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Data confirms property booming [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Government figures released today confirmed that house price inflation picked up speed in January with the annual rate of increase recorded at 10.9%
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ID card details for sale to banks [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banks and other businesses are to be sold personal information stored on the Government's ID cards database in order to fund the scheme
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Market report: Monday latest [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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12.45: Shares of ICI were being chased to new record highs today with a rise of 28p at 492p as the odds on a bid for the chemicals giant shortened
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New homes 'threat to 10,000 green belt acres' [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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At least 10,000 acres of green belt land will be destroyed to meet the Government's house-building targets, rural campaigners have warned
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ITV quiz says two plus two is 506 [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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ITV could be fined after broadcasting a mathematics challenge on late-night television which some of the country's best brains are unable to solve
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Aston Martin returns for £450m [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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US giant Ford will today announce a £450m deal to sell iconic car company Aston Martin to a consortium led by British motorsport boss Dave Richards
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Let the MPC keep up the good work [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Monday view:Ten years on it's time to judge the MPC - Only pointy-headed academics and opposition politicians would argue for change
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Tory flight tax plan rubbished [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Radical Tory plans to introduce environmental taxes on flights to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions triggered an angry backlash last night
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Has cash had its chips? [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Until now, royalty and paupers have been the only ones not to carry cash. But within five years, it could apply to all of us
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£2bn unfair charges still to be claimed [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than half of those who are eligible to reclaim unfair penalty charges from the banks, have yet to take action
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Boots crisis talks on £10bn bid [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Directors of Alliance Boots are this weekend convening an emergency board meeting to consider Friday's shock £9.7bn takeover offer
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [03/12/2007 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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Virgin Radio admits phone request scam [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Virgin Radio has admitted charging listeners for record requests that they stand little or no chance of hearing on air, echoing the scandal over TV phone-ins
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£60,000 homes go on sale for £175,000 [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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The flagship scheme to build affordable homes for just £60,000 was last night facing embarrassment after the first properties went on sale - for at least £175,000 each
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Rubbish tax 'could be £20 a week' [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Government proposals to charge households according to the weight of rubbish they generate could cost families more than £1,000 a year, a senior council chief has warned
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Brown to stake £600m on clean power [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Chanellor Gordon Brown plans to invest up to £600m to develop 'carbon capture' technology to transform coal into a clean fuel
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Property boss faces £625,000 claim [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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A former head of valuations for Dunlop Haywards, part of Aim-listed property company Erinaceous, is being pursued for £625,000 by the administrators of a failed property company
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BAE faces new inquiry over arms deals [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Defence giant BAE Systems faces an inquiry into allegations that it misled the Government over arms deals
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Terrace homes rise fastest [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Forever associated with two-up two-downs and Coronation Street, terrace houses may not have much glamour, but their value has risen faster than any other property type
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Russians storm billionaires' club [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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The world's richest are getting younger and wealthier with more Russians and Indians among the 946 billionaires on Forbes magazine's 2007 list
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Ramsay takes £2m bite out of his profits [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Ramsay has awarded himself a £2.1m bonus from the earnings of his burgeoning restaurant empire which has slipped £2.4m into the red
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Bulgaria homes bulldozer threat [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Bulgaria is a fast-growing destination for Britons buying property abroad but could an environmental row lead to dream homes being demolished?
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Action as TV quiz scandal grows [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Channel Five quiz shows featured fake 'winners' it was revealed today as the official regulator announced a crackdown on premium rate phone services
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Midas: Morgan's focus still on growth [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail on Sunday's star share tipper gives the thumbs up to Morgan Sindall and a qualified approval to GTE
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Tricked by a charity publisher [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Financial Mail's ace investigator Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries
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Murdoch can feel smug on quiz scandal [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Down the centuries, women have been portrayed as learning to their cost that hard-won reputations are easily lost. It is a lesson that our major broadcasters should start to absorb
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Mutual may rue this shopping spree [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Diversification through acquisition makes no sense at all if as a consequence it merely dilutes the quality of the whole business
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