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A Budget boost for Isa investors

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A Budget boost for Isa investors - Savers will get an instant boost from Gordon Brown's last Budget with an increase limit that can be invested tax-free Isa accounts each year Barclays spurred by ABN link-up talks - Shares Barclays rose early trading as investors warmed its £80bn merger talks with Dutch bank ABN Amro, despite its refusal confirm approach



A Budget boost for Isa investors  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Savers will get an instant boost from Gordon Brown's last Budget with an increase in the limit that can be invested in tax-free Isa accounts each year
Barclays spurred by ABN link-up talks  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Shares in Barclays rose in early trading as investors warmed to its £80bn merger talks with Dutch bank ABN Amro, despite its refusal to confirm the approach
Market report: Monday 12.15  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
A move by the LSE today to pare back the spread on seven blue-chip companies raised a few eyebrows among market-makers, but the index posted early rises
Green measures tipped for Budget  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Road tax for gas-guzzling cars could double under plans being considered by Gordon Brown for the Budget, it emerged today
Google working on plans for mobile phone  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Online search giant Google is understood to be developing its own mobile phone, thought to be a BlackBerry-like device
Green taxes fly in the face of reason  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Monday view:The theory that if you increase taxes, fewer people will travel doesn't work, says BA's chief executive
500m eggs in free-range fraud  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
A scam in which battery eggs from mainland Europe were passed off in Britain as free-range is far bigger than first thought, says the Government
Over-55s get richer as young suffer  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Older people have seen their wealth treble in the past ten years while young adults have become poorer, says the Bank of England
Property asking prices climb £110 a day  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Asking prices for houses shot up at an inflation-busting £110 a day over the last month, new research shows
Budget 2007: News, advice and analysis  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Special round-up: See all the latest predictions for the 2007 Budget plus advice and analysis from experts
£41m raid on credit card withdrawals  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks have dramatically pushed up the interest charged on credit card cash withdrawals, a study reveals today
Ofcom to act over TV quizzes  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Media watchdog Ofcom has called a crisis meeting this weekend over TV quiz shows, pledging imminent action against broadcasters
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
Marlboro Man to bid for Imperial  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Imperial Tobacco shares are expected to soar tomorrow on speculation that Marlboro Man is poised to launch a takeover bid for Britain's biggest cigarette manufacturer
Leeson's jacket up for auction  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Nick Leeson's distinctive blue and yellow striped jacket, which identified him as a Barings' trader, is being sold by the bank's liquidator
Snag over Equitable transfer  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
A potential legal stumbling block could delay or thwart the transfer of Equitable Life's £1.8bn with-profits annuity business to Prudential
Mothercare considers ELC bid  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Mothercare is considering a multi-million pound bid for Early Learning Centre after the fast-expanding infant and toddler toy store was put up for sale
Brown dumps his council tax review  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown has 'dumped' a landmark council tax review for fear of antagonising millions of middle-class voters
BT ad blitz for video-on-demand service  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
BT is poised to launch an advertising blitz, featuring the star of its general campaign Kris Marshall, for its Vision video-on-demand service
Town that will start digital TV revolution  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The process of switching off the analogue television signal is to start in the autumn - and a small town in Cumbria will lead the way
Huge rise in care-at-home fees  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Frail old people are facing huge increases in the fees they pay for care that enables them to stay in their own homes
Energy giants cause poor 'instant misery'  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Three of the 'Big Six' energy suppliers have plunged pre-payment customers into 'overnight-debt' by back-charging when prices go up, according to MPs
Brown's 'Budget for business'  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Chancellor Gordon Brown hinted today that business can expect a few sweeteners when he presents his final Budget next week
DTI gets tough on energy sites  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Whitehall plans to introduce tough new laws to force councils to take into account national energy security when they decide planning applications
Brown deaf to Bevan's warning  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
We should make the most of this Budget - the Chancellor's pending promotion means that before long the sepia tint of nostalgia will colour our memories of Brown's time in No 11
Shame on us for poor price of family silver  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
What a terrible shame it would be if the markets again failed to place sufficient value on Cabdury Schweppes and allow it to slip into overseas control
Midas: A secure future for Lok'n'Store  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The Financial Mail's stockpicker says that the UK's property boom is good news for investors in Lok'n'Store
Thomson's pay must be cut to be equitable  [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
It's to be hoped that Equitable chief executive Charles Thomson's bulging pay packet will be slimmed down to reflect the shrinking empire he presides over