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Pru buys Equitable's with-profits [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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As it revealed profits of close to £2bn, the Pru today announced it is buying Equitable Life's £1.8bn with-profits pension fund, offering comfort to 62,000 policyholders
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Fears over council tax shake-up [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Plans to introduce a council tax 'superband' for £1m homes could also hit the less well-off if a general revaluation goes ahead
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Market report: Thursday latest [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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11.45:Shares bounced back on the London Stock Exchange today, bringing a sigh of relief from punch-drunk investors
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£9.3bn Olympics cash deal [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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The funding crisis gripping the London Olympics has ended dramatically with a £9.3bn deal, with an extra £5bn pumped in from central government
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UK economy 'will weather storm' [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Exclusive:As world financial markets suffered another day of turmoil, City Minister Ed Balls says the UK economy remains well placed to weather the storm
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Cadbury-Schweppes reveals split plan [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Another British company today effectively threw itself into the jaws of private equity as Cadbury Schweppes confirmed it will split itself in two
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The £1m estate agents [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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The property boom has helped turn many homeowners into millionaires. Now high-flying estate agents are reaping similar rewards
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Morrisons trumpets £450m make-over [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Supermarkets group Morrisons is to update its unloved fascias, cluttered store layouts and garish uniforms, and ditch the well-worn 'more reasons to shop at Morrisons' slogan
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BBC in a Jam over £150m website [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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The BBC is to shut down its £150m online education service, BBC Jam, following claims it is damaging the interests of industry competitors
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Blue Peter phone-in scam [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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The BBC's Blue Peter has fooled its 1.1 million viewers by faking the winning call in a phone-in
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We're no better off than in 2001 [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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The average family is barely better off than it was five years ago - despite sustained economic growth, a report claims today
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'Big rises in council tax' for top band [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Top-rate council tax payers face hefty rises in bills under plans to be unveiled next week
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Scottish Life payouts slashed [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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The UK's largest mutual life and pensions company has slashed payouts on maturing with-profits policies in its closed Scottish Life fund
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City boys claiming EU farm payouts [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Investors are making millions of pounds by buying cheap land and claiming farming subsidies designed to improve the agricultural environment from the EU
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Banks dumping customer details in street [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of bank customers have been put at risk of identity fraud after their account details were dumped outside branches
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Profits plunge at French Connection [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Another miserable year at French Connection has left investors worried, but chairman Stephen Marks is still picking up a £2m cheque
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Conrad Black's moment of truth [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Former Press baron Conrad Black will enter a Chicago court today to answer charges that could see him jailed for 101 years
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Homes warning as green vision unveiled [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners who refuse to make their properties energy efficient will face financial penalties under government plans to create a 'green' economy'
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Lloyds TSB is first big Olympic sponsor [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Lloyds TSB today became the first big sponsor of the London 2012 Olympics, when it signed up as a top-tier domestic partner in a deal thought to be worth at least £80m
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Online card fraud rises again [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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The scourge of card fraud committed online continues to rise, as fraudsters turn their attention away from retailers who are signed up to Chip and Pin
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Viacom to sue YouTube for $1bn [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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MTV owner Viacom announced today that it is suing Google and its video-sharing website YouTube for more than $1bn for unauthorised use of its programmes
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New buyers get in a fix [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fears that interest rate hikes could push the cost of mortgages beyond them are prompting a record number of first-time buyers to opt for fixed rates
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Call for 8% rates to cool housing [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Exclusive:Interest rates need to go above 8% to control booming house prices, a leading economist has warned
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Credit markets take fright [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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How worried should we be about the collapse in 'trailer park' mortgage lending in the US? - the nervousness on equity markets is not without justification
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30 Second Guide ToThe NAPF [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City team look at the organisation that represents some of the largest UK firms and monitors the decline in fianl salary schemes for workers
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Preying on the poor [03/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Can it ever be right for a bank to give a teenager thousands of pounds worth of loans that will leave her in debt for years to come?
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Midas: Morgan's focus still on growth [03/15/2007 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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