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Nationwide gets £1m laptop fine [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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Nationwide Building Society has been fined nearly £1m following the theft of a laptop from an employees home, which contained confidential customer information
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Bank says rates will have to rise again [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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Interest rates will need to rise one more time for inflation to return to its 2% target within two years, the Bank of England indicated today
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Market report: Wednesday latest [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Shares in Wolseley, the world's biggest plumbing supplies group, went on bid alert today as the price soared 90p to a record high of 1402p
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Energy suppliers in price war [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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Exclusive:An energy price war is set to come to the boil in the next few days with rival suppliers trumping British Gas's recently announced cuts
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JJB offers free football shirts [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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JJB Sports is offering a free football top to customers that purchased one of the tops caught up in the price fixing argument
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Asda under fire over cheap roses [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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A Valentine's Day price war was underway today, with one supermarket offering a dozen red roses for just £2
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Economy harmed by sickie culture [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain's economic future is being jeopardised by soaring incapacity benefit claims, poor education and creaking infrastructure, a report shows
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The M&S top made from 11 plastic bottles [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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This is the M&S jacket that could lead a green revolution in the high street. It is made from 11 recycled plastic bottles
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Rates relief as prices slow [02/14/2007 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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Council tenants helped to buy [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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Radical plans to get the poorest on to the housing ladder were unveiled as the Government announced a new right-to-buy scheme for council tenants
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BA cuts slack on new baggage rules [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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British Airways today introduced its new policy of charging for excess baggage but check-in staff were told to give 'sympathetic treatment' to passengers unaware of the rules
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£120 a month extra for new buyers [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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First-time buyers must pay £120 a month more to get on the property ladder than they would have done a year ago
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Sports tycoon to net £800m in float [02/14/2007 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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Endowment claims firm shut down [02/14/2007 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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VW could be exposed to takeover [02/14/2007 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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Housing market boosts B&B [02/14/2007 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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Romantics urged to buy blooms from Africa [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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Buying Valentine's Day flowers flown in from Africa will help the planet and the world's poor, the Government claimed today
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Birmingham is UK's card fraud hotspot [02/14/2007 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 [02/14/2007 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 [02/14/2007 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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Homes break £200,000 barrier [02/14/2007 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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Could the number be up for the 0870? [02/14/2007 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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Cost of World Cup could be £1bn [02/14/2007 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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Ordeal for a sports hero [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sports retailers have had a turbulent time on the public markets - It is against this backdrop that Sports Direct International will float
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30 Second Guide To...Controlling Inflation [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail's City team examine the measures that government and the Bank of England can use to keep prices in check
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Watch out for wine, women... and a con [02/14/2007 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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An overflowing labour pool [02/14/2007 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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