDS investment scheme and its parent company Orpery
Welcome gloom amid the boom  [02/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Rightmove.co.uk is a property website and is jolly good at what it does. Sell your home and buy another is its message