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The £200m world lotto jackpot

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The £200m world lotto jackpot - Camelot today unveiled new worldwide lottery draw with top prize of more £200m, as centrepiece of its bid for new licence Tesco staff line for windfall - News:Thousands of workers at Tesco are receive about £7000 each as two of firm's savings schemes mature, was announced today



The £200m world lotto jackpot  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Camelot today unveiled a new worldwide lottery draw with a top prize of more than £200m, as the centrepiece of its bid for a new licence
Tesco staff in line for windfall  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
News:Thousands of workers at Tesco are to receive about £7000 each as two of the firm's savings schemes mature, it was announced today
Market report: Friday latest  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
11.15:Sainsbury's was topping the shopping lists with traders increasingly confident that Royal Mail chairman Allan Leighton is itching to take on the top job
Chip and Pin fraud pair jailed  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Two men have been sent to prison for their part in a conspiracy that could see millions looted from customer accounts
Branson offers $25m for climate answer  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson today offered a $25m(£12.8m) prize to scientists to find a way to help save the planet from climate change
Gas cuts turn down heat on rates  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Falling energy prices could cut inflation and reduce pressure on the Bank of England to hit households with further interest rate hikes
Oil goes back above $60  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Oil prices rose above $60 a barrel today as temperatures plummeted in the US and Europe
One in five may pay wrong tax  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Almost 6m Britons could be paying the wrong amount of income tax because of confusion over tax collection through PAYE
Ombudsman acts on bank fees  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Alliance & Leicester has been reprimanded for closing the account of a customer who successfully reclaimed bank charges
Cheap downloads from the supermarket  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
A leading supermarket chain has become the first to offer cut-price film and television downloads online in a move that will alarm High Street DVD and video stores
British Gas slashes prices 15%  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
British Gas today became the first energy company to pass on falling wholesale prices as it said it was cutting its gas and electricity prices from next month
M&S ponders takeover bid for Sainsbury  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Shares in Marks & Spencer dipped in early trading on reports that it has been weighing up a bid for supermarket group J Sainsbury
Bank pauses for breath on rates  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Borrowers can breath a sigh of relief after the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates on hold at 5.25% today
Royal Mail profits savaged by pensions  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
A huge increase in the Royal Mail's pensions deficit saw the postal group's profits plunge 86% in the first six months of the financial year, it said today
House prices bounce back  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The cost of a home leapt by more than £2,500 in January despite the shock bank rate rise, according to the latest Halifax report
Virgin sparks TV price war  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
A television price war was set to break out today with the launch of a combined on-demand TV, broadband and phone service from Virgin
My £23,000 bank fee victory  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
A single mother has reclaimed more than £23,000 in bank charges for herself and her friends despite having no financial or legal training
BA want £120 for each extra bag  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
British Airways passengers from Thursday face an each-way charge of up to £240 a bag if they check in additional luggage
HSBC in shock profit warning  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Shares in global banking giant HSBC fell more than 2% after the lender shocked investors with a profit warning due to its US bad-debt problem
Which? launches football shirt battle  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
A consumer group plans to sue JJB Sports on behalf of thousands of fans who were overcharged for football shirts
Top watchdog takes on PPI  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The OFT today criticised the way payment protection insurance is sold and referred the industry to the Competition Commission for investigation
Man Utd slip in wealth league  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Manchester United have slipped down the football wealth league after its first full season under the ownership of the Glazer family
HSBC hurt by the US curse  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The banks has frittered away funds overseas as the mortgage services book at its American sub-prime lender turns out to have been a total dog
Devious banks make a mockery of code  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The Banking Code is meant to protect us, but the banks are warping its good intentions to their own ends
The wholesale gas market  [02/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City staff explain the workings of the wholesale gas market