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Rates relief as prices slow [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The pressure appears to be off the Bank of England to raise rates again next month as inflation dropped back well below 3% in January
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Sports tycoon to net £800m in float [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Entrepreneur Mike Ashley was poised for an £800m windfall today after announcing plans for the flotation of his Sports World retail empire
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Market report: Tuesday latest [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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12.45:Commercial property shares came under the hammer today after British Land cautioned that the market had showed signs of slowing
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VW could be exposed to takeover [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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A German law that shields Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen from takeovers breaks EU rules by hampering investors, an adviser said today
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Endowment claims firm shut down [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Claims firm Austin Hamilton Associates, which branded itself the UK's leading endowment compensation specialist, has been shut down
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Housing market boosts B&B [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Record levels of lending today helped mortgage giant Bradford & Bingley post an 8% rise in profits for 2006
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Birmingham is UK's card fraud hotspot [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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People living in Birmingham are most likely to fall victim to credit or debit card fraud, a new report has found
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Millions hit road-charging web petition [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than 1.2m people have signed an online petition protesting against the Government's road charging plans
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The school age borrowers [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than half of schoolchildren have been in debt by the time they reach 17, an education charity warned today
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Could the number be up for the 0870? [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Customers could make huge savings by ringing standard-rate alternatives to expensive 0870 numbers
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Homes break £200,000 barrier [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Families must pay more than £200,000 for the average UK home, according to a Government report - but Land Registry figures suggest price rises are slowing
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Cost of World Cup could be £1bn [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Estimates put the cost of hosting the World Cup at close to £1bn - yet neither the Government, the Football Association nor last year's host seems to know the true figure
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Job fears as travel firms merge [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tour operators MyTravel and Thomas Cook today announced plans to merge in a deal creating a bigger European rival to Thomson owner Tui
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Fresh strike threat at BA [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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British Airways was hit by a fresh threat of industrial action today when ground staff rejected planned changes to the airline's pension scheme
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First-time buyers paying £250,000 [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Soaring house prices have pushed London first-time buyers into the 3% stamp duty bracket, landing them with a tax bill of at least £7,500
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Vodafone wins India auction [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Vodafone last night won a hard-fought auction for a majority stake in the Indian mobile phones group Hutchison Essar after tabling a deal worth £5.7bn
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It's not easy being green [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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As consumers are bombarded with confusing information on what is eco-friendly, experts call for greater transparency
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Road tolls must have public support [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Road charging will not go ahead if it is not supported by the public, the Transport Secretary said last night
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Flexi-work plan angers bosses [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Business leaders have reacted angrily to calls by a Government minister for all employees to have the right to request flexible working
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'Share City bonuses with the poor' [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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City high-earners should be forced to donate two thirds of their massive bonuses to the poor, says Cabinet minister Peter Hain
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Forty and still living off parents [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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It is the fastest-growing and most generous financial institution in the land - the Bank of Mum and Dad
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Here is This is Money's round-up of some of the bigger stories from the Sunday finance and business pages
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Gas bills 'should fall further' [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gas prices should fall by a further 20% this year, on top of the latest announced price reductions, saving households around £300 a year
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An Indian summer for Sarin [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Less than six months ago Arun Sarin was on the ropes at Vodafone and widely tipped for the chop. But since then it has been onwards and upwards for Vodafone's shares
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30 Second Guide to 3GSM [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail City team look at the garish shirts of the annual mobile phone talking shop
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Watch out for wine, women... and a con [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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This week, the ace investigator looks at a women's only pyramid scheme that promises members it will deliver thousands in profits
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Who will spoil the private equity party? [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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For their own protection, shareholders should insist that no corporation - even one with HSBC's pedigree - is above good governance
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Midas: Next maps out fightback plan [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Its fortunes have waned but Next has a robust strategy and its share price should reflect that, says the Financial Mail's top stock-picker
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An overflowing labour pool [02/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown's plan to round up the long-term unemployed hardly squares with the ruthless global economy in which the Goverment insists we operate
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