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Ryanair profits on baggage fee [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Controversial baggage charges - adding up to 25% to its average fare - are helping Europe's biggest budget airline to post record profits
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Interest rates 'to stay on hold' [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Most market commentators expect the Bank of England will keep interest rates at 5.25% on Thursday
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Market report: Monday latest [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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10.15:Could the BP bear run in shares be about to come to an end? That was the question being posed after one of the City's big guns changed its recommendation on the shares>>
Sunday newspaper share tips
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Ombudsman calls for stricter lending rules [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The UK's Banking Code is failing to protect consumers from being mis-sold credit cards and loans, the Financial Ombudsman Service has warned
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Bookies switch off Sky Sports channels [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds of bookmakers have pulled the plug on BSkyB after the satellite broadcaster raised subscription charges to £4,500 per shop
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Beware 0% credit card trap [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Miss just one payment and that attractive 0% deal will be scrapped, card users are warned
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'Gherkin' sold for £600m [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The public will be able to buy a share in iconic City skyscraper the Gherkin under an innovative plan from its new owners
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Brown's 'hidden debt of £500bn' [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Creative accounting by the Treasury has concealed the fact that the Government is dangerously in the red, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Taxing burden for Brown's successor [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Monday view:Gordon Brown's successor will not have an easy task - He is likely to hand on plans to cut spending and increase the tax burden
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Asda aces in bid for Sainsbury's [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Former Asda chiefs Allan Leighton and Archie Norman have been approached to lead a multi-billion pound takeover bid for Sainsbury's
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Tax snoopers scan web activity [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Dutch guitarist Rob van der Veer has devised a software system that explores the web, silently searching for business and trading activity
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'Inflated accounts at Torex' probed [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fraud detectives investigating computer group Torex are looking at an alleged conspiracy to manipulate accounts to sell it at an inflated value
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Barratt buys Wilson Bowden [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Housebuilder Wilson Bowden backed a £2.2bn takeover today in a deal that should net its co-founder a family fortune of more than £700m
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Banks bow to calls pressure [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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More companies have promised to redirect customers to UK call handlers if they are frustrated by their overseas service
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Welcome to this week's round-up of top business stories from the Sunday papers
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Personal insolvencies soar [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Personal insolvencies rocketed to a record level in the final three months of the year as consumers struggled with interest rate rises
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Sainsbury's is takeover target [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Supermarket group Sainsbury's emerged as a takeover target today after three private equity firms confirmed they were mulling a possible offer
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Builders 'using threats to grab gardens' [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Householders are being intimidated into selling their homes so that developers can build blocks of flats on rows of gardens, the House of Commons was told today
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£200 fines for smokers who defy new law [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Lighting up in a banned zone - including pubs and workplaces - could lead to a £200 fine under legislation published today
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BA 'sorry' as profits dive [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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British Airways reported lower quarterly profits today as it admitted a series of disruptions had tested 'the patience and loyalty' of customers
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Standard Life payouts fall again [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than 80% of Standard Life mortgage endowments maturing this year will not pay off the home loans they are secured on
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ING Direct keeps rate at 4.75% [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Millions of ING Direct savers suffered another blow today when the bank announced it would not raise the rate on its original savings account
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Mellon makes £90m from Jimmy Choo [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Former It Girl Tamara Mellon will make almost £90m from the sale of her stake in Jimmy Choo
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Tycoon shrugs off £1m tax hit [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The tycoon boss of Matalan over-paid £1m in tax - but could only shrug when the Revenue refused to give it back
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Directory of deceit is far from 'brilliant' [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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This week ace investigator Tony Hetherington reveals more lies from GAP, silence from Universal Telecom and missing documents at the tax office
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Turnaround sees Regus learning from mistakes [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Mail on Sunday's share-tipping column Midas this week turns its attention to a buoyant-looking offices supplier and a diamond company that may be worth a punt.
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Private equity years too late for Sainsbury's [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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So, where were the gutless investors when the supermarket needed help, ask the Financial Mail on Sunday editor
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Let's catch the ringleaders of this racket [02/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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GE Capital Bank's £610,000 fine for failing to ensure PPI was sold only to those new cardholders where cover was appropriate is only the start. Or it should be
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