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Stocks plunging for a fifth day [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The FTSE 100 Index slipped below the 6000 mark this morning as last week's stock market turmoil continued today.
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Fury at banks' £40bn profits [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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A new bank row exploded today as HSBC announced record profits, bringing the total for High Street institutions to just under £40bn
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Market report: Monday latest [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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11.00:Like a punch-drunk boxer, City investors were on the ropes again today, and taking another beating as share prices and sterling fell sharply
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BA cancels hundreds of regional flights [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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British Airways today said hundreds of regional flights this month on BA Connect - which it is selling to Flybe - will be cancelled
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Petrol firms in profiteering row [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Oil giants have been accused of cashing in on the tainted-fuel crisis by raising pump prices across Britain
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Grown-ups who still ask daddy for money [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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They are the boomerang generation - they've left the family home but keep coming back looking for a handout
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Bailiffs free to enter homes [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Bailiffs are set to get sweeping powers to break into homes and seize goods if people fall behind on credit card bills
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The £2.5bn stamp duty grab [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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An extra £2.5bn a year is being taxed from homebuyers as stamp duty rates fail to keep pace with rising property prices
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A-Z of the Sunday newspapers [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
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Sky in new assault on Virgin [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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BSkyB is calling for the media watchdog, Ofcom, to force Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Media to open up its cable network to other broadcasters
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'Banks misled customers in charging row' [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Ombudsman Service has reported two banks to the City watchdog for failing to deal fairly with customers who have complained about account charges
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Tesco 'cheat' on 50% pledge [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tesco was last night accused of misleading shoppers over a 'half-price' promotion after it suddenly increased prices shortly before starting the campaign
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Aston Martin race hots up [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Private equity company Doughty Hanson could overtake a rival bid headed by motor sport tycoon David Richards in the £450m race to win Aston Martin
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TV to cash in on a betting gold rush [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Bookmakers are set to gatecrash the television schedules this autumn, delivering an advertising boost worth tens of millions of pounds a year to broadcasters
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Buy-to-let boom [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The buy-to-let mortgage market is set to grow by more than 40% by 2016, according to a new study
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Brown defiant over pay curbs [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown is expected to insist on another year of curbs on earnings for millions of public sector workers
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Rightmove doubles profits [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Property website Rightmove today doubled underlying profits after exceeding expectations set at time of its flotation last year
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M&S considers £10bn Sainsbury bid [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose admitted he is considering a bid for Sainsbury, although the company later ruled out making an offer for the time being
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Struggling shares back in red [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The FTSE 100 index fell again today as a torrid week for stock markets continued amid talk of a recession in the US and turmoil in the Far East
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BT bill charge is 'financial blackmail' [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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A group of MPs have accused BT of 'financial blackmail' for charging customers who choose not to pay their bills by direct debit
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Banks forced to pay up [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banks which close the accounts of complaining customers are being ordered to pay compensation of at least £200 a time
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No change predicted for rates [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates on hold for the second month running next week but markets are nervous about another hike
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Rogue petrol threat to 400,000 cars [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The contaminated petrol crisis deepened yesterday as millions of drivers were urged to replace the fuel in their tanks
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Midas: Take a good look at your portfolio [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Mail on Sunday's shares tipper this week advises investors to keep calm. It also focuses on HBOS bank
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A time to stay calm as the markets rage [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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Violent stock market volatility tested the nerves of many investors - But most ordinary people with money tied up in equity Isas have sensibly held on to their holdings
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Another nail in the coffin of market repute [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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The only surprise at the criminal fraud charges brought against 13 Wall Street traders last week was that the American authorities had actually decided to prosecute
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A cause worth moaning about [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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If you like moaning about schools 'failing' boys, 'middle-class parents' monopolising good schools and the travails of women with children, the past seven days were for you
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Shame of tax credit shambles [03/05/2007 01:17 PM]
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This week our ace investigator exposes a tax credit shambles, gets to the bottom of a mystery debt and puts a reader straight about US laws
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